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WORLD PRESS PHOTO CONTEST 

Application Opens: 1 December, 2023; Deadline: 11 January 2024.

LOCATION: The Netherlands

The annual World Press Photo Contest recognizes and celebrates the best photojournalism and documentary photography produced over the last year. Entries for the 2024 World Press Photo Contest will open on 1 December 2023 and close on 11 January 2024 and are excited to welcome a multiplicity of stories and a diverse range of photographers from all over the world to enter the contest!

ELIGIBILITY:

Entering the World Press Photo Contest is free and open to all professional photographers working in the field of photojournalism and/or documentary photography.

Diverse range of photographers from all over the world to enter the contest!

BENEFIT:

As a winner, your work will be:

Included in our annual traveling exhibition seen by over 4 million visitors, shown around the world in over 80 cities

Published on our website and social platforms with over 2 million followers

Included in our yearbook

You will also receive:

€1,000 for each of the 24 regional winners and an additional €5,000 for the four global winners

An invitation to the Winners’ Program in Amsterdam

A physical award

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AFRICAN PEACEBUILDING NETWORK: COLLABORATIVE WORKING GROUP RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS

Application Deadline: February 11, 2024

LOCATION: USA

The Collaborative Working Group Research Fellowship is an initiative and key complement to the field-based and networking components of the APN’s programming. This fellowship responds to the need for deep collaboration and engagement of researchers and practitioners on peacebuilding challenges in Africa.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants must be scholars or practitioners based in Africa and the lead investigator must be of the rank of a full professor and based in an African university (and hold a PhD). The competition will be open to joint researcher-practitioner teams (of six members) made up of Africans based at or affiliated with universities; regional organizations; government agencies; or nongovernmental, media, or civil society organizations located in at least three countries on the continent. While the lead investigator must be a professor and have a PhD, other members of the research group may be early- and mid-career scholars, or practitioners, who are expected to hold at least a master’s degree with two or more years of work experience.

BENEFIT:

One APN Collaborative Working Group Research Fellowship will be supported by a maximum award of $60,000 for a period of eighteen months.

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