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2025 CALL FOR ENTRIES: 29TH LUIS VALTUEÑA INTERNATIONAL HUMANITARIAN PHOTOGRAPHY AWARD

Application Deadline: Friday, 10th October, 2025

LOCATION: Spain

Médicos del Mundo Spain announces the 29th Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award, aimed at recognizing and disseminating the best images that singularly demonstrate social inequities, injustices, and/or human rights abuses, or the situations that either foster or fight them. If you are interested in participating in this call for entries, please click here for the terms and conditions (also available in Spanish and French).

ELIGIBILITY:

Theme: The submitted images must narrate a story related to one of these topics: health, natural disasters, humanitarian action, international cooperation, social exclusion, violation of human rights, armed conflicts, vulnerable groups, refugee and/or migrant populations.

Entry is free

The competition is open to amateur and professional photographers of any nationality, aged 18 or older.

This year, entries must be submitted exclusively in digital format via the Picter website. If you are not yet registered on the platform, you will need to create an account in order to participate. You will only be able to submit a single application. Once your submission is successfully submitted, you will receive a confirmation email.

Each entrant must submit the following documentation:
Personal and contact details

Biography (max. 1500 characters)

A series of between 5 (minimum) and 10 (maximum) photographs, in colour and/or in black and white

Description of the project presented, including captions

Important: The author’s name must not appear in the description of the project, in the captions, or in the name of the files.

For entry requirements or further information, please refer to the contest rules.

BENEFIT:

€6,000 Cash prize *View Terms and Conditions

In addition, the winner and the finalists will also have their work published in the catalog and displayed in the collective and itinerant exhibition that Médicos del Mundo Spain shall produce.

The organization will cover the travel and lodging for two consecutive nights of the chosen entrants to attend the award ceremony and inauguration of the exhibition.

Médicos del Mundo is committed to widely promoting the chosen images and their authors for at least one year through press releases, meetings with the media, and ad hoc dissemination materials, among other forms.

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YALE JACKSON SCHOOL OF GLOBAL AFFAIRS PEACE FELLOWSHIP (FULLY FUNDED)

Application Deadline: September 2, 2025

LOCATION: United Arab Emirates

The Peace Fellowship program brings together rising leaders dedicated to conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and post-conflict reconciliation. The Yale Peace Fellowship, hosted by the International Leadership Center (ILC) at Yale University, brings together 16 rising leaders each year who are working on the frontlines of conflict prevention, peacebuilding, and post-conflict reconciliation.

ELIGIBILITY:

Applicants should:

Be accomplished in the field of peace and reconciliation

Have a track record of strong leadership and a drive to grow professionally.

Demonstrate commitment to cross-cultural understanding.

Be fluent in English.

Peace Fellows must be available to fully participate in all parts of the program, including in-person for two weeks of the program: a week-long international study trip (February 1-5, 2026) and a convening on Yale University’s campus in New Haven (April 13-17, 2026).

The application process for admission to the Peace Fellows Program is done entirely online. There are no paper forms to complete or mail. There is no application fee or other cost to apply or participate. All costs for travel, lodging, food, etc. associated with the program will be covered.

Prior to the deadline, you may work on your application at any time and submit it when you are ready. After creating an account and accessing the online application, you can upload materials and request your letters of recommendation. Applicants are required to submit a résumé/curriculum vitae (maximum three pages), a brief video statement, a personal statement (maximum 600 words), and one letter of recommendation.

Admission is highly competitive. Each cohort of fellows is geographically balanced and represents a wide range of professions, talents, experiences, cultures, people, and perspectives.

Applications are currently being accepted for the 2026 Yale Peace Fellowship. The application deadline for the 2026 program is September 2, 2025, at 14:00 pm.

BENEFIT:

There is no application fee or other related cost to participate. All costs for travel, lodging, food, etc., associated with the program will be covered.

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