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SONY WORLD PHOTOGRAPHY AWARDS, 2026

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Application Deadline:

Student competition closes 28 November 2025, 13:00 (GMT)

Youth competition closes 6 January 2026, 13:00 (GMT)

Open competition (including National & Regional Awards and Alpha Female Award) closes 6 January 2026, 13:00 (GMT)

Professional competition (including Latin America Professional Award, Japan National Award, and Sustainability Prize) closes 13 January 2026, 13:00 (GMT)

LOCATION: USA

The objective of the Sony World Photography Awards is to establish a platform for the continuous development of photographic culture. The Awards do this by recognizing great contributions to photography in the past through the Outstanding Contribution to Photography prize as well as finding new talents of the future and providing them with the opportunity to be promoted and exhibited around the world. 

ELIGIBILITY:

Student competition: Providing a platform for photography students worldwide. 

Free to enter for anyone aged from 18 to 30 years-old undertaking a photography programme

Students answer a set brief with 5 to 10 images

Up to 10 shortlisted photographers

One overall winner receives the Student Photographer of the Year title

Deadline for entries is 28 November 2025 at 13:00 (GMT)

Youth competition: Open to photographers aged 19 and under. Entry is free.

The competition runs from 1 June 2025 to 6 January 2026

Photographers can enter up to three images relating to a theme

Judges will select a shortlist of up to 10 photographers

Shortlist compete for Youth Photographer of the Year title

Overall winner receives Youth Photographer of the Year title and Sony digital imaging kit

Please see ‘Rules’ below for full image eligibility criteria

Deadline for entries is 6 January 2026 at 13:00 (GMT)

Open competition: Free to enter and open to anyone submitting single images taken in 2025

Enter up to three single images for free

Ten diverse categories to enter

Awards for category winners plus up to 15 shortlisted photographers per category

One overall winner receives the Open Photographer of the Year title

Please see ‘Rules’ below for full image eligibility criteria

Deadline is 6 January, 2026 at 13.00 GMT

Professional competition: Free to enter

Open to anyone submitting a series of 5 to 10 images per category

Ten diverse categories to enter

Awards for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place photographers plus up to 7 shortlisted photographers per category

One overall winner receives the Photographer of the Year title

Please see ‘Rules’ below for full image eligibility criteria

Photographer of the Year is rewarded with a solo presentation of their work as part of the Sony World Photography Awards London exhibition the following year

Deadline is January 13 2026 at 13.00 GMT

BENEFIT:

Student competition: Prizes include top Sony Digital Imaging equipment, inclusion in the London exhibition and the annual book – plus more!

Youth competition: You could win top Sony Digital Imaging equipment, inclusion in the London exhibition and the annual book—plus more!

Open competition: Win $5,000 (USD)

Professional competition: Win $25,000 (USD)

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MSIF MCDONALD FELLOWSHIPS

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Application Opens: 1 July 2025, Deadline: 1 December 2025

LOCATION: United Kingdom

MSIF’s McDonald Fellowships fund 2-year research placements for early career researchers from low- and middle-income countries. The McDonald Fellowship enables early-career multiple sclerosis researchers from low- and middle-income countries to work in a research institution outside of their own country. During the visit, participants either gain expertise or carry out parts of joint research projects.

ELIGIBILITY:

All candidates must:

Be educated to post graduate level (at least MSc, preferably PhD/MD) in an area relevant to multiple sclerosis.

Be citizens of a low- or middle-income country (all countries with a low, lower middle or upper middle income as defined by the World Bank)

Focus their research in an area relevant to multiple sclerosis.

Candidates must also be in one of the following situations:

Working or studying in a low- or middle-income country (all countries with a low, lower-middle, or upper-middle income as defined by the World Bank) at the time of application.

Working or studying in another country on a project that started within the six months prior to application.

Studying in another country on a Du Pré grant project supported MSIF.

Those who previously have held a Du Pré grant are eligible to subsequently apply for a McDonald Fellowship, but not the other way round.

Candidates are expected to return to their own countries at the end of the study period where they will contribute to advancing care and research in MS.

The McDonald fellowship may also be used to partially fund a PhD programme, where the candidate has already been accepted for the PhD programme in a recognised institute (within the six months prior to application) but who doesn’t have enough funding to cover the total cost.

If successful, candidates and Host supervisors will be required to read and sign the Terms and Conditions of the award.

The McDonald Fellowship should start within 12 months of being awarded the funding.

For more information, please contact our research team using the contact us form, selecting “Research grants and awards”.

BENEFIT:

The fellowship payment is a two-year grant, consisting of 55,000 EUR per year, paid to the host institution and then used to pay the fellow.  

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