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30TH LUIS VALTUEÑA AWARD 2026 CALL FOR ENTRIES

Application Deadline: Sunday, 11 October 2026, at 23:59 (GMT+2).

LOCATION: Spain

Médicos del Mundo Spain announces the 30th 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.

ELIGIBILITY:

Photographers, whether professional or non-professional, of any nationality and of legal age, may take part, as may collectives made up of two or more members whose work follows a documentary and/or photojournalistic approach. Staff members of Médicos del Mundo España, their relatives up to the first degree of kinship, jury members, and any person directly involved in organising the competition may not take part

Theme: Photographs must address stories relating to health, humanitarian action, international cooperation, emergencies, social exclusion, migration, refugees, armed conflicts, inequalities, or human rights violations. Particular consideration will be given to stories that are rarely highlighted or receive little public coverage.

Entry to the competition is free of charge.

Each participant may submit only one entry. This must be submitted exclusively in digital format via the Picter platform, carefully following the instructions available at app.picter.com/contests.

The application must include:

The candidate’s contact details and personal information.

A biography.

A series of photographs comprising between 5 and 10 images.

A text presenting the project.

Captions for each photograph.

Each caption must contain information specific to the image it accompanies; under no circumstances may the same captions be repeated for all the photographs in a single series. Important: the author’s name must not appear in the project description, in the captions of the photographs, or in the file names. Entries will be assessed by a jury that will not be aware of the applicants’ identities.

BENEFIT:

Cash prize *View Terms and Conditions

The total prize fund for the 2026 Luis Valtueña International Humanitarian Photography Award amounts to €12,000 (gross), distributed as follows:

First Prize (Overall Winner): €6,000.
Second Prize: €2,000.
Third Prize: €2,000.
Fourth Prize: €2,000.
Special Prize: €1,500, awarded by the San Sebastián Human Rights Film Festival to a single photograph selected from the four winning series. The chosen image will become the official visual for the festival’s 2027 edition.
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.

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ERASMUS MUNDUS WOP-P MASTER AND THE CONSORTIUM SCHOLARSHIPS (GRANTS)

Application Deadline: 10 May, 2026, 23:59 (Madrid, Spain)

LOCATION: Spain

This application process is to enroll in any of the European awarding universities involved, and it is the same for all the applicants.

All applications received from 14 April to 10 May, 2026, 23:59 (Madrid, Spain) will be considered for the WOP-P Master and the Consortium Scholarships (grants). Any application received after this deadline will only be considered for the selection process to the WOP-P Master.

ELIGIBILITY:

Make sure that you have all the following documents* ready before introducing your data in the online application because you will have to upload them by the end. Also, make sure that you only prepare one file for each of the following documents. There are important instructions for your files. Please, read them carefully.

Your Degree in Psychology. If you do not have it yet, please give an explanation in a text document and upload this document (a personal text document is sufficient as long as it includes your full name, is dated, and contains your handwritten signature). There are formal requirements for your Degree in Psychology, (note that these requirements are not necessary during the application process. They must be fulfilled only when the Coordinating University informs the student that he/she has been accepted). Candidates who do not hold a degree in Psychology must have a degree that includes at least 50% of credits in Psychology or in methodology/statistics-related courses (sufficient official documentation must be provided to support this requirement). Once a candidate has applied, the Consortium will confirm their eligibility; as a general rule, at least a major in Psychology is required.

Your official academic transcripts in Psychology issued by your University (also including the average grade of your transcript). Even if they are not complete yet, please upload them. Incomplete transcripts must also be official. There are formal requirements for your academic transcripts in Psychology, (note that these requirements are not necessary during the application process. They must be fulfilled only when the Coordinating University informs the student that he/she has been accepted). Also, provide your University´s grading scale (the grading system could be at the back of your transcripts, in the description of the study program, or in the Diploma Supplement). If you do not have this info, please ask your University to provide you with an official doc where the grading scale appears.

CGPA calculation: If your Bachelor’s average mark is not based on a 0-4 scale, you must calculate your CGPA. Follow the instructions here: https://www.erasmuswop.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/04/CGPA-calculation-Guidelines.pdf . Also, provide your University´s grading scale (the grading system could be at the back of your transcripts, in the description of the study program, or in the Diploma Supplement). If you do not have this info, please ask your University to provide you with an official doc where the grading scale appears.

CV in English following the Standard European Format.

A motivation-letterSuggestion: between 500 and 1500 words written in English. There is no template to follow for the motivation letter.

Two letters of reference (one preferably academic). These letters must be sent to letters@uv.es directly from the referee. Ask your referees to enter your full name in the letter. You will find instructions in the WOP-P letter of recommendation model. We will not accept letters uploaded by candidates. Tell your referees to write your NAME AND SURNAME in the subject of the email. To ensure confidentiality, we will not provide any information about the reception of the letters. DEADLINE FOR THE LETTERS OF REFERENCE:

Scholarships period: from 14 April to 10 May, 2026, 23:59 (Madrid, Spain)

Master period only: dates pending

Letters arriving later will be discarded in both periods (Scholarship and Master only). Please make sure you notify your referees about these deadlines.

Proof of nationality, such as any of the documents listed on the PRADO website (preferably your passport).

A certificate of residence. The place of residence should be verified based on the provision of a certificate of:

Residence issued in accordance with the candidate’s municipality’s normal registration rules,

OR a certificate from the candidate’s place of work, study, or training issued by the employer or institution in question.

The document must have been issued within 12 months before the submission deadline of the scholarship application period.

BENEFIT:

The EMJMD student scholarships include:

A contribution to the students´ participation costs (including the tuition fees, library and laboratory costs, full insurance coverage, and any other mandatory costs related to students´ participation in the Master)

A contribution to student travel and installation costs

A monthly subsistence allowance for the entire duration of the EMJMD study programme.

The E+ programme differentiates between residents of programme vs. partner countries.

Contribution to the participation costs:

Partner Country scholarship holder: up to EUR 9,000 per academic year.

Program country scholarship holder: up to EUR 4,500 per academic year.

Contribution to travel and installation costs: Scholarship holder residing in a Programme Country:

Travel costs: EUR 1,000 per academic year.

Scholarship holder residing in a Partner Country city located at less than 4,000km from the Coordinating University (University of Valencia):

Travel costs: EUR 2,000 per academic year.

Installation costs: a single payment of EUR 1,000 to cover the entire study period.

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