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OPEN CALL XII JALÓN ÁNGEL INTERNATIONAL PHOTOGRAPHY PRIZE

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Application Deadline: 4 May 2026 at 5.59 p.m. (Spanish time on the peninsula).

LOCATION: Spain

The Jalón Ángel Photographic Archive, guarded by the San Jorge University (San Valero Group), is organizing the 12th Jalón Ángel International Photography Prize. This award pays tribute to the memory of Jalón Ángel with two annual categories: Portrait, a genre in which he excelled at a national level, and Travel, to which he devoted much of his photographic creativity and interest. In addition, a special category dedicated to migration and borders has been added to this year’s edition.

ELIGIBILITY:

Any author (Spanish or foreign) of legal age may participate with an original photograph.

The author may present a maximum of one photograph to each category.

Entries are FREE and must belong to one of the following genres:

Portrait: An image that captures the essence, identity, or emotion of a person or group of people. It can be spontaneous or posed, but it must convey character, history, or human connection. The main subject will always be the person, occupying a central role in the composition. Individual or group portraits are accepted, in any context or setting, as long as the focus is on human expression, presence, or interaction. Images featuring animals, objects, plants, or inanimate elements are not accepted.

Travel: Photographs that reveal the natural, cultural, or traditional treasures of a country, showing its essence through unique environments, customs, and locations. This includes urban and natural landscapes, as well as cultural, architectural, or festive events. The human figure may appear as part of the context but will not be the main or exclusive element of the composition.

Migration and borders: calls for photographic works that address human movement and the boundaries that shape it—territorial, legal, and cultural—and those that shed light on the causes, journeys, and consequences of displacement (departure, transit, arrival, or return), as well as the encounters, tensions, and solidarities that emerge at visible and invisible edges: checkpoints and bureaucracies, sea and desert, languages and skins, papers and belongings. We welcome perspectives that, with rigour and respect, address the causes, trajectories, and effects of migration; its vulnerabilities and resiliences; and the encounters that arise at the edges. We value documentary or authorial proposals that avoid sensationalism and stereotypes, offer context, and place human dignity and human rights at the forefront.  

The competition entries must comply with the following requirements:

Any photographic medium may be used, but Artificial Intelligence must not be used in all or part of the image.

The entry will be submitted in digital format. It is a prerequisite that the photograph submitted has the following technical conditions: .jpg format, 300 pixels per inch, and 50 cms on its longer side. The photograph must be at least 2 megabytes and no more than 9 megabytes. If this requirement is not met, the photograph will be disqualified for the prize.

Photographs may be in black and white or colour.

Both chemical and digital retouching must be minimal (brightness, contrast, colour balance, white balance, saturation) and must not distort the original shot. If this requirement is not met, the photograph will be disqualified for the prize.

The photographs will not have any element (signature, logo, initials, graphic frames, etc.) that serves to identify the author of the image.  If this requirement is not met, the photograph will be disqualified for the prize. 

It will not be possible to send images generated with Artificial Intelligence in whole or in part.
The following languages ​​are accepted in the registration form and the declaration of authorship: Spanish, English and French

To participate, please go to the following link https://www.jalonangel.com/premio and fill in the form.
The dates for submitting images for the award are from 13 January to 4 May 2026 at 5.59 p.m. (Spanish time on the peninsula).

The winners of the awards will be announced on 25 June 2026 through the Jalón Ángel Archive website (https://www.jalonangel.com) and our social networks. 

BENEFIT:


The following prizes will be awarded:

Award for best photograph in the portrait category. Award amount: 1500 euros, emblematic trophy, and diploma.

Award for best photograph in the travel category. Award amount: 1500 euros, an emblematic trophy, and a diploma.

Award for best photograph in the migration and borders category. Award amount: 1500 euros, emblematic trophy, and diploma.

This amount will be subject to the economic withholdings stipulated by the Ministry of Finance of Spain and by Spanish and European Union tax regulations. 

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Opportunities, PhD/post doctoral, Scholarships

GHENT UNIVERSITY SPECIAL RESEARCH FUND – DOCTORAL SCHOLARSHIPS FOR CANDIDATES FROM THE GLOBAL SOUTH – CALL 2026

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Application Deadline: 17 February 2026

LOCATION:  Belgium

With support from its “Special Research Fund” (BOF), Ghent University grants PhD “sandwich” scholarships to promising PhD students from Global South countries who wish to carry out half of their PhD research at Ghent University (‘North’) and half at a university in the Global South (‘South’). Ghent University only finances the part of the research that will be carried out in Ghent (24 months). The candidate must have full-time funding for the other 24 months of research to be carried out in the South.

ELIGIBILITY:

Candidates need to come from—and have the nationality of—one of the selected Global South countries (see country list);

The proposals must be jointly submitted by a candidate, a supervisor (promoter) at Ghent University and a supervisor at the partner university (South);

No restrictions are imposed on the field of research; nevertheless, preference will be given to topics that are relevant within the North-South context. South-North Context relevance relates to the extent to which the objectives of a proposal are consistent with beneficiaries’ requirements, synergy opportunities, global priorities and partners’ and donors’ policies;

Only degree students (students who intend to obtain a (joint) PhD degree at Ghent University) can apply. Exchange students cannot apply for this scholarship; 

This program is meant for students at the beginning of their PhD. To a limited extent, PhD students are allowed to have already completed preliminary research. At the time the fellowship starts (1/10/2026), a minimum of 36 months of doctoral research must still be required to complete the PhD;

Ghent University wants to encourage more female researchers to apply for this scholarship. That is why a Ghent University supervisor can support a maximum of 2 candidates per call on the condition they are both of a different gender.

The following mobility scheme is mandatory:

Students need to start and end with a research stay of 3-12 months at Ghent University.

The first research stay at Ghent University needs to be started between 1 October 2026 and 28 February 2027.

At least 24 months of locally funded research in the South must be scheduled in between the first and last research stays at Ghent University.

Application forms must be submitted (in English) electronically to BOFapplication@ugent.be. 

In addition to the application form, the Ghent University supervisor must also submit the following 2 documents:

Advice on the candidate, stating the supervisor’s opinion on the capability of the candidate as a future researcher.

Advice on the ethical and biosafety context of the proposed research project

BENEFIT:

PhD scholarship at Ghent University (in total 24 months).

The Ghent University promoter receives a bench fee of € 310 per month of research in Ghent and an € 8,000 travel budget to cover (part of) the operational costs, as well as part of the travelling costs of the student and both the Ghent University and the local promoter.

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