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The Aftermath Project has opened its 2026 Post-Conflict Grant. The annual grant supports still-photography projects on the aftermath of conflict.
The call is open to working photographers working on post-conflict issues anywhere in the world.
One winner will be awarded The Aftermath Project’s $25,000 grant. In addition, four finalists will also be announced.
The Aftermath Project’s mission is to support photographic projects that tell the other half of the story of conflict.
“…to rebuild lives and homes, to restore civil societies, to address the lingering wounds of war while struggling to create new avenues for peace.”
Proposals may relate to the aftermath of numerous kinds of conflict, not just international wars. The conflict may have been at the community level, such as violence between ethnic groups or an urban riot. It may have been regional, such as a rebel insurgency, or a full-scale war.
In general, conflict should be over for a situation to be deemed an “aftermath.” The 2026 cycle also welcomes projects on conflicts that are still ongoing, including the fallout of conflicts in Ukraine and in Gaza. Proposals about the aftermath of domestic violence or environmental disaster are not eligible, unless they are clearly framed as the aftermath of conflict.
This is a production grant for still photography. Grant funds may not be used to create video or audio, or to support exhibitions or book publication.
Applications consist of a signed application form, a project proposal of no more than two pages with a one-sentence summary, a portfolio of up to 30 images, a caption sheet, and a short bio. The complete application is sent by email via a file-sharing service.
Grant winners retain all copyrights to their work. They agree to provide 12 prints, each 16×20 inches or larger, for The Aftermath Project’s archives, and to make at least 30 images from the grant work available for possible exhibition, publication, and educational use.
Grant funds are released in parts: half at project onset, 40% mid-way through, and the remaining 10% upon delivery of the prints. All grant work must be completed by 1 January 2028, and photographs must be delivered by 1 May 2028.
The Aftermath Project is a non-profit organization committed to telling the other half of the story of conflict. The Project is an outcome of photographer and writer Sara Terry’s five-year-long project “Aftermath: Bosnia’s Long Road to Peace,” about the aftermath of the 1992–1995 war in Bosnia and Hercegovina.
Please check the official website for further information.
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