The Alexia Student Grants

We are currently accepting applications.



The deadline for The Alexia 2020 Competition is Oct. 5, 2020.

The Alexia offers a Student Alexia Grant to enable current college student photographers to produce substantial bodies of work that share the Foundation’s goals of promoting world peace and cultural understanding. Work that helps bring about change is more valued.



Student applicants are encouraged to consider proposing projects close to where you are. Our experience is that you’re more likely to produce a successful body of work if you can easily access the setting where you’ll produce the work. Most student grant recipients had already started working on the project for which they received an Alexia grant.



Deadline is Oct. 5, 2020 at 11:59 p.m. Eastern U.S. Time.



Complete submission guidelines are on the submission page and on the main grants page.



Eligibility Students must be fully engaged in academic pursuit, to include college, university, community college and centers of photography programs at the time of their submission, or they may have graduated in May, 2020. For most students, that means you’re enrolled full time and are taking classes. For others, you may be on an internship before completing your degree or are working on your master’s project or thesis as part of an advanced degree. PhD students are eligible if they are actively pursuing their degree. No student who has worked as a professional photographer for more than one (1) year is eligible, including internships that total more than one year.

Student Awards We recognize one grant recipient and two finalists. The grant recipient receives a fellowship for tuition and student fees to enroll in three courses during a semester at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School and a $1,000 stipend and is the research assistant for The Alexia director at The Newhouse School during the semester, a paid position.

