Entries open for Michel du Cille Fellowship 2024

The goal is to encourage photojournalists to cover topics of great importance in today’s changing world. The completed work should be a substantive, in-depth exploration of the recipient’s project that meets the highest standards of contemporary storytelling.

Funding Information

• The recipient will receive $15,000 to complete a visual documentary project.

Eligibility Criteria

• The Michel du Cille Fellowship is open to professional photojournalists who are legally residing in or legally authorized to work in Puerto Rico, United States, United States Minor Outlying Islands.
• Eligible staff photographers must first obtain and submit written permission from their employer agreeing to these grant terms before those staff photographers move forward on their project.

Application Requirements

• Your name, date of birth, permanent address, personal email address, personal mobile phone number.
• A concise bio highlighting your experience, your commitment to completing a project of consequence.
• CV including 2-3 professional references with names, email address and phone number.
• Project title
• A project description/summary of less than 2500 characters including spaces.
• Project proposal of less than 4000 characters including spaces explaining what project you plan to undertake including a brief timeline including how you expect to use the grant.
• A body of work up to 24 images for still only applications or 2-3 videos of less than 10 minutes each for video applications.
• Example entries include:
  • 2 stories of 12 or less images each
  • 1 story of 12 or less images, and 1 video of less than 10 minutes
  • 2-3 video stories of less than 10 minutes each
  • Digital images should be .JPG and 3000px on the long side.
• IPTC fields are required:
  • Caption
  • Do not put photographer name in caption
  • For stories you must include a short story description in the first image
  • City/ State
  • Date image was made
  • Creator/ photographer
  • Copyright

For more information, visit NPPF.