Skip to content
Circlebreaker

Funding

Grant

The Alexia Conservation Grant (Student)

FellowshipRemote

The Alexia, S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications, Syracuse University

Application Deadline

Rolling admission

Official Page

The Alexia, a visual-journalism program at Syracuse University’s Newhouse School, runs a yearly grant competition for student and professional photographers and filmmakers. The Conservation Grant is one of its pop-up awards, sponsored by The fStop Foundation.

Students propose a photo or film project on the positive side of conservation work amid human-wildlife conflict: how people can live alongside wildlife. They shoot it where they choose. The 2026 cycle has closed.

Benefits & funding

  • US$1,000 (2026 student amount)
  • Guidance from The fStop Foundation during production and publication
  • Every applicant is also considered for the student Vision Grant
  • Duties: make meaningful progress within one year of signing the grant agreement; credit The Alexia if the work is published within three years; you keep copyright but grant The Alexia a non-exclusive licence to use it

Eligibility

  • Students fully engaged in study at a college, university, community college or centre of photography when they submit (for most, full-time enrolment), or who graduated the year before the cycle (2025 for 2026)
  • PhD students qualify while actively pursuing the degree
  • The pages state no nationality or residence limit
  • Past Alexia grant recipients must sit out the next three cycles
  • One proposal per applicant per year

Can you apply?

Here's who can apply

Decoded from the official rules. A free account checks them against your passport, degree and age in seconds.

  • Education required

    Bachelor Enrolled · Bachelor

Check my eligibility — free

Circlebreaker is a free database of global fellowships, scholarships and programs — every one decoded like this.

We only check the criteria we have data for. Always confirm full eligibility on the official page before applying.

Application process

  1. 1
    Submit one proposal and a body of work through the Visura.co platform; free for students.
  2. 2
    During submission, opt in to the Conservation pop-up grant.
  3. 3
    Finalists are judged at a live judging weekend; winners are announced in May.

Program timeline

  1. 2026 submissions opened (deadline not stated on official pages)

    Jan 13, 2026

  2. Live judging, Syracuse

    Mar 27, 2026 to 03-28

  3. Recipients announced

    2026-05

  4. Next judging weekend

    Apr 2, 2027 to 04-03

The monthly round-up

New fellowships, scholarships and programs, once a month. No account needed.