The Centre for British Photography is delighted to announce the second year of our grants and mentorship programme, supporting artists working with photography across Britain. This year's grants are supported by the Brocolli Foundation.
TIMELINE
SUBMIT APPLICATION ON PICTER HERE
Are you looking for help to complete a project, finish a book dummy, or realise an exhibition? The Centre's Realisation Grants are here to help artists working in photography to help realise a project.
ABOUT
During 2025 the Centre for British Photography will be awarding a total of £10,000 with a maximum award of £2,500 per recipient. These are not support grants but are awards to enable photographers and artists working with photography to bring an ongoing project to completion within a year. They are open to individuals of all ages, irrespective of academic background. Applications are FREE.
WHAT WINNERS RECEIVE
An award of up to £2,500 per project (determined by proposal budget) which will be used by the applicant to complete the project within a year. Recipients of the Centre's Realisation Grants will also have a total of three sessions of expert mentorship from the team and trustees of the Centre for British Photography.
COMMITMENT
Commitment to attend three mentorship meetings with the Centre for British Photography (virtually or in person).
GRANT AWARDED
Selected photographers and artists working in photography will receive their grants in two stages: 50% upon acceptance of the grant, and the balance on September 15 2025, considered the halfway mark of the grant competition period. Works produced with support of the grant should be finished by March 1, 2026.
PREVIOUS WINNERS
The four inaugural CBP Realisation Grant winners 2024 were Ajamu X for the project Ecce Homo, Phillipa Klaiber & Michael Swann for the project Compost, Zula Rabikowska for the project Nothing But a Curtain and Almudena Romero for the project Farming a Photograph.