10×10 Photobooks is pleased to announce a new grant cycle and call for applications as part of its annual photobook research grants program to encourage and support scholarship on under-explored topics in photobook history.

Information and Submission at: 

https://10x10photobooks.org/research-grants-cycle5-call/

The deadline for submissions for the new cycle of 10×10 research grants is midnight ET 23 March 2026.

For this cycle, 10×10 is looking for submissions related to 10×10 Photobooks’ forthcoming publication on the history of photobooks from Africa and its diaspora. We invite proposals for photobook research on Black identity, Africa and the African diaspora. The concept of the photobook for your study can be interpreted in the broadest sense possible: classic bound books, portfolios, personal albums, unpublished books, zines, digital media, scrapbooks, posters, or other ephemera. The evaluation of proposals will consider the importance of the proposed topic, how significant and/or unknown is the subject, and the strength of the proposed approach.

10×10 Photobooks will award three grants this 5th cycle for 2026-2027 in the amount of $2,500 each, which will be paid in two increments during the course of the project.

If you have any questions, please contact Marjorie Ornston, 10×10’s Grants Director at grants@10x10photobooks.org.