The Open Society Documentary Photography Project offers grants for documentary photographers from Central Asia, the South Caucasus, Afghanistan, Mongolia, and Pakistan. With these grants, they support visual documentation of important human rights and social issues in the region and provide training and mentorship to local photographers.
The deadline for proposals is Tuesday, March 5th, 2013
Information: http://www.opensocietyfoundations.org/grants/production-grants-individuals
Image by Robin Bowman, "The American Teenager Project" (Richmond, California), 2012 Audience Engagement Grant Winner.