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The Tierney Fellowship, created in 2003 by The Tierney Family Foundation, supports emerging artists in the field of photography.  The aim of the fellowship is to encourage photographers to work on or produce new work within a community of peers. For more information about this fellowship visit http://www.tierneyfellowship.org/index.php.

Started in 2008 to celebrate the lives Pierre and Alexandra Boulat, this grant is annually given to a photographer who has a story that must be told. The deadline for this grant is July 1st, 2009. For more information about this opportunity visit http://www.viiphoto.com/association.html.

The British Journal of Photography offers grants, throughout the year, that are open to anyone living in the UK or Ireland. BJP financially supports photographers working at the beginning stages of projects. The deadline for their next grant is December 5, 2009. For more information about this grant visit http://www.bjp-online.com/public/showPage.html?page=bjp_paa_info.

Celebrating its 35th Anniversary, En Foco is giving fine art and documentary photographers an opportunity for public exposure and $10,000 in awards. En Foco is looking for strong photographic work that creates a cross-cultural dialogue. For more information about this competition, visit http://www.enfoco.org/index.php/programs/competition/

The Alexia Foundation offers a $15,000 grant to enable a photographer to produce a substantial body of work that attempts to further the foundation's goals of promoting world peace and cultural understanding. This grant is awarded to the most concisely conceived proposal depicting a strong sense of narrative, not a portfolio. For more information about this opportunity, visit http://www.alexiafoundation.org/rules/professional/.