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Applications are now open for the 2025 CatchLight Global Fellowship. Click here to learn more about this opportunity and apply for it.
Opportunity Details
Through the CatchLight Global Fellowship, CatchLight supports individuals who want to cultivate significant audience engagement through inventive distribution methods that will increase the impact of their work.
APPLICATION DETAILS
Application window: Nov. 9- Dec. 14, 2024
Cost: No Entry Fee
DELIVERABLES
Shared assets (photographs/video) proving impact/engagement
Shared assets to promote Fellows/CL work
Quarterly updates via email with optional virtual meeting
Presentation of your work/findings
$30,000 award
Potential access to additional future funding through the CatchLight Impact Fund
Paid travel and accommodations for the 2025 CatchLight Visual Storytelling Summit in San Francisco.
Personal development opportunities, including executive coaching
Impact strategy and networking support from CatchLight staff and our extended network.
A community of like-minded Fellows and industry professionals with opportunities for mentorship, education and speaking engagements.
Application is via Submittable.
Requirements include but are not limited to:
A fellowship statement that describes how visuals in general, and your work specifically, engage audiences and have a long-term impact. 200 words
A description of the proposed work. 250 words.
A description of how your distribution, engagement and/or impact plan differs from what is happening industry wide now and that identifies your target audience. 250 words.
A plan to gather impact feedback. 100 words
A timeline for the work which can extend beyond the grant period. (This can be broad or specific)
A budget estimate for the proposed work. This budget can exceed the award amount but please note where CatchLight funds would be used
Three topic ideas for sharing learning with the CatchLight community
10-20 images which, if awarded, CatchLight has the rights to use in promotional materials.
Three professional references. Contact information must include email and phone number.
A short bio
A copy of your curriculum vitae.
If awarded CatchLight requires:
CatchLight mentioned as a funder in all relevant project-related materials in perpetuity
CatchLight credited in conjunction with the impact/engagement work in perpetuity
WHO SHOULD APPLY?
Our aim is to bring resources and support to all types of leaders in visual storytelling who are looking to have significant impact and care about the sustainability of the field. Ideal candidates for the CatchLight Global Fellowship may include:
Visual storytellers whose projects address specific social-impact objectives
Creative leaders with plans to advance or grow the field of visual storytelling
Educators with innovative visual approaches to teaching and/or supporting emerging talents in the visual field
Apply for CatchLight Global Fellowship