10×10 Photobooks is pleased to announce a new grant cycle and call for applicationsas part of its annual photobook research grants program to encourage and support scholarship on under-explored topics in photobook history.
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for your study can be interpreted in the broadest sense possible: classic bound books, portfolios, personal albums, unpublished books, zines, digital media, scrapbooks, posters, or other ephemera.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.
Applicants may submit multiple proposals and a single application may include multiple researchers (note that the grant amount is for the entire project, not per researcher).
Grantees are expected to present the result of their research in a 15 to 20-minute Zoom presentation along with an approximate 1500 word printed essay, including illustrations and photographs. Final research needs to be in English and will be due within a year of the grant being awarded.
10×10 will also assist where able and desired with in-progress review, identifying information, making introductions, etc. The deadline for submissions for the new cycle of 10×10 research grants is midnight ET 23 March 2026.
