Matt Eich, a graduate student at Hartford Art School, is the winner of the Bob East Scholarship, which may be awarded to either a graduate or undergraduate student.

Akash Ghai, from Pennsylvania State University, is the winner of the Jimi Lott Scholarship.

Brittany Greeson, of Western Kentucky University, is the winner of the Reid Blackburn Scholarship.

Taz Lombardo, Master’s student at the University of Missouri, is the inaugural Rich Clarkson Founders Scholarship winner.

KC McGinnis, of University of Iowa, is the winner of the Kit C. King Scholarship, which is exclusively for photojournalists who are pursuing an advanced degree.

Emily Schweich, of the University of Maryland at College Park, is the winner of the NPPF TV News Scholarship.

Sarah Shaw, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the winner of the NPPF Still & Multimedia Scholarship.

And Ray Whitehouse, a graduate student at University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, is the winner of the Bob Baxter Scholarship, which may be awarded to either a graduate or undergraduate student.

Read more about the winners.