The Bob & Millie Lynn Grant

Terms and Conditions

Deadline: October 31, 2025, 4:59 p.m. EDT

Eligibility

The Bob & Millie Lynn Grant is open only to photojournalists and photojournalism students legally authorized to work in the United States (all 50 states), Puerto Rico, or the United States Minor Outlying Islands. A completed IRS Form W-9 will be required when you accept the award. There are no geographic restrictions on where stories may be photographed.

 

Expectations

  • The recipient will do their best to adhere to the project timeline and communicate their progress with NPPF’s coordinator monthly. The project is expected to be completed within one year of the grant agreement.
  • Upon conclusion of the project, The Bob & Millie Lynn Grant recipient will submit to NPPF sufficient high-resolution images with comprehensive captions to document the grant. A high-resolution copy must be submitted if the project results in a video.
  • A written document outlining work on the grant is required.

Intellectual property

  • Submitted materials and ideas are confidential and will be used only for judging purposes except for the selected project.
  • The recipient retains the ownership and copyright of the final product. Any monies generated by this project shall be retained by the recipient.
  • The recipient grants the NPPF the right to use their name, likeness, biographical information, submitted images and/or videos from the application and project images on NPPF’s website, in any social media publicizing the NPPF programs and publications, including but not limited to educational, promotional and fundraising purposes at the NPPF’s sole discretion, without additional permission or consideration, or notification to the grant recipient or any third party.
  • The recipient also grants the NPPF its licensees, affiliates and their designees an irrevocable, non-exclusive, perpetual royalty-free license to use elements of their project (or the project in its entirety) on the NPPF's website, on social media and as promotional materials to fundraise and promote its scholarships and grants. The recipient also hereby grants the NPPF the right to make their project (or any and all elements thereof) available for educational purposes, including to colleges and universities of the NPPF’s choosing.

 Ethics

  • Recipients understand that they must adhere to the highest professional, ethical and personal standards for visual journalists. At its sole discretion, violations of these standards will result in withdrawal of the grant and funding by the NPPF.
  • An entry may not contain images that have been manipulated digitally in violation of generally accepted professional photojournalistic standards. Applicants should review and adhere to the National Press Photographers Association (NPPA) Code of Ethics concerning image manipulation.
  • The NPPF, in its sole discretion, retains the right to disqualify any entry found to include manipulated images or staged situations.
  • The NPPF, in its sole discretion, may exercise its right to rescind the entire award amount if the grantee is found to have manipulated images beyond what is professionally accepted, as noted in the NPPA Code of Ethics.

Financial:

The NPPF will pay four thousand dollars ($4,000) upon award of the Bob & Millie Lynn Grant, and the recipient will be paid one thousand dollars ($1,000) upon receipt of at least twenty-five (25) digital images and any videos within eighteen (18) months after receipt of the Grant.

Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

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