1492/1619 American Aftermaths Grant - The Aftermath Project (Due Dec 1)
1492/1619 American Aftermaths Grant - The Aftermath Project
Deadline: December 1st, 2024
This is a big year for us – 2025 will mark the fifth, and final, year of our special five-year grant cycle, the 1492/1619 American Aftermaths grant. I’m so proud of TAP’s board, which committed to this special grant, which we launched in the aftermath of the killing of George Floyd and the protests that broke out across the United States in 2020.
Our 2025 grant application for the 1492/1619 American Aftermaths grant is now open. [Please note that the application cycle for our traditional post-conflict grant will be announced in late December or early January].
We’ve mentioned this before, but we’d love to see more explorations of Asian and Hispanic experiences. We’d also love to get proposals from white photographers who want to examine what it means to be white in the aftermaths of enslavement and colonialism.
We’re always making a note of resources that provide interesting insights into these aftermaths. Here are a few that caught our attention this year.
SKIPPED HISTORY -- a great podcast about so many overlooked episodes in American history, including these two:
Urban Native America and How Europeans Got It So, So Wrong
Indigenous Belonging and the Swamp Forests of North Carolina
HISTORIAN HEATHER COX RICHARDSON writes a great daily newsletter called “Letters from an American.” Check out this link on how Japanese internment camps came to be in the U.S. during World War II.
As for your proposal, you don’t have to address both 1492 and 1619 in your project, but you do need to have a thoughtful proposal (and strong work) that shows your understanding of how these aftermaths still resonate today.
As always, we will name one winner of our $25,000 grant. Thanks to the generous support of the Jonathan Logan Family Foundation for all five years of our American Aftermaths grant cycle, our four finalists each year will also receive a $5,000 grant.
Please read the enclosed information carefully. You will find:
1. An FAQ page about the new grant
2. Technical guidelines for your application and portfolio, and how to file
3. An application form which requires your signature and contact information
4. Terms and conditions for applying and what is expected of you as a grant winner or finalist.
5. A page listing previous grant winners and finalists, with a short synopsis of their projects and a link to their work on our website.
These should answer most, if not all, of your questions about the grant application process. Please be sure you’ve read them before asking additional questions. If you do need more information, send an email to:
aftermathprojectinfo@gmail.com
Please be patient – you will definitely receive an answer, it may just take a little time. Please don’t wait until the last minute; we get swamped with applications at the very end and it’s harder to answer questions then.
The deadline to apply is December 1, 2024 (midnight PST). We expect to announce the winner and finalists before the end of the year.
Kind regards,
Sara Terry
Founder/ Director, The Aftermath Project
E – saraterry13@gmail.com