National Press Photographers Foundation (NPPF)

Scholarship Terms and Conditions

Eligibility

• Undergraduate and graduate students enrolled for the spring semester of 2025 at a four-year college or university in the United States. International students enrolled in U.S. programs are eligible.
• Confirmation that the student’s conduct and work are consistent with the National Press Photographers Association’s Code of Ethics.
• Completion of the NPPF CV form located at: https://nppf.org/nppf-scholarships, uploaded to Picter.
• A recommendation letter on university letterhead describing applicant’s qualifications signed by a professor/lecturer.
• Applicants for the Clarkson Scholarship need a second recommendation letter from a non-academic person familiar with their leadership qualities.
• Recipient’s application information and submitted documents are subject to verification by the NPPF, whose decisions are final and binding in all matters related to the scholarship.
• If the NPPF finds cause to disqualify a submission after a scholarship has been announced or awarded, the scholarship may be rescinded.
• Decisions regarding the eligibility and integrity of all submissions reside solely with the NPPF and those decisions shall be final.

Intellectual property

• Submitted materials are confidential and will be used only for judging purposes except for awarded scholarships.
• The recipient retains the ownership and copyright of their work product.
• The recipient grants the NPPF the right to use their name, likeness, biographical information, submitted images and/or videos from the application and projects images on NPPF’s website, any social media publicizing the NPPF programs and publications, including but not limited to its 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 the scholarship program. 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:

• 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. Any use of Photoshop’s Content Aware feature is disqualifying manipulation.
• 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:

• Payment of any taxes and expenses are solely the responsibility of the recipient.
• The NPPF will deposit $2,000 into each student awardee’s university/college bursar account or mail a check for $2,000 to the recipient, as instructed. Students are responsible for providing account information or mailing address upon notification of the award.

Any questions?

Please feel free to contact us.

Send email to Prof. James Kelly at:
scholarships@nppf.org
with subject line “NPPF Scholarship Question”