The Alexia Foundation

The Alexia Grant was not established with the single purpose of
rewarding the best photographers -- this is not a portfolio
competition. The grant will be awarded to a photojournalist who can
further cultural understanding and world peace by conceiving and
writing a concise, focused, and meaningful story proposal, and who can
demonstrate the ability to visually execute that story with compelling
images. There is no mathematical formula for determining grantees, but
the proposal and photography must both be considered of the highest
quality.

Professional applications will be judged in two rounds. First,
members of the Alexia Board and its executive advisors will review
portfolios and move those demonstrating strong visual skills to a
second round. In that round, judges that are industry leaders first
read and rank the story proposals for all those portfolios brought
forward. If no judge thinks the proposal is worth considering, the
portfolio is not reviewed in the second round. A winner is chosen based
on the judges'''' determination of the combination of the strongest
proposal and photography.