[acc-cca-l] Call for applications: The Image Center Research Fellowships

[Alexandra Borkowski]

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Dear colleagues,

Please see the call for applications below for The Image Centre Research Fellowships, and please feel free to share this opportunity with your networks:


CALL FOR APPLICATIONS


The Image Centre Research Fellowships


Submission deadline: March 15, 2026


About


The Image Centre (IMC) is Canada’s leading institution dedicated to the exhibition, research and collecting of photography. Established in 2012 at Toronto Metropolitan University, in the heart of the city, the IMC welcomes visitors to explore the intersection of photography and culture. Through compelling exhibitions and engaging public programming, the IMC showcases work by emerging, renowned, and anonymous photographers, past and present. With a growing collection of nearly 500,000 photographic objects and an innovative scholarly research program, the IMC is also a vibrant hub for the preservation and study of photography.


Since 2014, The Image Centre has offered a variety of fellowships for research related to photography. Research fellows have the opportunity to study select areas of The Image Centre's photography collections first-hand. These include the acclaimed Black Star Collection of photo-reportage, with over a quarter-million prints spanning the 20th century; a historic and fine art photography collection; The Francis Bedford Research Collection; The Edward Burtynsky Collection; The Braun-Epstein Collection; The Rudolph P. Bratty Family Collection (NYT); and several archives devoted to the life and work of a diverse group of photographers, including Werner Wolff, Jo Spence, Wendy Snyder MacNeil, Berenice Abbott, Minna Keene, Violet Keene Perinchief and Richard Harrington.


Fellowship Opportunities:

The Nadir Mohamed Postdoctoral Fellowship | $10,000 CAD

Candidates must hold a PhD.


The Penny Rubinoff Fellowship | $5,000 CAD

Candidates must hold a master’s degree; eligible applicants include current PhD students or candidates. Individuals who hold a PhD or are postdoctoral researchers are not eligible.


The Elaine Ling Fellowship| $4,000 CAD

Candidates must have recently completed a master’s degree or be working toward its completion. Individuals enrolled in a doctoral program, holding a PhD, or serving as postdoctoral researchers are ineligible.


The Howard Tanenbaum Fellowship for Artistic Research | $4,000 CAD

Open to candidates at any level of education, as well as independent artists with relevant experience and demonstrated interests.


The Wendy Snyder MacNeil Research Fellowship | $2,500

Candidates should possess or be working towards at least an undergraduate degree, and/or be photo-based artists with an interest in extended forms of portraiture.


For further information regarding eligibility, application requirements, selection process and more, please visit our website: https://theimagecentre.ca/fellowship/.


With thanks,

Alex

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Alex Borkowski, PhD (she/her)

Research Program Coordinator

Office: 416-979-5000 Ext.553251


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