Umrao Singh Sher-Gil Grant for Photography 2026
Sher-Gil Sundaram Arts Foundation · India
Two grants of INR 500,000 for India-based photographers in staged or documentary work.
- Funding
- Funded
- Entry
- Free
- Odds
- Not published
By opportunity
Money and time
34 of 222 pay the artist. 19 cost nothing to enter.
Closing soon
11 close inside a week. 43 never close at all.
By practice
14 practices tracked. 30 calls take any medium.
By place
35 countries represented. 123 take applicants from anywhere.
The index and the method
Creative AustraliaAustralia

Canberra, Australia — not a photograph of this opportunity. Mike Wilson mkwlsn, CC0, Wikimedia Commons
The short answer
A grant from Creative Australia, Australia. Applications close 1 September 2026. Official terms last checked 30 August 2026.
Not stated by the organiserthe selection odds. Blank is never read as favourable, and nothing here is estimated to fill it.
In the organiser's words
Quoted from creative.gov.au and checked on 30 August 2026. This is the organiser's description, reproduced as captured. It has not been through the evidence checks that produced the figures above.
Creative Australia supports arts organisations undertaking creation, presentation, professional development, market development and audience-engagement projects. The current round closes 1 September 2026 at 3pm AEST, and the official page lists 2 March 2027 as the following round. International organisations may apply where the project benefits practising Australian artists, their work or Australian audiences.
The money, to scale
Verified facts
Blank fields are never interpreted as favorable. The organizer’s current terms remain controlling.
| Organizer | Creative Australia |
|---|---|
| Type | Grant |
| Disciplines | any |
| Location / online | Australia |
| Eligibility | Arts organisations; international organisations may apply when the project benefits practising Australian artists, their work or Australian audiences |
| Deadline | 1 September 2026 |
| Opens | Not stated |
| Award / support | AUD $20,000 to $100,000 |
| Entry fee | No application fee is stated on the official page; fee remains unknown rather than assumed free. |
| Funding type | Funded |
| Verified | 30 August 2026 |
Support ledger
Every row is read off this record. Nothing is filled in from what an opportunity of this kind usually offers.
Not structured in this record
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True cost to enter
No entry fee or cost estimate has been extracted for this record. Unstated is not free: confirm the fee, the framing and the shipping in the official brief before you budget.
Published selection odds
The organiser does not publish acceptance numbers.
No proxy score, reputation estimate or invented probability replaces missing applicant and selection counts.
Application control list
This call publishes no requirements of its own, so these are the common preparation categories for a grant. Confirm every format, word count and required document against the official brief.
Seven-day application plan
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Official application handoff
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