With the proliferation of cameras and other image-capturing devices, there is a pressing need to conceptualize the human experience as immersed in and shaped by photographic images. Arguably, the long dominance of written culture has given way to a visual culture dominated by photography-based images and their technologies. Yet the profusion of theories and systems that analyze and interpret languages and literatures has not seen an equivalent production of theories and systems that help to interpret and theorize our contemporary culture of photo-based images and their history.

The SIP offers funding to writers, theorists, and researchers from various disciplines (be they academic faculty, independent scholars, graduate students, artists or research-oriented curators) doing research that will advance the methodologies, theories, and practices by which we can better comprehend the world of photography and the world perceived through photography.

Researchers are invited to submit proposals for projects that focus on one or more of the themes and that fit within the support frameworks listed below.

Deadline: March 1st, 2011

1. Proposal submission deadline: March 1st, 2011 before midnight (GMT)
2. Pre-proposal submission deadline (optional): February 21st, 2011 before midnight (GMT)
3. Announcement of winners: April 18th, 2011

// Panelists

The Panel Chair is Professor Louis Kaplan (University of Toronto). This panel consists of leading international experts in the field of philosophy and photography.
The members of this review committee will be disclosed after the deadline for submission of applications.

All applications must be submitted through The SIP’s website and Upload Form.
Criteria for review include:

1. Originality: The work will make a significant contribution to the research field, with potential for expanding the discourse.
2. Clarity: The concept, methodology, and objectives as stated in the proposal are entirely clear. There must be a strong plan for the documentation of research in the work.
3. Feasibility: The work can be reasonably achieved as outlined in the proposal and budget and can meet the intended objectives within the timetable, resources and budget specified.
4. Relevance: The proposed work is relevant to one or more of the themes of the call.
5. Accessibility: The general educated public, beyond the research community, will be able to understand the overall argument of the work, thus meeting the mission of The SIP to enlarge the understanding of photography for the public through research.

Notwithstanding the above, the SIP reserves the right to choose the grantees on the basis of whatever considerations it determines appropriate, at its sole, absolute discretion, without having to provide explanations or details of the said considerations.

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