The Wendy Snyder MacNeil Research Fellowship 2027

Name: The Wendy Snyder MacNeil Research Fellowship 2027
Start: 2026-08-01
End: 2026-10-18
Location: Toronto, Ontario

The Image Centre · Toronto, Ontario

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The Image Centre in Toronto offers six competitive fellowships for research related to photography in 2027, and the Wendy Snyder MacNeil Research Fellowship is one of them. Candidates should possess or be working towards at least an undergraduate degree, or be photo-based artists. Their research should use the collections and resources of The Image Centre or Toronto Metropolitan University Archives and Special Collections to support new perspectives on the work of women photographers, including Wendy Snyder MacNeil. The fellow carries out research onsite for a minimum of one and a maximum of four weeks, between February 15 and December 15, 2027. The fellowship was established in memory of the photographer and filmmaker Wendy Snyder MacNeil, whose entire personal photographic archive is held by The Image Centre. Research fellows study the Image Centre's photography collections first-hand, including the Black Star Collection of photo-reportage with over a quarter-million prints, a historic and fine art photography collection, and archives devoted to photographers including Jo Spence, Berenice Abbott, Minna Keene and Wendy Snyder MacNeil.

Who can apply

International applicants
Medium: Photography
Entry fee: See official site
Applications are sent by email to imagecentre.research@torontomu.ca no later than October 18, 2026, by 11:59:00 p.m. EST, with the subject line Application for IMC 2027 Fellowship. The application must include a project proposal of approximately 1,000 words whose first line indicates which fellowship is being sought, a curriculum vitae, and one sample of written work of maximum 20 pages, gathered into a single PDF named FirstnameLastname2027-Application.pdf. One letter of recommendation must be emailed directly by the referee to the same address before the deadline. The Image Centre will not consider incomplete applications or blanket applications for multiple fellowships. Past winners of IMC fellowships may not reapply for five years following submission of their previous final report. Research must take place onsite in Toronto, fellows pay their own travel and accommodation, and fellows without Canadian citizenship are responsible for obtaining any required travel visas. Each fellow submits a two-page report within one month of completing the fellowship.

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Key information

Deadline: 18 Oct 2026
Closes in: 71 days
Location: Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Host: The Image Centre
Eligibility: International
Medium: Photography
Entry fee: See official site
Reward: The fellowship description states a $4,000 CAD stipend for travel, research and other related expenses. The Disbursement of Stipends section on the same page states $2,500 CAD for this fellowship, paid as a first instalment of $1,250 CAD on signing a Letter of Agreement and a second instalment of $1,250 CAD after submission of the two-page fellowship report. The two figures on the official page do not agree, so applicants should confirm with the Image Centre. The fellowship does not include access to production facilities such as printing labs and darkrooms.

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