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Discounts, Awards & Scholarships
Momenta Scholarships:
Open to any photographer of any age
Momenta offers the following partial scholarship awards for the Project Series: Photographing Nonprofits workshops (unless otherwise stated). These scholarships are paid for by the Momenta Scholarship Fund and ia made possible to support aspiring and working photographers as they seek to grow their skills.
INTERNATIONAL:
- One (1) Award Winner will receive a $1000 scholarship applied toward tuition.
- Two (2) Runner-up Awards will receive a $500 scholarship applied toward tuition.
U.S. & PUERTO RICO:
- One (1) Award Winner will receive a $500 scholarship applied toward tuition.
- Two (2) Runner-up Awards will receive a $250 scholarship applied toward tuition.
Application:
Please send an email to info@momentaworkshops.com with the following:
- Cover letter or email explaining why you’d like to attend this specific workshop and how this workshop will benefit your career goals
- A link to your online portfolio or Instagram account
- Email subject heading reading: “Scholarship Application for (Insert name of the workshop here).”
Terms:
Winners will be selected by a majority vote of Momenta Workshops staff, based on all application criteria. If you are selected as a Winner or Runner-Up, you must accept your scholarship and register for the workshop with a deposit within 7 days of the official announcement. The scholarship will be applied to the final total for your tuition after you register and a full deposit is required at the time of registration. Deposits are typically $2000 on International workshops and $1000 on Domestic workshops. If you do not register within 7 days of notification, the next person in line, based on voting totals, will be given the scholarship.
Eligibility:
Open to any professional, amateur, or student photographer, regardless of country, age, skill level, or profession. You must complete the application by the deadline and be ready to register for the workshop within 7 days should you be awarded a scholarship.
Please don’t apply unless you are willing to accept either award and register regardless of the award you receive. When you do this, it wastes our judges’ time and takes opportunities from the other applicants.
Next Award Deadlines:
- Applications for Project NOLA 2025 are due December 11th at 11 p.m. PST.
The Lori Minden Tancer Award:
Open to photographers working in the field for less than 5 years
This Award:
This award is sponsored by New York Times bestselling author Bill Tancer in memory of his late wife. Lori Minden Tancer passed away on July 27, 2014 after bravely waging a 14-year battle with breast cancer.
Eligibility:
The Lori Minden Tancer Award will grant a professional photographer working in the field less than five (5) years a full paid tuition to a domestic Momenta Workshop (excluding Puerto Rico). If selected, the photographer will be assigned to work with a charity focused on children’s issues. The award will pay for a student’s tuition as well as a travel stipend of $500.
Past winners include Rachel Cerrotti, Emily Harger, and Annabelle Hendersøn.
Application:
Send an email to info@momentaworkshops.com with the following:
- Cover letter or email explaining why you’d like to attend this specific workshop and how this workshop will benefit your career goals
- A link to your online portfolio or Instagram account
- Email subject heading reading: “Scholarship Application for (Insert name of the workshop here).”
Terms:
Winners will be selected by a majority vote of Momenta Workshops staff and Bill Tancer. If you win this award, you will have one (1) week from the time you are notified to register your selected workshop. Please email our offices with questions.
Deadline:
The application period for the 2023 Tancer Award scholarship is open through June 27, 2023 at 11 p.m. PST.
Not eligible for this award? Scroll to the top and see our Momenta Scholarships, which are open to all.
The West Award:
Open to currently enrolled college students and recent grads
The Award:
Winners receive a full scholarship to a domestic workshop with Momenta as well as a travel stipend of $500. Past winners include Brittainy Newman, Zach Kramer, Salgu Wissmath, Sophia Nahli Allison, Jessica Suarez, Nicholas Pinto, Ji Hoon Heo, Harrison Hill, Ksenia Dobbs, Keren Carrion, Srijita Chattopadhyay, Kristina Bodnya, Shuran Huang among others.
Eligibility:
Eligible students must be United States based, full-time college students currently enrolled at an accredited college or university. Undergraduate or graduate students may apply. Recent graduates may apply within one year of their official graduation date.
Application:
Send the following information to info@momentaworkshops.com:
- Cover letter or email explaining why you’d like to attend this specific workshop and how this workshop will benefit your career goals
- A link to your online portfolio or Instagram account
- Email subject heading reading: “West Award: (Insert name /year of the workshop here).”
Terms:
Winners will be selected by a majority vote of Patrick West and Momenta Workshops staff, based on all application criteria. If you are selected as a Winner, you must accept your scholarship and register for the workshop with a deposit within 7 days of the official announcement. If you do not register within 7 days of notification, the next person in line, based on voting totals, will be given the scholarship.
Deadlines:
This award is closed for 2023. Please sign up for our newsletter to be alerted when this opens again.
Not eligible for this award? Scroll to the top and see our Momenta Scholarships, which are open to all.
Other Available Discounts
We value the importance of investing in educational growth at any point in your career. Therefore, we offer the following discounts:
College students and military serve men and women get a 10% discount off your workshop if requested.
Professional membership organizations like Travel Writers of America, ASMP, ASPP, EP, NPPA, PPA, Clickin’ Moms, NAPP & WPJA also get 10% off any workshop. Don’t see yours listed? Call us and we’ll add your group to the list.
Nonprofit staff and teachers get specialty pricing on all our workshops when requested.
Sony Alpha Universe members receive a special discount from Momenta Workshops. Only Sony members may use the discount code provided to them and their names will be verified after registration.
Note: Attendees cannot “stack” discounts. Only one discount can be used at a time.
Please call our offices at 202 688 1448 or email us at info@MomentaWorkshops.com to inquire about discount codes and conditions.