Heritage Lens Fellowship (9th iteration)
Deoband Community Wikimedia
- Type
- Fellowship
- Desk
- Creative Studio
- Support
- Full cover for local travel and transport for fieldwork, meals and food allowances, operational expenses and local site coordination, plus mentoring from experienced Wikimedians and a certificate of completion.
- Deadline
- 12 Nov 2026
- Eligibility
- Indian citizens only. Photographers and creative documentarians who want to share their work under free licences on Wikimedia Commons.
About this fellowship
Deoband Community Wikimedia's Heritage Lens programme, now in its ninth round, funds fellows to photograph and record Muslim heritage in India: madrasas, libraries and archives, mosques, shrines and tombs, crafts, calligraphy, oral traditions and places linked to scholars and reformers. Fieldwork travel and expenses are covered, and the photographs are published under free licences on Wikimedia Commons. Applications go through the online form only; email applications aren't accepted.
Apply at the source
Apply on Deoband Community Wikimedia(opens in a new tab)https://engage.dcwwiki.org/call-for-fellows-heritage-lens-fellowship-9th-iteration
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