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Students can apply for Student Media Grants Program and win $5,000 funding for research and international travel

The Student Media Grants Program #SMGP at Texas A&M University funded by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation.

Apply for the Student Media Grants Program and win funding of up to $5,000 for research and international travel.

TheĀ Student Media Grants Program is an annual photojournalism grant awarded to students interested in using innovative methods to research and chronicle issues facing fragile and conflict-affected areas.

Students are invited to create proposals describing their international travel, research idea, and photographic subjects.

They should choose an international development area that reflects issues of food security, health, education, land tenure, poverty, etc. as the basis for the proposal. Students do not have to be professionals or experienced photographers to apply!

The deadline for submitting applications for the Student Media Grants Program is October 10th, 2014.

The Student Media Grants Program is administered by the Center on Conflict and Development at Texas A&M University through a grant funded by the Howard G. Buffett Foundation.

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Philimon Badagawa.

Philimon Badagawa is a multimedia journalist with skills in news gathering, packaging, editing and online publishing. He has knowledge in data visualization, can design and manage websites. He previously worked as a journalist with Observer media and authored several articles and stories. He does research, video & audio recording, editing and production for online publication. He Participated in The New Dawn photography campaign aimed at rebranding Northern Uganda-USAID/NUTI Project (2010). Philimon is in love with photography, writing, reading, sharing new ideas and interacting with reasonable people for skills development. He was recognized for excelling in Journalism during the Uganda Journalism Awards by ACME in 2015. (philebadagawa@gmail.com, +256 774 607 886)

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