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NPG Photo Scholarship Contest

Winners of the 2016 Photo Scholarship Contest

Without critical changes, U.S. population is projected to reach 400 million people by mid-century. Submit your photo of a threatened U.S. environmental treasure that you believe is worth protecting, along with an explanation (40-50 words) of how population growth has put this treasure at risk.

Award
Winner Name
School
NPG’s Foundation for
Human Conservation
Photography Scholarship
$1,500
Kennesaw State University
Kennesaw, GA
Runner-Up
$1,000 Award
Moorpark College
Moorpark, CA
Honorable Mention
$500
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
Honorable Mention
$500
University of California
Berkeley, CA
NPG’s Robert H. Savage
Memorial Scholarship
$500
Baylor University
Waco, TX

Winners of the 2015 Photo Scholarship Contest

Submit your original photo that shows how population growth is negatively impacting your community. With your photo, include your own 40-50 word description of why we need U.S. policies that work to slow, halt, and eventually reverse population growth.

Click on each name to view the winning photo.

Award
Winner Name
School
NPG’s Foundation for Human
Conservation Photography Scholarship
$1,000
Flathead Valley Community College
Kalispell, MT
NPG’s Robert H. Savage
Memorial Scholarship
$1,000
Indiana University - Bloomington
Bloomington, IN
NPG’s Sarah G. Epstein
Photography Scholarship
$500
University of Hawaii - Manoa
Honolulu, HI
NPG’s Cosmo Haun
Photography Scholarship
$500
Otero Junior College
La Junta, CO
NPG’s Walter V. McBeath
Photography Scholarship
$500

Immaculata University
Immaculata, PA
$500
Miami Dade College
Miami,FL
$500
Florida International University
Miami, FL
$500
Hunter College
New York, NY
$500
Whittier College
Whittier, CA
$500
Florida International University
Miami, FL
$500
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica, CA
$500
Coastal Carolina
Conway, SC
$500
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA
$500
North Carolina Agriculture & Technical State University
Greensboro, NC
$500
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
$500
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
$500
Moody Bible Institute
Chicago, IL
$500
University of Central Florida
Orlando, FL

Winners of the 2014 Photo Scholarship Contest

2014 Photo Topic:

Without critical changes, U.S. population is projected to reach 400 million people by mid-century.  Submit your photo of a threatened environmental treasure that you believe is worth protecting, along with an explanation (40-50 words) of how population growth has put this treasure at risk.

Click on each name to view the winning photo.

Award
Winner Name
School
Grand Prize Winner - $1,500
Flagler College,
Augustine, FL
NPG’s Robert H. Savage Memorial Scholarship $1,000
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL
$500
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
$500
University of Arizona
Tucson, AZ
$500
The University of Colorado-Boulder
Boulder, CO
$500
Washington University St. Louis
St. Louis, MO
$500
University of Alabama
Tuscaloosa, AL
$500
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO
$500
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA
$500
Pasco Hernando State College
Dade City, FL
$500
Ithaca College
Ithaca, NY
$500
Biola University
La Mirada, CA
$500
Bethel College
Mishawaka, IN
$500
Southern New Hampshire University
Hooksett, NH
$500
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR
$500
Columbia College Chicago
Chicago, IL
$500
Jacksonville University
Jacksonville, FL