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Society for American Music
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Adrienne Fried Block Fellowship
The Society for American Music offers the Adrienne Fried Block Fellowship to support scholarly research leading to publication on musical life in large urban communities, with preference for projects that examine interconnections among groups and organizations and cross-genre participation in metropolitan settings.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $3,000
Adrienne Fried Block Fellowship (Urban musical life)
The Society for American Music offers a suite of named fellowships and subventions to support research, teaching, creation, and dissemination of musics in the Americas, with awards typically ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 and covering topics such as urban musical life, concert and popular music, racial/social justice, Latin American/Latinx music, women’s and gender studies, and dissertation research.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $3,000
Anne Dhu McLucas Fellowship
The Society for American Music offers the Anne Dhu McLucas Fellowship, a typically annual award of up to $1,000 to support graduate archival or fieldwork research on traditional (oral) music or Native American/First Nation music; funds may cover travel, lodging, media resources, and duplication, and include one complimentary year of SAM membership.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $1,000
Charles Hamm Fellowship — one-week research residency at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library & Archives
The Society for American Music, co‑sponsored by the Center for Popular Music Studies at Case Western Reserve University, offers the Charles Hamm Fellowship to support a one‑week research residency at the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame Library & Archives (Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH).
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $2,000
Charles Hiroshi Garrett Fellowship for Research on Music and Racial/Social Justice
The Society for American Music awards the Charles Hiroshi Garrett Fellowship to support competitive research on intersections of music with social and racial justice in the Americas, funding archival or ethnographic expenses (travel, research materials, media) with one award per cycle and a maximum of $5,000.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $5,000
Edward T. Cone Fellowship
The Society for American Music administers the Edward T. Cone Fellowship to support scholars at any career stage whose research addresses the history, creation, or analysis of American concert music (solo, chamber, symphonic), funding research expenses such as travel, books, and media resources with awards up to $2,000.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $2,000
Eileen Southern Fellowship
The Society for American Music offers the annual Eileen Southern Fellowship to support archival or ethnographic research on music of the African diaspora in the Americas, providing awards up to $1,000 to cover expenses such as travel, lodging, books, and media.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $1,000
H. Earle Johnson Publication Subvention
The Society for American Music offers the H. Earle Johnson Book Publication Subvention Award to defray publication costs for significant books on American music, providing up to $2,500.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $2,500
Hampsong Education Fellowship in American Song
The Society for American Music offers the Hampsong Education Fellowship in American Song, awarding up to $1,000 to support educators who develop curricular or co‑curricular projects that illuminate American history and culture through song.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $1,000
Irving Lowens Article Award
The Society for American Music offers the annual Irving Lowens Article Award to recognize an article that makes an outstanding contribution to the study of music of the United States and its intersections with musical cultures beyond U.S. boundaries; the prize includes a plaque and an unspecified cash award.
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- Amount
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Irving Lowens Book Award
The Society for American Music awards the annual Irving Lowens Book Award to the book judged the best in the field of American music; the prize includes a monetary award and a citation presented at the Society’s annual national conference (specific dollar amount not stated).
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- Amount
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John and Roberta Graziano Fellowship
The Society for American Music offers the John and Roberta Graziano Fellowship to support scholarly research on music connected to the United States in the long nineteenth century and other music performed in North America during that period; no more than one award is made each year and funding varies with endowment interest up to $2,000.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $2,000
John Koegel Latin American/Latinx Music Fellowship
The Society for American Music offers the John Koegel Latin American/Latinx Music Fellowship, an annual competitive award supporting research on Latin American musical life (including South America, Central America, Mexico, the Caribbean, and related global representations).
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $2,000
Judith McCulloh Fellowship — research support for folk-based music of the Americas
The Society for American Music offers the annual Judith McCulloh Fellowship to support short-term research on folk-based music cultures of the Americas, funding expenses (travel, lodging, duplication) for residency at research centers/archives or for fieldwork, with awards up to $1,000.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $1,000
Judith Tick Fellowship
The Society for American Music's Judith Tick Fellowship funds scholarly research leading to publication on musical topics related to women’s, gender, and sexuality studies, with preference for projects reflecting Tick’s work on women’s music-making, musical biography, and American source studies.
- Deadline
- Not listed
- Amount
- $1,000
Kate Van Winkle Keller Fellowship
The Society for American Music, through an endowment established by Kate Van Winkle Keller’s family and friends and administered by the American Antiquarian Society, funds a one- to two-month research residency at the AAS to support scholarly research and writing on American music or dance that uses AAS collections.
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- Amount
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Margery Lowens Dissertation Research Fellowship
The Society for American Music offers the Margery Lowens Dissertation Research Fellowship to support early-stage Ph.D./DMA dissertation research on music in or of the Americas, funding research costs (travel, books, media, etc.) with awards up to $4,000 and a complimentary year of Society membership; funds must be used for expenses incurred or purchased between July 15, 2025 and September 30, 2026.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $4,000
Paul Charosh Independent Scholar Fellowship
The Society for American Music offers the Paul Charosh Independent Scholar Fellowship to support independent scholars researching American music, providing an initial $1,500 award and waived conference registration; recipients are expected to attend and participate in the Society’s annual conference.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $1,500
Sight and Sound Subvention
The Society for American Music offers the Sight and Sound Subvention, providing up to $750 to assist publication of non‑print materials (e.g., film, DVD, CD, other audio/visual formats, radio programs, websites, or similar projects) that document or promote American music; supported materials must be made available through a commercial source rather than the applicant’s personal pages.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $750
Student Conference Travel Subvention (Michael Pisani Student Travel Endowment Fund)
The Society for American Music’s Michael Pisani Student Travel Endowment Fund provides travel subventions to help students defray costs of attending the Society’s national conference; award amounts vary annually and cover conference-related expenses.
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Virgil Thomson Fellowship
The Society for American Music offers the Virgil Thomson Fellowship, a competitive award of up to $4,000 to support scholars at any career stage conducting research on the history, creation, and analysis of American music for stage and screen (including opera), funding expenses such as travel, books, and media resources.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $4,000
Wayne Shirley Research Fellowship (Library of Congress residency — musics of the Americas)
The Society for American Music funds the annual Wayne Shirley Research Fellowship to support short-term research residencies at the Library of Congress on topics related to the musics of the Americas, providing up to $1,000 for travel, lodging, and duplication.
- Deadline
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- Amount
- $1,000
Wiley Housewright Dissertation Award
The Society for American Music’s Wiley Housewright Dissertation Award honors a single dissertation in English on American music—broadly defined to include historical and contemporary art and popular musics, ethnic/minority musics across North America, Central America, the Caribbean, and diasporic contexts—for exceptional depth, clarity, significance, and contribution; the winner receives a monetary prize and a citation presented at the Society’s national conference (specific amount not listed).
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