Anne Dhu McLucas Fellowship

About this program

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. Applicants must be graduate students and members of the Society for American Music; projects previously funded by specified SAM fellowships (Block, Cone, Graziano, McCulloh, Thomson, Tick) are ineligible. Required materials: application form, one-page letter with biographical/contact information, a narrative up to 1,500 words describing scope/timeline and relation to the dissertation, one-page budget, one-page bibliography, current CV, and one reference letter submitted separately. Recipients must submit a one-page budget and a final report to the Executive Director within one year; deadline is listed as October 15 (year not specified).