The Richard Waterman Junior Scholar Prize (PMSSEM)

About this program

The Society for Ethnomusicology’s PMSSEM offers the Richard Waterman Junior Scholar Prize annually to recognize the best article on the ethnomusicological study of popular music published during the preceding year. The prize includes a cash award determined annually, not exceeding $200, and may be withheld at the committee’s discretion. Applicants must be scholars of any employment status who received their Ph.D. no more than seven years before the submission year; previous recipients are not eligible to compete again. Applicants may submit multiple articles as PDF files to pmssemwatermanprize@gmail.com by 12:00 p.m. Eastern Time on April 1.