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Music Funding Opportunities

AgencyTitleSynopsisDeadlineType/Number
American Council of Learned Societies (ACLS)ACLS Collaborative Research FellowshipsThe aim of this fellowship program is to offer small teams of two or more scholars the opportunity to collaborate intensively on a single, substantive project in the humanities and related social sciences. Appropriate fields of specialization include, but are not limited to, American studies; anthropology; archaeology; art and architectural history; classics; economics; film; geography; history; languages and literatures; legal studies; linguistics; musicology; philosophy; political science; psychology; religious studies; rhetoric, communication, and media studies; science, technology, and medicine studies; sociology; and theater, dance, and performance studies. Proposals in the social science fields listed above are eligible only if they employ predominantly humanistic approaches (e.g., economic history, law and literature, political theory). Proposals in interdisciplinary and cross-disciplinary studies are welcome, as are proposals focused on any geographic region or on any cultural or linguistic group. The fellowship supports projects that aim to produce a tangible research product (such as joint print or web publications) for which two or more collaborators will take credit. It is hoped that projects of successful applicants will help demonstrate the range and value of both collaborative research and inquiry in the humanities, and model how such collaboration may be carried out successfully.9/30/2010Fellowship - GSU-243
American Music Center (AMC)Composer Assistance ProgramDirect assistance is available to composers to help them realize their music in performance. Grants are project-based. There must be a specific work (or works) associated with the request. There must also be a specific event associated with the work, such as a performance or reading.3/1/2010Award - GSU-137
American Musicological Society (AMS)Harold Powers World Travel Fund for Research on MusicEncourages and assists Ph.D. candidates, post-docs, and junior faculty in all fields of musical scholarship to travel anywhere in the world to carry out the necessary work for their dissertation or other research. The Fund honors the polymathic scholar and distinguished longtime AMS member whose publications have ranged from music and language to medieval mode to Indian music to Puccini and whose interests are wider still, but always with the communicative aspects of music at their base.3/1/2010Grants - GSU-077
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)ASCAPLUS Awards ProgramASCAPLUS is an awards program that provides cash and recognition to members who are (1) active writers in the early and mid stages of their careers or (2) established writers whose main activity is outside of broadcast media. The program is for writer members of any genre whose performances are primarily in venues not surveyed; and/or writer members whose catalogs have prestige value for which they would not otherwise be compensated.2/16/2010Award - GSU-242
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)ASCAPLUS Awards ProgramASCAPLUS is an awards program that provides cash and recognition to members who are (1) active writers in the early and mid stages of their careers or (2) established writers whose main activity is outside of broadcast media. The program is for writer members of any genre whose performances are primarily in venues not surveyed; and/or writer members whose catalogs have prestige value for which they would not otherwise be compensated.6/1/2010Award - GSU-242
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)ASCAPLUS Awards ProgramASCAPLUS is an awards program that provides cash and recognition to members who are (1) active writers in the early and mid stages of their careers or (2) established writers whose main activity is outside of broadcast media. The program is for writer members of any genre whose performances are primarily in venues not surveyed; and/or writer members whose catalogs have prestige value for which they would not otherwise be compensated.6/16/2010Award - GSU-242
American Society of Composers, Authors, and Publishers (ASCAP)GrantsThe foundation provides grants to 501(c)(3) organizations engaged in music education and talent development programs for aspiring songwriters and composers that are consistent with the mission and objectives of the foundation.8/1/2010Grants - GSU-338
Broadcast Music, Inc. (BMI)Pete Carpenter FellowshipThe fellowship gives aspiring TV and film composers the opportunity to work with the eminent composer Mike Post at his studio in Los Angeles. There are opportunities to meet with other distinguished theatrical, film and television composers and leaders in the entertainment industry.1/26/2010Fellowship - GSU-339
Carter CenterRosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health JournalismJournalists in all forms of media play an increasingly important role in shaping public understanding and debate about health care issues. As part of a national effort to reduce stigma and discrimination, the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism provide grants to journalists to study a selected topic regarding mental health or mental illness. The goals of the fellowship are to increase accurate reporting on mental health issues and decrease incorrect, stereotypical information; to help journalists produce high-quality work that reflects an understanding of mental health issues through exposure to well-established resources in the field; and to develop a cadre of better-informed print and broadcast journalists who can report more accurate information through newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and the Internet, and influence their peers to do the same.1/11/2010Fellowship - GSU-255
Carter CenterRosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health JournalismJournalists in all forms of media play an increasingly important role in shaping public understanding and debate about health care issues. As part of a national effort to reduce stigma and discrimination, the Rosalynn Carter Fellowships for Mental Health Journalism provide grants to journalists to study a selected topic regarding mental health or mental illness. The goals of the fellowship are to increase accurate reporting on mental health issues and decrease incorrect, stereotypical information; to help journalists produce high-quality work that reflects an understanding of mental health issues through exposure to well-established resources in the field; and to develop a cadre of better-informed print and broadcast journalists who can report more accurate information through newspapers, magazines, radio, television, and the Internet, and influence their peers to do the same.4/20/2010Fellowship - GSU-255
Clarence E. Heller Charitable FoundationMusic GrantsThe objective of the music program is to encourage the playing, the enjoyment, and the accessibility of symphonic and chamber music by providing scholarship and program assistance at selected community music centers, schools, and institutes; and by helping community-based ensembles of demonstrated quality implement artistic initiatives, audience development programs, and improvements in fundraising capacity.8/14/2010Grants - GSU-336
Clarence E. Heller Charitable FoundationMusic GrantsThe objective of the music program is to encourage the playing, the enjoyment, and the accessibility of symphonic and chamber music by providing scholarship and program assistance at selected community music centers, schools, and institutes; and by helping community-based ensembles of demonstrated quality implement artistic initiatives, audience development programs, and improvements in fundraising capacity.8/14/2010Grants - GSU-076
Frank and Lydia Bergen FoundationGrantsThe mission and goals of the foundation are (1) to arrange for musical entertainments, concerts and recitals of a character appropriate for the education and instruction of the public in the musical arts, with paramount consideration given to traditional classical music programs; (2) to aid worthy students of music in securing a complete and adequate musical education; and (3) to aid organizations in their efforts to present fine music to the public, provided that such organizations are operated exclusively for educational purposes.4/10/2010Grants - GSU-337
Frank and Lydia Bergen FoundationGrantsThe mission and goals of the foundation are (1) to arrange for musical entertainments, concerts and recitals of a character appropriate for the education and instruction of the public in the musical arts, with paramount consideration given to traditional classical music programs; (2) to aid worthy students of music in securing a complete and adequate musical education; and (3) to aid organizations in their efforts to present fine music to the public, provided that such organizations are operated exclusively for educational purposes.8/15/2010Grants - GSU-337
Harvard UniversityShort-Term Visiting FellowshipsShort-term fellowships are available to assist scholars who must travel to work within the library's collections. The Houghton Library is the principal rare book and manuscript library of Harvard College. The library's holdings are particularly strong in the following areas: European, English, American, and South American literature, including the countries pre-eminent collection of the following; American literary manuscripts, philosophy, religion, history of science, music, printing and graphic arts, dance, and theatre.1/15/2010Fellowship - GSU-340
Meet the ComposerMetLife Creative Connectionshis program provides support for American composers to participate in public activities related to specific performances of their original music. There are no limits or restrictions on the style or genre of music performed or presented. By supporting the composer's interaction with audiences, performers, arts organizations, and local communities, the program aims to increase public awareness and enhance the creative artist's role in society.1/7/2010Grants - GSU-123
NAMM FoundationFoundation GrantsThese grants support leading researchers and research teams in the fields of music research, neuroscience, psychology, education, and/or health-related fields to explore the effects of hands-on music making.12/1/2009Grant - GSU-023
National Foundation for the Arts and the HumanitiesGrants for Arts ProjectsThe National Endowment for the Arts is interested in projects, regardless of the size or type of applicant organization, that are of national, regional, or field-wide significance; that tour in several states; or that provide an unusual or especially valuable contribution because of geographic location. This includes local projects that can have significant effects within communities or that are likely to serve as models for a field.3/12/2010Grants - GSU-343
Newberry LibraryAmerican Society for Eighteenth-Century Studies FellowshipThis short-term fellowship is for Ph.D. candidates or postdoctoral scholars wishing to use the Newberry's collections to study the period 1660-1815.3/1/2010Fellowship - GSU-244
University of TorontoAndrew W. Mellon Foundation Postdoctoral Fellowships at the Jackman Humanities InstituteThe Jackman Humanities Institute (JHI) has announced postdoctoral fellowships sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation. Up to three Fellows in the humanities will be selected each year for a two-year fellowship in the new Jackman Humanities Institute. The Jackman Humanities Institute interprets "humanities" as a broad category including political theory, interpretive social science, music, and the arts.12/1/2009Fellowship - GSU-377