Application Deadline: 11:59pm ET, 2 June 2025
Overview:
The Eileen Southern Travel Fund (ESTF) grant program provides travel grants to the AMS Annual Meeting for minority undergraduates and terminal master’s degree candidates interested in exploring careers in musicology. As part of each Eileen Southern Travel Fund grant recipients receive travel, lodging, complimentary registration, and a one-year complimentary membership in the AMS. They are also hosted at the annual meeting by the Eileen Southern Travel Fund Committee, which organizes cohort and mentorship activities, including introductions to representatives of graduate programs in musicology from across the country, future colleagues and mentors, exposure to the Society’s many interest groups, and opportunities to attend various annual meeting sessions and programs.
Eligibility:
Application is open to minority undergraduates and terminal master’s degree candidates (Black/African, Asian, Hispanic, Native Americans/Indigenous, or Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islanders). International students who are in the aforementioned minority groups and who are enrolled at U.S. or Canadian universities at the time of the conference are eligible to apply for the award. Funding is available to recipients to assist with travel and lodging expenses. Please note that AMS does not provide airfare from outside the U.S. or Canada. You are only eligible for one type of Annual Meeting travel support; if you receive another form of support, you will receive whichever is highest.
Letter of Support:
One letter of support from your department chair, advisor, or a faculty member is required in order to complete the application. The application form will ask you to submit a reference request for the letter of support so that the individual writing your letter can submit it via this submission platform. The form will ask you to input the email address of the letter writer.
Notification:
Applicants will receive a decision notification in early-mid July.
Important Notes:
- Start your application early. You may save an incomplete form and continue later.
- You MUST click the 'Submit' button at the end of the form to submit your application. Applications not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
- Upon submission of your application form you will receive an email confirmation. You may also view your application by signing into your Submittable account and clicking "My Submissions".
- If you have any questions about your application, please contact the AMS office at ams@amsmusicology.org. For technical questions about Submittable, please visit submittable.com/contact.
Application Deadline: 11:59pm ET, 2 June 2025
Application Deadline: 11:59pm EDT, 1 July 2025
Overview and Eligibility:
The AMS offers Annual MeetingTravel Grants to AMS members who have little or no financial support for travel to participate in the Annual Meeting of the Society. The purpose of this grant is to aid non-affiliated scholars and those with institutional appointments but little or no financial support for conference travel.
Grants of up to $500 (applicants traveling from outside North America) and $350 (applicants from within North America) (subject to funding availability) are available to those who are presenting papers or performances, chairing sessions, or serving on an AMS Committee, as well as those who do not appear on the program. Graduate students are also eligible for Annual Meeting Travel Grants, if their home institution is unable to provide sufficient support.
Funds are awarded on a first-come, first-served basis, so applicants are encouraged to apply as early as possible. You are eligible to apply for an Annual Meeting Travel Grant even if you have received one in the past, but awards are given preferentially to those who have not received funding in the previous year. You are only eligible for one type of Annual Meeting travel support; if you receive another form of support, you will receive whichever is highest. This grant does not include a waiver of the Annual Meeting registration fee.
Notification and Use of Funds:
Applicants will receive a decision notification in early-mid August.
Application Deadline: 11:59pm EDT, 1 July 2025
Application Deadline: 11:59pm EDT, 1 July 2025
Overview and Eligibility:
The AMS/NYU Travel Grant program is an Annual Meeting travel grant program specially designed to promote the attendance and presentation of NYU students at the AMS Annual Meeting. The American Musicological Society (AMS) is hosted by and headquartered at New York University, and this grant program is intended to strengthen ties between the Society and the NYU community. Annually, the program provides two (2) grants of $1500 to support the presentation and attendance of NYU music studies students at the Annual Meeting. This grant does not include a waiver of the Annual Meeting registration fee.
Grants are available to NYU students who are presenting papers or performances, as well as those who do not appear on the program. You are eligible to apply for an AMS/NYU Travel Grant even if you have received one in the past, but awards are given preferentially to those who have not received funding in the previous year. You are only eligible for one type of Annual Meeting travel support; if you receive another form of support, you will receive whichever is highest.
Notification and Use of Funds:
Applicants will receive a decision notification in early-mid August.
Application Deadline: 11:59pm EDT, 1 July 2025