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AMS Institute: Studying Early Music with Computers

Application Deadline: 11:59pm PT, 6 March 2026

Call for Applications

Studying Early Music with Computers: Tools, Formats, and Strategies is the American Musicological Society’s two-week residential summer institute taking place from 14-27 June 2026, made possible by the National Endowment for the Humanities. This institute will provide a unique opportunity for scholars and educators to learn more about the machine-assisted study of early music.

Over the course of two weeks, thirty participants and eleven faculty members will focus on the practical applications of digital technologies, primarily through practitioner workshops and seminars on specific tools, formats, and machine-assisted investigative strategies. Through both expert talks and interactive workshops, participants will be equipped with the knowledge needed to advance their own research and teaching, including detailed explorations of the technical, infrastructural, and funding requirements necessary for conceiving, developing, deploying, and maintaining digital humanities projects and programs for the study of early music (c. 1000–1750 CE).

Application is open to scholars from all fields, provided that they meet the eligibility requirements. Six participant slots will be reserved for untenured/non-tenure track faculty and three spaces will be reserved for graduate students who have advanced to Ph.D. candidacy. Stipends of $2,200 will be provided to participants to defray the cost of attendance, travel, and lodging.

Applications must be received no later than 11:59pm PT, 6 March 2026. Late applications will not be accepted and only complete applications will be considered. Notifications of decisions will be sent in early April.

Eligibility:

Scholars from all fields are invited to apply. You are eligible to apply if you are a:

United States citizen, including those teaching abroad at U.S. chartered institutions and schools operated by the federal government;
resident of U.S. jurisdictions; or
foreign national who has been residing in the United States or its jurisdictions for at least the three years immediately preceding the application deadline.

You are not eligible to apply if you:

are a foreign national teaching abroad
are related to the project director(s)
are affiliated with the applicant institution (employees, currently enrolled students, etc.)
have been taught or advised in an academic capacity by the project director(s)
are delinquent in the repayment of federal debt (taxes, student loans, child support payments, and delinquent payroll taxes for household or other employees)
have been debarred or suspended by any federal department or agency
have attended a previous NEH professional development project (Seminars, Landmarks, or Institutes) led by the project director(s)

NEH does not require participants to have earned an advanced degree.

In any given year, an individual may attend only one Institute or Landmark workshop.

J1 and F1 visa holders should confer with their sponsoring institution regarding their eligibility to receive a stipend from another institution.

To be considered for selection, applicants much submit a complete application as indicated on the individual project's website. Any questions about applications should be directed to ams@amsmusicology.org.

Application Procedures:

To apply for the institute, you will be asked to:

Provide the required contact information.
Answer short answer questions about your interest in the institute.
Provide a short CV (two pages maximum) highlighting achievements relevant to the institute's mission.
Rank your preferred workshop streams.

Once all applications have been received, the participant selection committee will select the cohort. Application notices are expected to be sent in early April.

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 PT, 6 March 2026

Lewis Lockwood Award

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Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Overview and Eligibility:

The Lewis Lockwood Award honors each year a musicological book of exceptional merit published by an early-career scholar.

Books published during the previous year (2025) by a scholar who is in the early stages of their career and who is a member of the AMS or a citizen or permanent resident of Canada or the United States are eligible for the award. Eligible works must be in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish. "Previous year" refers to the copyright year as found in the front matter of the published work. "Early stages" is defined as no more than twelve years beyond completion of the PhD degree.*

A committee of three scholars will choose a single award recipient from all eligible candidates. Award winners will receive a monetary prize, a certificate, and recognition at the annual meeting of the Society. An individual may receive the award only once, but winning the Lockwood Award will not preclude an author from also winning the Otto Kinkeldey Award at a later stage of their career. A book may receive only one AMS award.

Anyone may submit a nomination. Nominations, including self-nominations, must be submitted by 15 April 2026.

*Eligibility Appeals: If you are an author whose career trajectory does not technically fit the stated eligibility criteria for "early career," you may request that your article be considered if you can otherwise show that you are still in the early stages of your music research or teaching career. For more information on how to submit an eligibility appeal, please review the "Frequently Asked Questions" for the Lockwood Award on the AMS website.

Nominations and Review Copies:

Eligible nominations will be posted to the List of Nominations. This list will be updated periodically throughout the nomination period.
If available, please provide a digital (PDF) review copy of the nominated work. An upload field is provided on the nomination form. There is no file size limit. If the digital review copy includes a watermark, we kindly request that it be applied in a fashion that isn't too obtrusive for the reviewers, such as in the margins where it doesn’t cover the text, or in a light opacity.
For any nomination that does not include a digital review copy, the AMS will contact the publisher to request the review copy.
If you wish to nominate a work for more than one AMS award (provided it meets eligibility requirements), please submit the corresponding nomination form for each award the work is to be nominated.

Important Notes:

You MUST click the "Submit" button at the end of the form to submit your nomination. Nominations not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
Upon submission of your nomination form you will receive an email confirmation. You may also view your nomination by signing into your Submittable account and clicking "My Submissions."
If you have any questions about your nomination, please contact the AMS office at ams@amsmusicology.org. For technical questions about Submittable, please visit submittable.com/contact.
Publishers and Colleagues: the form will ask you to send a reference request (Author Eligibility Request) so that the author may verify eligibility for the nomination. The form will ask you to input the author's email address.

Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Philip Brett Award

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Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Overview and Eligibility:

The Philip Brett Award, sponsored by the LGBTQ Study Group of the American Musicological Society, honors each year one work of exceptional musicological work in the field of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender/transsexual studies that best exemplifies the highest qualities of originality, interpretation, theory, and communication in this field of study. Works eligible for the award include published articles, books, editions, annotated translations, conference papers, teaching materials (e.g., course descriptions, syllabi, etc.), and other scholarly works.

Works published or completed during the preceding two calendar years (2024 and 2025) are eligible for the award. "Preceding two calendar years" refers to the copyright year as found in the front matter of the published work. Online and nontraditional works must make clear the year of publication.

A committee of scholars will choose a single award recipient from all eligible candidates. Award winners will receive a monetary prize, a certificate, and recognition at both the annual meeting of the Society and the annual meeting of the AMS LGBTQ Study Group. Individuals may receive the award on more than one occasion. A single work of scholarship may receive only one AMS award.

Nominations, including self-nominations, must be submitted by 15 April 2026.

Nominations and Review Copies:

Eligible nominations will be posted to the List of Nominations. This list will be updated periodically throughout the nomination period.
If available, please provide a digital (PDF) review copy of the nominated work. An upload field is provided on the nomination form. There is no file size limit. If the digital review copy includes a watermark, we kindly request that it be applied in a fashion that isn't too obtrusive for the reviewers, such as in the margins where it doesn’t cover the text, or in a light opacity.
For any nomination that does not include a digital review copy, the AMS will contact the publisher to request the review copy.
If you wish to nominate a work for more than one AMS award (provided it meets eligibility requirements), please submit the corresponding nomination form for each award the work is to be nominated.

Important Notes:

You MUST click the "Submit" button at the end of the form to submit your nomination. Nominations not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
Upon submission of your nomination form you will receive an email confirmation. You may also view your nomination by signing into your Submittable account and clicking "My Submissions."
If you have any questions about your nomination, please contact the AMS office at ams@amsmusicology.org. For technical questions about Submittable, please visit submittable.com/contact.
Publishers and Colleagues: the form will ask you to send a reference request (Author Eligibility Request) so that the author may verify eligibility for the nomination. The form will ask you to input the author's email address.

Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award

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Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Overview and Eligibility:

The Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award honors each year one outstanding musicological work in the field of critical race and/or critical ethnic studies. Works eligible for the award include published articles, books, editions, or other scholarly entities that best exemplify the highest qualities of originality, interpretation, theory, and communication in this area.

Work published during the preceding three calendar years (2023, 2024, and 2025) by a scholar who is a member of the AMS or a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada is eligible for the award. Eligible works must be in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.

A committee of three scholars will choose a single award recipient from all eligible candidates. Award winners will receive a monetary prize, a certificate, and recognition at the annual meeting of the Society. An individual may receive the Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award only once. A single work of scholarship may receive only one AMS award. Anyone may submit a nomination. Nominations, including self-nominations, must be submitted by 15 April 2026.

Nominations and Review Copies:

Eligible nominations will be posted to the List of Nominations. This list will be updated periodically throughout the nomination period.
If available, please provide a digital (PDF) review copy of the nominated work. An upload field is provided on the nomination form. There is no file size limit. If the digital review copy includes a watermark, we kindly request that it be applied in a fashion that isn't too obtrusive for the reviewers, such as in the margins where it doesn’t cover the text, or in a light opacity.
For any nomination that does not include a digital review copy, the AMS will contact the publisher to request the review copy.
If you wish to nominate a work for more than one AMS award (provided it meets eligibility requirements), please submit the corresponding nomination form for each award the work is to be nominated.

Important Notes:

You MUST click the "Submit" button at the end of the form to submit your nomination. Nominations not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
Upon submission of your nomination form you will receive an email confirmation. You may also view your nomination by signing into your Submittable account and clicking "My Submissions."
If you have any questions about your nomination, please contact the AMS office at ams@amsmusicology.org. For technical questions about Submittable, please visit submittable.com/contact.
Publishers and Colleagues: the form will ask you to send a reference request (Author Eligibility Request) so that the author may verify eligibility for the nomination. The form will ask you to input the author's email address.

Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Music in American Culture Award

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Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Overview and Eligibility:

The Music in American Culture Award honors each year two books of exceptional merit that both illuminate some important aspect of the music of the United States and place that music in a rich cultural context. The goal of this award is to recognize the best writing on music in American culture, regardless of the source or intended audience of that writing. Accordingly, work by a broad range of authors—including performing musicians, journalists, music critics, as well as academic scholars—will be considered.

Books published in the previous year (2025) are eligible. “Previous year” refers to the copyright year as found on the copyright page of the book. The author must be a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada. Eligible works must be in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.

A committee of three scholars will choose two award recipients from all eligible candidates. Award winners will receive a monetary prize, a certificate, and recognition at the annual meeting of the Society. An individual may receive the Music in American Culture Award only once. A single work of scholarship may receive only one AMS award.

Anyone may submit a nomination. Nominations, including self-nominations, must be submitted by 15 April 2026.

Nominations and Review Copies:

Eligible nominations will be posted to the List of Nominations. This list will be updated periodically throughout the nomination period.
If available, please provide a digital (PDF) review copy of the nominated work. An upload field is provided on the nomination form. There is no file size limit. If the digital review copy includes a watermark, we kindly request that it be applied in a fashion that isn't too obtrusive for the reviewers, such as in the margins where it doesn’t cover the text, or in a light opacity.
For any nomination that does not include a digital review copy, the AMS will contact the publisher to request the review copy.
If you wish to nominate a work for more than one AMS award (provided it meets eligibility requirements), please submit the corresponding nomination form for each award the work is to be nominated.

Important Notes:

You MUST click the "Submit" button at the end of the form to submit your nomination. Nominations not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
Upon submission of your nomination form you will receive an email confirmation. You may also view your nomination by signing into your Submittable account and clicking "My Submissions."
If you have any questions about your nomination, please contact the AMS office at ams@amsmusicology.org. For technical questions about Submittable, please visit submittable.com/contact.
Publishers and Colleagues: the form will ask you to send a reference request (Author Eligibility Request) so that the author may verify eligibility for the nomination. The form will ask you to input the author's email address.

Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Otto Kinkeldey Award

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Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Overview and Eligibility:

The Otto Kinkeldey Award honors each year a musicological book of exceptional merit published by a scholar who is beyond the early stages of their career.

Books published during the previous year (2025) by a scholar who is beyond the early stages of their career and who is a member of the AMS or a citizen or permanent resident of Canada or the United States are eligible for the award. Eligible works must be in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish. "Previous year" refers to the copyright year as found in the front matter of the published book. "Beyond the early stages" is defined as more than twelve years beyond completion of the PhD degree.

Anyone may submit a nomination. Nominations, including self-nominations, must be submitted by 15 April 2026.

Nominations and Review Copies:

Eligible nominations will be posted to the List of Nominations. This list will be updated periodically throughout the nomination period.
If available, please provide a digital (PDF) review copy of the nominated work. An upload field is provided on the nomination form. There is no file size limit. If the digital review copy includes a watermark, we kindly request that it be applied in a fashion that isn't too obtrusive for the reviewers, such as in the margins where it doesn’t cover the text, or in a light opacity.
For any nomination that does not include a digital review copy, the AMS will contact the publisher to request the review copy.
If you wish to nominate a work for more than one AMS award (provided it meets eligibility requirements), please submit the corresponding nomination form for each award the work is to be nominated.

Important Notes:

You MUST click the "Submit" button at the end of the form to submit your nomination. Nominations not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
Upon submission of your nomination form you will receive an email confirmation. You may also view your nomination by signing into your Submittable account and clicking "My Submissions."
If you have any questions about your nomination, please contact the AMS office at ams@amsmusicology.org. For technical questions about Submittable, please visit submittable.com/contact.
Publishers and Colleagues: the form will ask you to send a reference request (Author Eligibility Request) so that the author may verify eligibility for the nomination. The form will ask you to input the author's email address.

Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Roland Jackson Award

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Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Overview and Eligibility:

The Roland Jackson Award honors each year an article in the English language of exceptional merit in the field of music analysis. The award is made according to three separate subject categories, in successive years, as follows:

music from circa 1800 to the present
music circa 1600 to 1800
music before 1600

In the current year of the award (2026), articles on music from circa 1600 to 1800 are eligible. The award will be made in each subject category once every three years.

Articles published during the preceding three calendar years (2023, 2024, and 2025) by a scholar who is a member of the AMS or a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada are eligible for the award. Eligible works must be published in the English language.

A committee of four scholars will choose a single award recipient from all eligible candidates. Award winners will receive a monetary prize, a certificate, and recognition at the annual meeting of the Society. An individual may receive the Jackson Award only once. An article may receive only one AMS award.

Anyone may submit a nomination. Nominations, including self-nominations, must be submitted by 15 April 2026.

Nominations and Review Copies:

Eligible nominations will be posted to the List of Nominations. This list will be updated periodically throughout the nomination period.
If available, please provide a digital (PDF) review copy of the nominated work. An upload field is provided on the nomination form. There is no file size limit. If the digital review copy includes a watermark, we kindly request that it be applied in a fashion that isn't too obtrusive for the reviewers, such as in the margins where it doesn’t cover the text, or in a light opacity.
For any nomination that does not include a digital review copy, the AMS will contact the publisher to request the review copy.
If you wish to nominate a work for more than one AMS award (provided it meets eligibility requirements), please submit the corresponding nomination form for each award the work is to be nominated.

Important Notes:

You MUST click the "Submit" button at the end of the form to submit your nomination. Nominations not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
Upon submission of your nomination form you will receive an email confirmation. You may also view your nomination by signing into your Submittable account and clicking "My Submissions."
If you have any questions about your nomination, please contact the AMS office at ams@amsmusicology.org. For technical questions about Submittable, please visit submittable.com/contact.
Publishers and Colleagues: the form will ask you to send a reference request (Author Eligibility Request) so that the author may verify eligibility for the nomination. The form will ask you to input the author's email address.

Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Ruth A. Solie Award

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Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Overview and Eligibility:

The Ruth A. Solie Award honors each year a collection of musicological essays of exceptional merit edited by one or more scholars. Both books and collections that form themed journal issues or volumes are eligible.

Books/collections published during the previous year (2025) by at least one scholar who is a member of the AMS or a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada are eligible for the award. Eligible works must be in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish. "Previous year" refers to the copyright year as found in the front matter of the published collection.

Anyone may submit a nomination. Nominations, including self-nominations, must be submitted by 15 April 2026.

Nominations and Review Copies:

Eligible nominations will be posted to the List of Nominations. This list will be updated periodically throughout the nomination period.
If available, please provide a digital (PDF) review copy of the nominated work. An upload field is provided on the nomination form. There is no file size limit. If the digital review copy includes a watermark, we kindly request that it be applied in a fashion that isn't too obtrusive for the reviewers, such as in the margins where it doesn’t cover the text, or in a light opacity.
For any nomination that does not include a digital review copy, the AMS will contact the publisher to request the review copy.
If you wish to nominate a work for more than one AMS award (provided it meets eligibility requirements), please submit the corresponding nomination form for each award the work is to be nominated.

Important Notes:

You MUST click the "Submit" button at the end of the form to submit your nomination. Nominations not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
Upon submission of your nomination form you will receive an email confirmation. You may also view your nomination by signing into your Submittable account and clicking "My Submissions."
If you have any questions about your nomination, please contact the AMS office at ams@amsmusicology.org. For technical questions about Submittable, please visit submittable.com/contact.
Publishers and Colleagues: the form will ask you to send a reference request (Author Eligibility Request) so that the author may verify eligibility for the nomination. The form will ask you to input the author's email address.

Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

H. Colin Slim Award

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Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Overview and Eligibility:

The H. Colin Slim Award honors each year a musicological article of exceptional merit published by a scholar who is beyond the early stages of their career.

Articles published during the previous year (2025) by a scholar who is beyond the early stages of their career and who is a member of the AMS or a citizen or permanent resident of Canada or the United States are eligible for the award. Eligible works must be in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish. "Previous year" refers to the copyright year as found in the front matter of the published work. "Beyond the early stages" is defined as more than twelve years beyond completion of the PhD degree.

Anyone may submit a nomination. Nominations, including self-nominations, must be submitted by 15 April 2026.

Nominations and Review Copies:

Eligible nominations will be posted to the List of Nominations. This list will be updated periodically throughout the nomination period.
If available, please provide a digital (PDF) review copy of the nominated work. An upload field is provided on the nomination form. There is no file size limit. If the digital review copy includes a watermark, we kindly request that it be applied in a fashion that isn't too obtrusive for the reviewers, such as in the margins where it doesn’t cover the text, or in a light opacity.
For any nomination that does not include a digital review copy, the AMS will contact the publisher to request the review copy.
If you wish to nominate a work for more than one AMS award (provided it meets eligibility requirements), please submit the corresponding nomination form for each award the work is to be nominated.

Important Notes:

You MUST click the "Submit" button at the end of the form to submit your nomination. Nominations not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
Upon submission of your nomination form you will receive an email confirmation. You may also view your nomination by signing into your Submittable account and clicking "My Submissions."
If you have any questions about your nomination, please contact the AMS office at ams@amsmusicology.org. For technical questions about Submittable, please visit submittable.com/contact.
Publishers and Colleagues: the form will ask you to send a reference request (Author Eligibility Request) so that the author may verify eligibility for the nomination. The form will ask you to input the author's email address.

Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Early Music Award

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Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Overview and Eligibility:

The Early Music Award will honor each year a substantial, single-author work of scholarship on music before 1550. Nominations may be accepted for publications in a variety of formats: articles, books, and scholarly editions with significant editorial commentaries are all eligible for consideration.

Work published during the preceding three calendar years (2023, 2024, and 2025) by a scholar who is a member of the AMS or a citizen or permanent resident of Canada or the United States is eligible for the award. Eligible works must be in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.

Anyone may submit a nomination. Nominations, including self-nominations, must be submitted by 15 April 2026.

Nominations and Review Copies:

Eligible nominations will be posted to the List of Nominations. This list will be updated periodically throughout the nomination period.
If available, please provide a digital (PDF) review copy of the nominated work. An upload field is provided on the nomination form. There is no file size limit.
For any nomination that does not include a digital review copy, the AMS will contact the publisher to request the review copy.
If you wish to nominate a work for more than one AMS award (provided it meets eligibility requirements), please submit the corresponding nomination form for each award the work is to be nominated.

Important Notes:

You MUST click the "Submit" button at the end of the form to submit your nomination. Nominations not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
Upon submission of your nomination form you will receive an email confirmation. You may also view your nomination by signing into your Submittable account and clicking "My Submissions."
If you have any questions about your nomination, please contact the AMS office at ams@amsmusicology.org. For technical questions about Submittable, please visit submittable.com/contact.
Publishers and Colleagues: the form will ask you to send a reference request (Author Eligibility Request) so that the author may verify eligibility for the nomination. The form will ask you to input the author's email address.

Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Alfred Einstein Award

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Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Overview and Eligibility:

The Alfred Einstein Award honors each year a musicological article of exceptional merit published by an early-career scholar.

Articles published during the previous year (2025) by a scholar who is in the early stages of their career and who is a member of the AMS or a citizen or permanent resident of Canada or the United States are eligible for the award. Eligible works must be in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish. "Previous year" refers to the copyright year as found in the front matter of the published work. "Early stages" is defined as no more than twelve years beyond completion of the PhD degree.*

A committee of three scholars will choose a single award recipient from all eligible candidates. Award winners will receive a monetary prize, a certificate, and recognition at the annual meeting of the Society. An individual may receive the award only once, but winning the Einstein Award will not preclude an author from also winning the H. Colin Slim Award at a later stage of their career. An article may receive only one AMS award.

Anyone may submit a nomination. Nominations, including self-nominations, must be submitted by 15 April 2026.

Nominations and Review Copies:

Eligible nominations will be posted to the List of Nominations. This list will be updated periodically throughout the nomination period.
If available, please provide a digital (PDF) review copy of the nominated work. An upload field is provided on the nomination form. There is no file size limit. If the digital review copy includes a watermark, we kindly request that it be applied in a fashion that isn't too obtrusive for the reviewers, such as in the margins where it doesn’t cover the text, or in a light opacity.
For any nomination that does not include a digital review copy, the AMS will contact the publisher to request the review copy.
If you wish to nominate a work for more than one AMS award (provided it meets eligibility requirements), please submit the corresponding nomination form for each award the work is to be nominated.

Important Notes:

You MUST click the "Submit" button at the end of the form to submit your nomination. Nominations not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
Upon submission of your nomination form you will receive an email confirmation. You may also view your nomination by signing into your Submittable account and clicking "My Submissions."
If you have any questions about your nomination, please contact the AMS office at ams@amsmusicology.org. For technical questions about Submittable, please visit submittable.com/contact.
Publishers and Colleagues: the form will ask you to send a reference request (Author Eligibility Request) so that the author may verify eligibility for the nomination. The form will ask you to input the author's email address.

Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

H. Robert Cohen / RIPM Award

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Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Overview and Eligibility:

The H. Robert Cohen Award honors each year a publication related to the goals of RIPM (Retrospective Index to Music Periodicals), a long-standing enterprise internationally recognized as one of the primary tools for research in music and musicology. The award will honor a work of scholarship of exceptional merit based upon eighteenth-, nineteenth-, and twentieth-century periodical literature related to music. Works eligible for this award include, but are not limited to, books, articles, or widely-disseminated databases focusing on one or more journals, music critics and criticism, reception history, critical and cultural histories (e.g., of nationalism, genres, race, gender, class), and issues of access and preservation.

Works published during the preceding three calendar years (2023, 2024, and 2025) by a scholar who is a member of the AMS or a citizen or permanent resident of Canada or the United States are eligible for the award. Eligible works must be in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish.

A committee of three scholars will choose a single award recipient from all eligible candidates. Award winners will receive a monetary prize, a certificate, and recognition at the annual meeting of the Society. An individual may receive the H. Robert Cohen / RIPM Award only once. A single work of scholarship may receive only one AMS award.

Anyone may submit a nomination. Nominations, including self-nominations, must be submitted by 15 April 2026.

Nominations and Review Copies:

Eligible nominations will be posted to the List of Nominations. This list will be updated periodically throughout the nomination period.
If available, please provide a digital (PDF) review copy of the nominated work. An upload field is provided on the nomination form. There is no file size limit. If the digital review copy includes a watermark, we kindly request that it be applied in a fashion that isn't too obtrusive for the reviewers, such as in the margins where it doesn’t cover the text, or in a light opacity.
For any nomination that does not include a digital review copy, the AMS will contact the publisher to request the review copy.
If you wish to nominate a work for more than one AMS award (provided it meets eligibility requirements), please submit the corresponding nomination form for each award the work is to be nominated.

Important Notes:

You MUST click the "Submit" button at the end of the form to submit your nomination. Nominations not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
Upon submission of your nomination form you will receive an email confirmation. You may also view your nomination by signing into your Submittable account and clicking "My Submissions."
If you have any questions about your nomination, please contact the AMS office at ams@amsmusicology.org. For technical questions about Submittable, please visit submittable.com/contact.
Publishers and Colleagues: the form will ask you to send a reference request (Author Eligibility Request) so that the author may verify eligibility for the nomination. The form will ask you to input the author's email address.

Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Robert M. Stevenson Award

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Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Overview and Eligibility:

The Robert M. Stevenson Award honors each year a work of outstanding scholarship in Iberian and Latin American music. The designation “Iberian music” refers to music composed, performed, created, collected, belonging to, or descended from the musical cultures of Spain and Portugal. “Latin American music” refers to music composed, created, collected, or descended from the musical cultures of all the countries in South America, Central America, Mexico, and the Caribbean. The award is given annually to a book, monograph, edition, or journal article.

Books, monographs, editions, or articles published during the previous three calendar years (2023, 2024, and 2025) by at least one scholar who is a member of the AMS are eligible for the award. Eligible works must be published in English. "Preceding three calendar years" refers to the copyright year as found in the front matter of the published work.

A committee of three scholars will choose a single award recipient from all eligible candidates. Award winners will receive a monetary prize, a certificate, and recognition at the annual meeting of the Society. An individual may receive the Stevenson Award only once. A single work of scholarship may receive only one AMS award.

Anyone may submit a nomination. Nominations, including self-nominations, must be submitted by 15 April 2026.

Nominations and Review Copies:

Eligible nominations will be posted to the List of Nominations. This list will be updated periodically throughout the nomination period.
If available, please provide a digital (PDF) review copy of the nominated work. An upload field is provided on the nomination form. There is no file size limit. If the digital review copy includes a watermark, we kindly request that it be applied in a fashion that isn't too obtrusive for the reviewers, such as in the margins where it doesn’t cover the text, or in a light opacity.
For any nomination that does not include a digital review copy, the AMS will contact the publisher to request the review copy.
If you wish to nominate a work for more than one AMS award (provided it meets eligibility requirements), please submit the corresponding nomination form for each award the work is to be nominated.

Important Notes:

You MUST click the "Submit" button at the end of the form to submit your nomination. Nominations not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
Upon submission of your nomination form you will receive an email confirmation. You may also view your nomination by signing into your Submittable account and clicking "My Submissions."
If you have any questions about your nomination, please contact the AMS office at ams@amsmusicology.org. For technical questions about Submittable, please visit submittable.com/contact.
Publishers and Colleagues: the form will ask you to send a reference request (Author Eligibility Request) so that the author may verify eligibility for the nomination. The form will ask you to input the author's email address.

Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

Teaching Award

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Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 1 April 2026

Overview and Eligibility:

The AMS Teaching Award honors two exceptional pedagogical resources for music studies, including published articles, books (including textbooks), digital mediums, online materials, other scholarly endeavors, or non-traditional sources (e.g. white papers, curricula, blogs, etc.). These resources should best exemplify the highest qualities of originality, theory, application, and communication for teaching and pedagogy in any of the various fields of music as a branch of learning and scholarship.

Works published during the preceding two calendar years (2024 and 2025) by a scholar who is a member of the AMS or a citizen or permanent resident of the United States or Canada are eligible for the award. Eligible works must be published in English, French, German, Italian, Portuguese, or Spanish. "Preceding two calendar years" refers to the copyright year as found in the front matter of the published work. Online and nontraditional sources must make clear the year of publication.

A committee of four scholars will choose two award recipients from all eligible candidates. Award winners will receive a monetary prize, a certificate, and recognition at the annual meeting of the Society. An individual may receive the AMS Teaching Award only once. A work of scholarship may receive only one AMS award.

Anyone may submit a nomination. Nominations, including self-nominations, must be submitted by 15 April 2026.

Nominations and Review Copies:

Eligible nominations will be posted to the List of Nominations. This list will be updated periodically throughout the nomination period.
If available, please provide a digital (PDF) review copy of the nominated work. An upload field is provided on the nomination form. There is no file size limit. If the digital review copy includes a watermark, we kindly request that it be applied in a fashion that isn't too obtrusive for the reviewers, such as in the margins where it doesn’t cover the text, or in a light opacity.
For any nomination that does not include a digital review copy, the AMS will contact the publisher to request the review copy.
If you wish to nominate a work for more than one AMS award (provided it meets eligibility requirements), please submit the corresponding nomination form for each award the work is to be nominated.

Important Notes:

You MUST click the "Submit" button at the end of the form to submit your nomination. Nominations not submitted by the deadline cannot be considered.
Upon submission of your nomination form you will receive an email confirmation. You may also view your nomination by signing into your Submittable account and clicking "My Submissions."
If you have any questions about your nomination, please contact the AMS office at ams@amsmusicology.org. For technical questions about Submittable, please visit submittable.com/contact.
Publishers and Colleagues: the form will ask you to send a reference request (Author Eligibility Request) so that the author may verify eligibility for the nomination. The form will ask you to input the author's email address.

Nomination Deadline: 11:59 p.m. EDT, 15 April 2026

American Musicological Society