The AMS Career Center maintains the following list of funding sources for music studies and humanities research. Use the “Keyword Search” on the right to find programs that interest you. If you are an administrator who would like to see your funding source listed here or update the information provided, let us know using the form on the Contact Us page.
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GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program
AMS Evergreen- GRAMMY Museum
- United States
With funding generously provided by The Recording Academy, the GRAMMY Museum Grants Program awards grants each year to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation…
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Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program: Post-doctoral
AMS Evergreen- Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program
- United States
The Fulbright U.S. Scholar Program sends approximately 800 American scholars and professionals per year to approximately 130 countries, where they lecture and/or conduct research in a wide variety of academic…
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French Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Predoctoral
AMS Evergreen- French Ministry of Foreign Affairs: Chateaubriand Scholarship
- United States
The Chateaubriand Fellowship is a grant offered by the Embassy of France in the United States. It supports outstanding PhD students from U.S institutions who wish to conduct part of…
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American Academy in Berlin: Post-Doctoral Fellowships
AMS Evergreen- American Academy in Berlin
- United States
Fellowships are awarded for an academic semester, and include airfair, room, partial board, and a monthly stipend.
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International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX): Open
AMS Evergreen- International Research & Exchanges Board (IREX)
- United States
A wide variety of grants to master’s, pre-doctoral, postdoctoral, and senior scholars, for travel and research, principally in Eastern Europe and Eurasia.
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Institute for Advanced Study: Post-doctoral
AMS Evergreen- Institute for Advanced Study
- United States
The online application is now live. Please click here to access our online application portal. Applicants must have a substantial record of publication and a Ph.D. awarded no later than…
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Individual Grants (Society for Music Analysis): Members of SMA
AMS Evergreen- Society for Music Analysis
- United States
The Music Analysis Development Fund offers support for travel and subsistence to UK-based students and scholars working in the discipline of music analysis to attend conferences in the UK or…
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Humboldt Foundation Fellowships: Post-doctoral
AMS Evergreen- Humboldt Foundation
- United States
The Humboldt Research Fellowship for researchers of all nationalities and research areas: We support you with your research in Germany. Through the Humboldt Research Fellowship, the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation…
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Humane Studies Fellowship: Ph.D. Candidates
AMS Evergreen- Humane Studies Fellowship
- United States
The Humane Studies Fellowship provides up to $5,000 to support students completing major research projects, presenting their work at top conferences, and publishing their work in major journals. This award…
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Historical Society of Pennsylvania Fellowships: Post-doctoral and Dissertation Research
AMS Evergreen- Historical Society of Pennsylvania
- United States
The Historical Society of Pennsylvania awards a number of four-week fellowships for research in its collections during each academic year. Fellowship Details Historically, the Library Company of Philadelphia and the…
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Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies: Post-doctoral
AMS Evergreen- Harvard University Center for Italian Renaissance Studies
- United States
Fifteen I Tatti Residential Fellowships, each for twelve months, are available annually for post-doctoral research in any aspect of the Italian Renaissance, broadly understood historically to include the period from…
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Guggenheim Memorial Foundation Fellowships: Post-doctoral
AMS Evergreen- Guggenheim Memorial Foundation
- United States
The Guggenheim Fellowship offers support to exceptional individuals in pursuit of scholarship in any field of knowledge and creation in any art form, under the freest possible conditions. For a…
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Society for Christian Music Scholarship: Graduate Student Paper Prize
AMS Evergreen- Society for Christian Music Scholarship
- United States
The Graduate Student Prize of the Society for Christian Scholarship in Music is awarded annually to a graduate student for a scholarly paper presented at the annual meeting of the…
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George A. & Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation: Assistant and Associate Professors (Early Mid-career)
AMS Evergreen- George A. & Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation
- United States
The George A. and Eliza Gardner Howard Foundation is an independent foundation administered at Brown University. The Howard Foundation awards a limited number of fellowships each year for independent projects…
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Gates Cambridge Scholarship: Postgraduate
AMS Evergreen- Gates Cambridge Scholarship
- United States
Each year Gates Cambridge offers c.80 full-cost scholarships to outstanding applicants from countries outside the UK to pursue a postgraduate degree in any subject available at the University of Cambridge….
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Galpin Society Research Grant: Galpin Society Members
AMS Evergreen- Galpin Society Research Grant
- United States
The purpose of the Galpin Society research grant is to assist the recipient in undertaking research into the construction, development, manufacture and use of musical instruments, in the anticipation that…
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Franklin Research Grants: Postdoctoral
AMS Evergreen- Franklin Research Grants
- United States
The Franklin program is particularly designed to help meet the costs of travel to libraries and archives for research purposes; the purchase of microfilm, photocopies, or equivalent research materials; the…
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Ecole Normale Supérieure Scholarship in Humanities and Sciences: Postgraduates under 26
AMS Evergreen- Ecole Normale Supérieure Scholarship in Humanities and Sciences
- United States
The ENS International Selection Scholarships 2025 provide international students with a chance to study at École Normale Supérieure (ENS) in France. This ENS-funded program offers a monthly stipend of 1,000…
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Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD): Open
AMS Evergreen- Deutscher Akademischer Austausch Dienst (DAAD)
- United States
A wide variety of grants and scholarships for study/research in Germany for faculty as well as students.
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Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies: Graduate Student or Ph.D.
AMS Evergreen- Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies
- United States
The program provides up to one year of research support at the Freie Universität Berlin— one of Germany’s leading research universities. It is open to scholars in all social science…
