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The Margery Lowens Dissertation Research Fellowship honors Margery Morgan Lowens, a founding member of the Sonneck Society for American Music, who played a pivotal role in its growth through her service, support, commitment, and philanthropy. Margery Lowens served as the society’s first vice-president while her husband, Irving Lowens, also a founder of our society, served as president. The fellowship seeks to address her vision, developed through her career as a scholar and teacher, of supporting student research at the early stages of the Ph.D. dissertation process.
The fellowship may be used to fund research costs (including but not limited to travel expenses, books, and media resources) conducted or purchased between July 15, 2024 and September 30, 2025.”
The maximum award amount is $4,000. Applications for smaller amounts are welcome, and the Society may split the award between multiple fellows. The successful applicant/s will also receive one complimentary year of membership in the Society. A one-page budget and final report must be submitted by the recipient to the Executive Director of the Society no more than one year after the award is presented.
Eligibility
The fellowship is awarded competitively to students at the early stages of their dissertation research on American music and must have advanced to Ph.D./DMA candidacy (or the equivalent) between January 1, 2023 and July 1, 2024. As the Society for American Music is dedicated to the study, teaching, creation, and dissemination of all musics in the Americas, we welcome proposals on all topics related to music in or of the Americas from students in all relevant fields (including, but not limited to, musicology, ethnomusicology, and American studies).
