Award: 2010 Carol June Bradley Award (MLA)

2010 CAROL JUNE BRADLEY AWARD
MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
CALL FOR APPLICATIONS
DEADLINE: 15 JUNE 2009

At its 2003 annual meeting, the Music Library Association announced the establishment of the Carol June Bradley Award for Historical Research in Music Librarianship. Ms. Bradley is Librarian Emeritus at the State University of New York at Buffalo, and has been the foremost historian of music librarianship. This annual award, in the amount of $1,000, will be granted to support studies that involve the history of music libraries or special collections; biographies of music librarians; studies of specific aspects of music librarianship; and studies of music library
patrons' activities.

The grant will be awarded to support costs associated with the research process. These may include travel, lodging, meals, supplies, and digital, photocopy or microfilm reproduction of source material. There are no restrictions as to applicant's age, nationality, profession, or institutional affiliation. All proposals will be reviewed entirely on the basis of merit.

Applicants should submit the following documents:

1. A summary of the project, including planned results
2. A preliminary budget with justification for expenses
3. A current vita
4. The names of three references

Within one year of receiving the award, the recipient is required to submit a report on how the funds were spent, and on the progress of the work supported. Any publication of the recipient's work must state that this award helped to support the research process.

The deadline for receipt of applications is June 15, 2009. Applications received after that date will be considered for funding in 2010. Recipients will be notified by October 15, 2009 and announced at the MLA annual meeting in San Diego, California, which will be held from March 20 to 24, 2010. For more information, please contact the Bradley Award Committee chair via email: tdickma@siue.edu

Applications should be submitted to:

Therese Dickman
Lovejoy Library
30 Hairpin Drive
Southern Illinois University Edwardsville
Edwardsville, IL 62026-1063

Dena Epstein Award for Archival and Library Research in American Music

2010 DENA EPSTEIN AWARD FOR ARCHIVAL AND LIBRARY RESEARCH IN AMERICAN MUSIC
MUSIC LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
DEADLINE: 1 JULY 2009

The Dena Epstein Award for Archival and Library Research in American Music was created in 1995 through a generous gift from Morton and Dena Epstein to the Music Library Association. Requests are currently being accepted for one or more grants to be awarded for the year 2010. The amount to be awarded is $2100. The decision of the Dena Epstein Award Committee and the Board of Directors of the Music Library Association will be announced at the MLA annual meeting in San Diego, California, which will be held March 20-24, 2010.

A grant may be awarded to support research in archives or libraries (both nationally and internationally) on any aspect of American music. There are no restrictions as to applicant's age, nationality, profession, or institutional affiliation. All proposals will be reviewed entirely based on merit. Awards may be presented to an individual applicant or divided among multiple applicants. At its discretion, the committee may choose not to award a grant during any particular year. An
applicant who has not received an Epstein Award for the first year of application may resubmit a proposal in the two following years for any one project. An applicant may receive only one award for any one project.

Applicants must submit the following documents:

1. A brief research proposal (under 10 pages) that includes:

a) a description of the project
b) a detailed budget for the project, indicating:
1) the amount of funding requested (capital purchases such as computer equipment and furniture are ineligible)
2) justification for the funding
3) additional sources of funding
c) a demonstration of how the applicant's research will contribute to the study and understanding of American music

2. A curriculum vitae of the applicant.

3. Three letters of support from librarians and/or scholars knowledgeable about American music.

The committee will accept both electronic and print submissions. If submitting by mail, please include four copies of all documents. If submitting electronically, proposals must be in Microsoft Word or PDF and be sent as e-mail attachments.

If submitting electronically, please send required documentation to Cheryl Taranto, chair of the Dena Epstein Award Committee, at cheryl.taranto@unlv.edu.

If mailing print submissions, please send the required documentation to the chair of the Dena Epstein Award Committee at the following address:

Cheryl Taranto, Ph.D.
Music Librarian
University of Nevada, Las Vegas
4505 Maryland Pkwy.
Box 7002
Las Vegas, Nevada 89154-7002

The deadline for receipt of proposals and letters of support is July 1, 2009.

Wiley Housewright Dissertation Award (Society for American Music)

2009 WILEY HOUSEWRIGHT DISSERTATION AWARD
SOCIETY FOR AMERICAN MUSIC
DEADLINE: 1 MAY 2009

The Society for American Music announces the 2009 competition for a dissertation on any topic relating to American music.

American music is interpreted in all its historical and contemporary styles and contexts, including, but not limited to art and popular musics, the musics of ethnic groups and minorities, and the full range of activities associated with music. "America" is understood here to embrace North America (Canada, The United States, and Mexico), including Central America and the Caribbean, and aspects of its cultures elsewhere in the world.

Eligibility
The dissertation must be in English, and must be for a degree awarded in calendar year 2008. Authors who entered the competition in a previous year may not enter again.

Application
Candidates should send the following:
The title page and abstract of your dissertation
The table of contents
Preface or Introduction
One sample chapter

All submission materials must be in PDF format, and submitted electronically. Please email materials to: Glenn Pillsbury, 2009 committee chair, at gpillsbury at pacific.edu

DMA and other terminal degree documents will be considered as long as the entire piece of scholarship is included in a written document (i.e., musical compositions or other materials will not be considered).

Applicants should include a full mailing address, phone number, and email address (where an acknowledgment will be sent), the title of the work, university, department, date of degree, and name primary advisor (or co-advisors). Please do not mail the complete dissertation at this time.

Entry Deadline: 11:59 PM (PDT) May 1, 2009

Sempre (Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research) Fellowships/Awards

SEMPRE (SOCIETY FOR EDUCATION, MUSIC AND PSYCHOLOGY RESEARCH) SCHOLARSHIPS AND FUNDS
DEADLINE: MOST 1 MAY 2009 BUT VARIES VIA AWARD

GERRY FARRELL TRAVELLING SCHOLARSHIPS
Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (Sempre), UK The Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research invites applications for its Gerry Farrell travelling scholarships.
See
http://www.sempre.org.uk/awards_farrell.html

ARNOLD BENTLEY NEW INITIATIVES FUND
Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (Sempre), UK The Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research invites applications for the Arnold Bentley new initiatives fund.
See http://www.sempre.org.uk/awards.html

SEMPRE LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research (Sempre), UK The Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research invites nominations for its lifetime achievement award.
See http://www.sempre.org.uk/awards_hickman.html

Theatre Award: Thurnau Award for Music Theatre Studies

THURNAU AWARD FOR MUSIC THEATRE STUDIES
BAYREUTH UNIVERSITY (GERMANY)

Submissions are now being accepted for the Thurnau Award for Music Theatre Studies for young scholars which will be awarded the second time in 2009. The Thurnau Institute for Music Theatre Studies at Bayreuth University in Germany (Forschungsinstitut für Musiktheater – fimt) is an internationally unique research institution focusing on music theatre.

We are looking for modern, creative and outstanding methodological approaches in music theatre studies, trying to encourage interesting topics in neglected fields of research. Please send in your stimulating academic article from 18.000 - 27.000 characters incl. blank spaces (10-15 pages) which can be written in English, German, French or Italian. The essay may just be prepared for publication or already be published (not longer than 2 years ago).

Full details: http://www.fimt.uni-bayreuth.de/de/Thurnauer_Wissenschaftspreis/index.html