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The Elliott Antokoletz Fund for research in twentieth-century music is a memorial to Elliott Antokoletz (1942-2017), one of the foremost scholars and teachers of twentieth-century music, whose work, insights, and phenomenal accomplishments emphasizing the creative aspects of music inspired decades of students. The grant is to be given annually to one or more doctoral students at or PhD graduates of North American universities to conduct doctoral or post-doctoral musicological research on twentieth-century music. The average award amount is typically between $500 to > $5000.
Application Materials
Please see the application form for additional details regarding allowable formatting, required content and allowable submission filetypes for each document. Applications to the Elliott Antokoletz Fund must include:
- A brief summary of your proposal (150 words)
- A description of the overall project explaining the basic ideas, problems, or questions to be explored (500-words)
- A statement regarding the significance of the overall project and the anticipated contribution of the project to the existing body of research and writing on the topic or question (250-word)
- A description of the expected results of research done during the grant period, and plans for further research on the project (200-words)
- A more detailed plan of work (500-words)
- A project budget (use this budget template)
- If working with foreign language materials, your level of fluency
- One letter of support to be submitted by a scholar familiar with your work.
Note: If you are applying for more than one AMS Travel and Research grant, you may use the same form and materials for multiple applications.
Eligibility
The Elliott Antokoletz Fund accepts applications from doctoral students at or Ph.D. graduates of North American universities to conduct doctoral or post-doctoral musicological research involving music-centered approaches to creativity in twentieth-century music (composition, improvisation, performance). If they seek to conduct research for their dissertation, they must have completed all other requirements for the Ph.D. If they seek to conduct post-doctoral research, they should have completed the Ph.D. within the past five years. Preference will be given to applicants whose home institutions do not offer financial support for musicological research.
Applications for the following AMS travel and research grants are reviewed by a single committee. Since the terms for these grants have overlapping areas of emphasis, applicants may request to be considered for more than one, if appropriate. A place to indicate which travel/research grant(s) you wish to be considered for is given on the application form. No individual may receive a travel/research grant more than once in a three-year period. Applicants may apply for multiple awards using the same form submission.
Funds awarded in 2024 must be applied to travel/research undertaken between 1 May 2024 and 30 April 2025.
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