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The Harold Powers World Travel Fund honors the polymathic scholar and distinguished AMS member, Harold Powers, whose publications have ranged from music and language to medieval mode to Indian music to Puccini and whose interests were wider still, but always with the communicative aspects of music at their base. The award is to be given annually to one or more doctoral students at or Ph.D. graduates of North American universities to conduct doctoral or post-doctoral musicological research in all fields of musical scholarship and throughout the world.

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 Harold Powers World Travel Fund must include:

  1. A brief summary of your proposal (150 words)
  2. A description of the overall project explaining the basic ideas, problems, or questions to be explored (500-words)
  3. 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)
  4. A description of the expected results of research done during the grant period, and plans for further research on the project (200-words)
  5. A more detailed plan of work (500-words)
  6. A project budget (use this budget template)
  7. If working with foreign language materials, your level of fluency
  8. 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 Harold Powers World Travel Fund accepts applications from doctoral students at or Ph.D. graduates of North American universities to conduct doctoral or post-doctoral musicological research in all fields of musical scholarship and throughout the world. 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.

Harold Powers
Harold Powers

Frequently Asked Questions

Can I submit the same materials for multiple AMS Travel/Research grants?

Yes. The AMS Travel and Research Grant Application allows you to submit a single proposal for consideration for the following awards: Elliott Antokoletz Fund, M. Elizabeth C. Bartlet Endowment, Virginia and George Bozarth Endowment, H. Robert Cohen/RIPM Endowment, Jan LaRue Travel Endowment, Harold Powers World Travel Endowment, Ora Frischberg Saloman Endowment, Eugene K. Wolf Travel Endowment.

You should indicate the funds you would like your application to be considered for on the application form. Please note that each grant has different topical and geographic focuses. You should ensure your project meets each individual grant’s requirements.

How do I submit my application materials?

All application materials must be submitted via the AMS Travel and Research Grants Application Form. All required descriptions should be entered into the provided text boxes on the form. The project budget should be uploaded as a .pdf or .xlsx file.

How should my letter of support be submitted?

Please use the letter request tool within the application form to send a request to the scholar writing the letter. This will send them a form to complete to upload your letter.

How should I format my project budget?

Please use the AMS Budget Template to create your project budget.

What needs to be included in my detailed plan of work response?

In this section of the application, you should provide a detailed work plan for your project. You should include details regarding: a) preliminary work already completed, b) present state of the proposed research, and c) stages (if any) to be completed following the grant period. If publication or another form of acceptance of the results of the proposed research has already been arranged, please provide this information in this section of the application.

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