Music Research Grants
Music Research Grants
We award research grants that improve practices for music education, support music makers, and enhance workforce development. These grants also seek to increase public and private resources and focus on unique, non-duplicative research topics. Grant awards range from $5,000-$25,000. The application period for Round 1 opens on April 1 and closes on June 6, 2025.
Funding Priorities
Participatory Music Making. High-quality, hands-on music-training and music-making that creates lifelong music makers.
Career Mobility. Career Mobility is workforce development for groups of people typically underrepresented in the music industry. The music industry is defined as any business, professsion, or trade dedicated to live music creation. Some examples include: Music production, teaching, performing, music technology, live entertainment, touring, entrepreneurship, retail, manufacturing, supply chain, publishing, instrument making, instrument repair, small enterprise, etc.
Eligibility Requirements
- Research that improves practices and increases public/private resources for music education and workforce development in the US
- Principal investigator must have a demonstratable research track record. We welcome applications from early-career researchers and emerging investigators pursuing innovative ideas in music research.
- Does not duplicate existing research
- Must have a well-developed conceptual framework and research design
- Analytical models must be well-specified and research questions and hypotheses (where applicable) must be clearly stated
- Government agencies are not eligible
- Non-US organizations are not eligible
Timeline
| Date | Milestone |
|---|---|
| April 1 | Application Live |
| June 6 | Round 1 Application Due |
| August 8 | Invitation to Advance to Round 2 Application |
| August 29 | Virtual Site Visits Complete |
| September 30 | Award Notifications |
Virtual Information Session
March 5, 2025: Watch
Application Process
To apply for Round 1, please review our guidelines and begin the application process by completing the short eligibility quiz. Organizations will apply through the foundation's Cybergrants Portal.
Round 1. Interested applicants must apply through our online portal by the June 6 deadline. Download the full guidelines to review the requirements.
Round 2. Selected organizations from Round 1 will be invited to advance to Round 2 by the July 1 deadline. Round 2 of the application process is designed to help us get to know your organization better and will include a virtual site visit.
To prepare your proposal, we recommend reviewing the application PDF (link below) before starting the online application. You may use this document as a working copy for your narrative, then copy and paste it into the portal. To ensure a strong and competitive application, we recommend following all the provided instructions carefully. Proposals must be submitted through the online grant portal.