The Royal Musical Association
Awards
Awards for Scholarship
Financial Grants
See Also
Student Research Grants
Normally four research grants of up to £150 each are available annually for student members of the RMA or members of RMA student groups. Typical expenses might include microfilm and photocopying costs, travel, and accommodation expenses for research away from home or for giving papers at conferences
- Click here for information on how to apply. The 2011 competition has now closed. For the 2012 competition, applications and supporting letters should be received by 29 February 2012.
Louise Dyer Award
Students working on British music should note that small research grants are also available from Musica Britannica's Louise Dyer fund. Applications are sought by means of circulars to heads of departments sent annually during the autumn term. Awards are announced in January.
Recipients in 2011
Yotam Baum, University of Cambridge, the Fellowes Student Research Grant, for attendance and giving paper ‘From ‘Kumbh Mela’ to ‘Boombamela’: Indian Devotional Songs in Israeli Festivals’ at the conference ‘Confounding Expectations: Music in a Diverse World’, University of Calgary (Canada), May 9-10, 2011.
James Burke, University of Leeds, the Goldsborough Student Research Grant, for a research trip to Oxford and purchase of research materials (Dow part-books).
Adam Ferguson, University of Leeds, the Frank Howes Student Research Grant, for attendance and giving paper at the 2011 Music Theory Conference at the University of Arts in Belgrade (May 13–15).