Affiliate Grants - Guest Speaker Fund

The Affiliate Grants - Guest Speaker Fund, provided by the American Musicological Society, offers financial assistance to AMS committees and study groups inviting external speakers to the Annual Meeting. Grants up to $1,500 cover travel expenses and honoraria for invited guests, promoting interdisciplinary collaboration within musicology. Applications must be submitted by group representatives, and the deadline precedes the standard proposal deadlines for committee activities. This program encourages enriching discussions by including diverse voices from outside the field.

The Society offers funding to AMS affiliate groups throughout the year. The Chapter Activities Fund and Study Group Activities Fund provide partial support for chapter and study group activities and programs twice per year. AMS affiliates cannot receive funding more than once in a twelve-month period.
The Early Music Program Fund supports educational programs that build, strengthen, and sustain the research skills needed to knowledgeably study, teach, perform, and illuminate music and musical cultures in the period before c. 1600. Applications are open to AMS committees, chapters, and study groups.
The Guest Speaker Fund is a special fund established to provide financial support to AMS committees and study groups that invite speakers from outside the field of musicology to participate in the AMS Annual Meeting.
To foster interdisciplinary collaboration, the AMS encourages committees and study groups to invite guest speakers from outside the field of musicology to participate in their Annual Meeting sessions, vetted by the Committee on the Annual Meeting and Public Events. The Guest Speaker Fund is a special fund established by the AMS to advance this goal by providing financial support to AMS committees and study groups that invite speakers from outside the field of musicology to participate in the AMS Annual Meeting.
Grants of up to $1,500 will be considered to provide travel expenses (airfare, meals, lodging, etc.) and honorarium for each invited guest. Guest speakers may also be given complimentary conference registration if requested. Please note, the program also has an earlier deadline than the Annual Meeting’s Call for Committee and Study Group Proposals.

Eligibility

Only available to AMS Committees and Study Groups.
Applications should be submitted by a representative of the Study Group.
Application process is separate from AMS Committee/Study Group proposals.
Guest Speaker Fund application deadline is earlier than the AMS Committee/Study Group proposal deadline.