SMPC: Mentorship Award Grant

SMPC: Mentorship Award Grant

Status: ACTIVE
Funder: Society for Music Perception and Cognition
Last Updated: March 20, 2026

Summary

The SMPC Mentorship Award recognizes outstanding mentorship among non-student SMPC members, including postdoctoral fellows and faculty. It acknowledges those who guide mentees intellectually, support their career development, and promote equity, diversity, and inclusion. Nominees must submit a mentoring statement and be supported by at least two mentee statements. The award highlights the recipient during the SMPC conference, providing them with free registration and an opportunity to present their work.

Overview

NOTE: Nominations are currently closed . The Mentorship Award has been established by the SMPC to recognize a non-student SMPC member (e.g., postdoctoral fellow, staff scientist, faculty member, industry professional) who excels at mentoring others in achieving their career objectives, providing skill-based and socio-emotional support to students, and promoting equity, diversity, and inclusion. This award aims to recognize currently active mentors, who may be early in their careers (rather than serving as a lifetime mentorship award). The mentor should: Help mentees develop ideas intellectually and guide them in acquiring necessary skills outside of taught courses.Demonstrate care for the well-being and career development of mentees. The award recipient will be highlighted at the SMPC conference in an award ceremony and will receive free registration to the SMPC conference. They will further be given the opportunity to highlight their research and/or mentorship at a future SMPC event.

Eligibility

You can learn more about this opportunity by visiting the funder's website. Nominations for the mentorship award should be made jointly by the mentees and the mentor; we encourage mentors interested in this opportunity to circulate this information to their mentees. Mentors should submit a 250-500 brief statement, addressing their mentoring approach and experience, including efforts to promote equity, diversity, and inclusion in this context. Additionally, at least two mentee statements per nominee are required: Mentees (current or prior trainees, at any level) should submit brief statements of 250-500 words; each statement should be written by a single individual and should not be co-signed. Mentee statements should address how the mentor fits the criteria for the award outlined above. Mentorship nominations are welcome at all post-graduate career stages (i.e., mentors should have completed their graduate training; current PhD students are not eligible for the Mentorship Award).It is possible to nominate two co-mentors to share the award.In this case, the mentors’ and students’ statements should also address why a co-award is appropriate (e.g. a history of co-mentoring students in a coordinated and intentional way). Mentees should submit separate statements for each mentor. Therefore, nominations for co-mentors should have four mentee statements (two for each mentor; each mentee should write in support of both co-mentors). You must be a member of this organization to apply for this award - become a member. A non-student SMPC member.