Publication Subventions
The AMS Publication Subventions program funds essential publication costs for scholarly works in music studies, supporting diverse formats and advancing musicological research.
Funder: American Musicological Society
Due Dates: August 17, 2026 (Full application, August round) | August 15, 2026 (Annual August deadline) | February 15, 2027 (Annual February deadline)
Funding Amounts: Individuals: up to $2,500; Institutions: up to $4,000; approx. $80,000 awarded annually across all subventions.
Summary: Supports individuals and institutions in music studies by providing funds to defray essential publication costs for scholarly works.
Description
The American Musicological Society’s publication subventions program provides financial support to individuals and institutions for the publication of scholarly works in music studies. These subventions are intended to help cover expenses such as illustrations, facsimiles, permissions, indexing, translations, copy-editing, and production costs for books, essay collections, articles, chapters, special journal issues, and non-print media. The program encourages proposals from scholars at all career stages and supports projects utilizing new technologies. Funding is made possible by an endowment and contributions from several foundations and individual donors, with a particular emphasis on advancing musical scholarship and increasing accessibility to published research.
