The Association for Recorded Sound Collections (ARSC) Research Grants Program is designed to encourage and support scholarship and publication by individuals in the field of sound recordings or audio preservation. Specific projects eligible for support include:
- Discography
- Bibliography
- Historical studies of the sound recording industry and its products
- Any other subject likely to increase the public’s understanding and appreciation of the lasting importance of recorded sound.
Both ARSC members and non-members are eligible for grants in amounts up to $1000. ARSC encourages applications from individuals whose research forms part of an academic program at the master’s or doctoral level. Grant recipients receive reimbursement for eligible expenses, up to the amount of their grant award. Documentation of eligible expenses must be submitted before reimbursement. The eligible expenses must be incurred after the grant is awarded (generally mid-March), and funds must be disbursed by the end of the calendar year (December 31st) of the grant award.
Grant funds can be used to underwrite clerical, travel, and editorial expenses.
Grant funds may not be used to purchase capital equipment or recordings, to create recordings (including field recordings), to perform operations on sound recordings, to reimburse applicants for work already performed before the grant was awarded, or to support projects which form part of a job.
Annual Deadline
January 31st of each year
Fellowship Website:
https://arsc-audio.org/research-grants-program/