Association
for Recorded Sound Collections Research
Grants Program
The 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, and any other subject
likely to increase the
public's understanding and appreciation of the
lasting importance of
recorded sound. ARSC encourages applications
from individuals whose
research forms part of an academic program at
the master's or doctoral level.
Both
ARSC members and non-members are eligible for grants
in amounts up to
$1000. Grant funds can be used to underwrite
clerical, travel, and
editorial expenses; funds may not be used to
purchase capital equipment or recordings or to
make or perform operations
upon sound recordings, to reimburse applicants
for work already performed, or to
support projects which form part of a job. Grant
recipients must submit
documentation of their expenses before reimbursement,
and funds must be
disbursed within eighteen months of the grant
award.
Grant recipients are required to submit brief
descriptions of their
projects for publication in the ARSC Journal.
Recipients are encouraged to
submit articles about their projects to be considered
for publication in
the ARSC Journal.
Applications for an ARSC research grant should
include:
- A
summary of the project (one page maximum),
with samples of the work
attached if possible,
- A budget covering the entire project and
highlighting the expenses the
ARSC grant will cover (one page maximum),
- A
curriculum vitae,
- An
indication of the prospects for publication
or other public
presentation of the project results.
Applications
should be sent to Grants Committee Chairman
Richard Warren,
Historical Sound Recordings, Yale University
Library, P. O. Box 208240, New
Haven, CT 06520-8240, U.S.A. The deadline for
receipt of applications is
the last day of February of each year. After having
been approved by the ARSC Board of Directors,
grant
awards will be announced at the annual business
meeting of the Association.
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