- ◊ about us
Funding: Employment, Fellowships, Competitions and Grants
resources based at Boston University
Boston University: Grants for Undergraduate Teaching and Scholarship (GUTS)
Faculty may apply for funds to enable or enhance inquiry-based courses for undergraduates.
Boston University: Humanities
Foundation
Accepts proposals by University affiliates seeking support for
individual and collective scholarly work toward symposia, publication,
student and junior faculty research, and library acquisitions.
Boston University:
Office of Fellowships and Scholarships
Relevant to all affiliates from undergraduates through faculty in their advisory, teaching and research roles. Coordinates information and applications for fellowships, scholarships,
awards and prizes internal to the University as well as for many other
domestic and international programs which require the University's
review.
Boston University:
Office of Sponsored Programs
Locate external funding opportunities, including links to federal funding; provides assistance with proposal development through administration of funded projects; additional relevant link to BU's IRB
Boston University:
UROP
The Undergraduate Research Opportunities Program, facilitates
student involvement in research activities of University faculty;
also helps identify undergraduate opportunities outside the
University.
resources based elsewhere
American Musicological Society
See the Society's own Awards, Grants, Fellowships. See also within their AMS Newsletter at that site for many more current competitions for scholarly grants and fellowships.
Chronicle of
Higher Education: Career Network
Updated weekly, these vacancy listings cover teaching, research
and administrative positions in advanced academic settings;
postings from domestic institutions as well as those from abroad
may be found here.
Composer Opportunities:
American Music
Center
American
Composers Forum
Resources for Young Composers
Wisconsin
Alliance for Composers (WAC)
Foundation Center
This site includes links to nonprofit resources, a tutorial
in proposal writing, and a FAQ (Frequently Asked Questions)
section that includes guidance on how and where to begin the
process of foundation and grants research.
Grants.gov
Designed to provide a single entry point across 26 federal agencies.
IREX - International
Research & Exchanges Board
Established in 1968, this nonprofit organization administers
academic exchanges between the Newly Independent States, Central
and Eastern Europe, Mongolia, and China. See especially its
pages for Jobs and Internships, Underwriting Scholarships, and
Best of Web.
jobs.ac.uk
Contains postings in all fields of higher education in the United
Kingdom.
MENC
Job Center
Compiled by the Music Educators National Conference; chiefly
elementary and secondary school positions, some at university-level
or in administration.
NEA - National Endowment for
the Arts
An independent US government supported agency providing funding
in the arts
NEH - National Endowment for
the Humanities
An independent US gevernment supported grant-making agency
Social
Science Research Council
Administers many dissertation support, fellowship and other
special program opportunities in both specialized and interdisciplinary
studies.