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.

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