Introduc)ontoGrantWri)ng

Fall2017

IchiroFujinagawithEdwardKlorman,LenaWeman,andDevonWilkinson

Introduc)ontoGrantWri)ngOutline

v Why?

v What?

v When?

v Who?

v How?v Where?

Followedbybrainstormingsessionsoncomingupwithresearchideasinthreegroups

Introduc)ons

v IchiroFujinagaAssociateProfessorandtheChairoftheMusicTechnologyArea

v EdwardKlormanAssistantProfessorandtheChairoftheMusicTheoryArea

v LenaWemanAssociateDeanofGraduateStudies

v DevonWilkinsonGrantWri)ngCoordinator,MMusalumna

Why?

!!Money!!

Whyapplyforgrants?

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v BeQermoneythanwashingdishesorwai)ngtables

v Youwereborntodothis(~5%ofpopula)on)!v Youcanwriteonceandapplymany)mesanddifferentplaces

v Itwillhelpyoutowriteyourthesisproposalsv LooksgoodonyourCV

What?

v Majorgovernmentgrantsandscholarships

v Founda)onawardsv Privateins)tu)onawardsv Grantsfromtheprovinceyouarefrom

v Grantsfromthecountryyouarefrom

v McGillUniversityawards

MajorGrants:Federal

v Ban)ngPostdoctoralFellowships:$70,000/year,2years

v SSHRCPostdoctoralFellowships:$40,500/year,1–2years

v VanierCGSDoctoralProgram:$50,000/year,3years

v CGSDoctoralFellowships:$35,000/year,1–3yearsv SSHRCDoctoralFellowships:$20,000/year,1–4yearsv CGSMaster’sProgram:$17,500forayear

MajorGrants:Provincialv DoctoralResearchScholarships(B2):$21,000/year,12

sessions

v Master'sResearchScholarships(B1):$17,500/year,6sessions

v ScholarshipforinternshipoutsideQuébec(BSHQ):$10,000,2–6months

v Doctoralresearchscholarshipsprogramforforeignstudents(DS):$20,000–$60,000,1–3years

v Meritscholarshipprogramforforeignstudents(PBEEE):Variable

v Boursespourlafrancophoniecanadienne:SameasB2/B1

Othergrantsv CanadaCouncilfortheArtsv ConseildesartsetdesleQresduQuébec(CALQ)v SOCAN,ASCAPawardsv Google,Amazonresearchawards

v MITACSInternships

v CIRMMTResearchandTravelAwards

v McGillGraduateTravelAwards

v McGillMobilityAwards

v Applyforaresearchgrantwithafacultymember

SourcesofGrants:WhereDoYouFindThem?

GRANT DESCRIPTIONAaronCoplandFund Musicrecording,performers,organizations

AECummingPost-DoctoralAwards EuropeanUnion

AFM/CFM/GuildedeMusiciensdeQuebec FundingforTravelandbuildingofcareeropportunities

AmericanComposersForum Composerassistance,musicfordance

AmericanDissertationFellowship World’slargestsourcesoffundingforgraduatewomen;20kAmerican;international

AmericanFolklifeCenter(LC) Ethnographicprojects

AmericanMusicCenter Composerassistance,liveformusicdanceprogram

AmericanMusicEducationInitiative(NationalMusicFoundation) TeachersofK-12programs

AmericanMusicologicalSociety(AMS)Grantsandawards,primarilyforstudentspursuingresearch;listsgrantsandfellowships(includingsomeartistresidencies)fromotherorganizations

AmericanSocietyforComposers,Authors,andPublishers(ASCAP)Foundation

Grantstomusiceducationandtalentdevelopmentorganizations

AmericanStringTeachersAssociation Competitions,outreachfundingforstringplayers

ArnoldSchönbergCenter GrantsforresearchattheCenter

AsianCulturalCouncil Education,travel,specialprojects

AssociationforRecordedSoundCollections(ARSC)Research Researchgrants,travelgrants,grantsforthepreservationofclassicalmusichistoricalrecordings

AustrianSocietyScholarship(McGill) ForstudiesinAustria

AwesomeFoundation World-widesponsoredgrantof1k,awardedmonthly,forinnovation

BibliothèqueetArchivesnationalesduQuébec(BAnQ) ScholarshipsofferedforresearchprojectsrelatedtotheprovinceofQuebec

Banting,SSHRC,FQRSC Post-doctoralAwardssponsoredbytheCanadianandQuebecGovernments

BMIFoundation Awardsandscholarshipsforcomposers,performers,andresearchers

BogliascoFellowshipProgram Fellowshipsforcreativeandscholarlywork

CanadaCouncil Projectgrants,touring,travel,commissioning

CBCEmergingArtists SubmissionandbyNomination;recordingpackageisessential

CenterforBlackMusicResearch Travel-to-the-collectionsgrants

CIRMMTStudentprojectawards

CreativeCapitalFoundation Grantsforliterature,visualarts,andperformingarts(U.S.)Notforstudents.

CreativeCapitalFoundation Writingsaboutthearts

CreativeCapitalGrants Emergingtodevelopingartistswith“adventuresomeprojects;”entrepreneurialoften

DAAD ExchangestudyprogramsinGermany

McGillSchulichSchoolofMusicGrantWritingWorkshopsCompiledbyMarcWieserandElinorFrey(November2014)

withupdatesbyEleanorStubleyandLauraRisk(September2016)andDevonWilkinson(September2017)

NB:AportionofthislistisadaptedfromDavidCutler,“TheSavvyMusician:BuildingaCareer,EarningaLiving,&MakingaDifference”(2010), http://savvymusician.com/index.php?page=funding

DebutAtlanticOnceayear,anartistorgroupisselectedbasedonanapplicationandauditiontobefeaturedinatourofvariousvenuesacrossAtlanticCanada.

DenaEpsteinAward(MusicLibraryAssociation) AwardforarchivalandlibraryresearchinAmericanmusic

FACTOR/MusicactionGrantsProductionrecordinggrantsforemerginganddevelopingcareers,requiringdistributionplanandpaymentagreementonprofits;typicallynotthedebutproject

FQRSC Asabove,sponsoredbytheQuebecGovernmentFrankHuntingtonBeebeFund SupportforU.S.-basedperformersandcomposerstostudyabroadFrenchAmericanFundforContemporaryMusic SupportscontemporarymusicprojectsthatfosterculturalexchangebetweenFranceandUSAFulbrightScholarships ForeducationalexchangesbetweenUSAandCanadaGrahamSommerCompetitionforYoungComposers Bi-annualcompetitionforCanadianComposersunder35yearsofageGovernor-GeneralofCanadaMedalforPerformingArtists EmergingPerformingArtists;bynomination

ImagineCanadaCuratorial,publication,artistopportunitieswithdemonstratedimpactoncommunity;typicallygroupsforlargestimpact;notrestrictedtoCanadianparticipationorlocationsonly

IPLAI–McConnellGraduateAwardJeunesAmbassadeursLyriques Opportunitiesforconcerts,competitionsforoperaticsingersJeunesVolontaires MentorshipandprojectfundingforyoungresidentsofQuebecJeunessesMusicalesCanada PaidperformingopportunitiesforsingersandinstrumentalistsKurtWeillFoundation GrantsforresearchonKurtWeill,LotteLenya,andMarcBlitzstein

LaCitéinternationaledesArtsArtiststudiowhiledoingscholarly/artisticprojectsinParis;mayobtainwhileCanadaCouncilholder;orasinternational,mayapplydirectlytotheorganization

LeagueofAmericanOrchestras Orchestralfunding,supportfororchestralcareerdevelopmentLibraryofCongressFellowships ManyinternshipsandfellowshipsLojiq TravelassistanceforyoungresidentsofQuebecMcGill,Gender,SexualityandWomen’sStudies Graduatestudentawards,typicallynominatedbytheFaculty

MitacsInternshipsStudentinternshipsinwhichstudent/universityreceivestrainingand/orprovidesresearchfortheorganizationonwhichtheycanbuild;internationalanddomestic;maybeinitiatedbyorganization,university,orstudentwithsupportofUniversity

MockingbirdFoundation FundingformusiceducationprogramsforchildrenMunicipalArtsCouncils(i.e.MAC) Variousopportunities,dependingonwhichcityMusicAlive BringsmusicianstoschoolsinAlberta,Saskatchewan,Nunavut,ManitobaMusicandLetters Researchawards.Studentsarenoteligible.MusicLibraryAssociation Diversityrecruitmentscholarship,travelgrantsMusicPerformanceFund Sponsorsfreeconcerts(U.S.andCanada)MusicalOnline Thisisnotagrantingagency,butithaslinkstograntsandotherresourses(http://www.musicalonline.com)NationalAssociationforMusicEducation(NAfME) Doesnotoffergrants,butdoeslistmanyothergrants,esp.forstudentsNationalAssociationofLatinoArtsandCultures Grantsforvisualandperformingarts(regional)NationalAssociationofTeachersofSinging Awardsforsingersandcomposers

NationalEndowmentfortheArtsProject-basedgrantsfororganizations(opportunitiesforperformersandresearcherstocollaborate),creativewritingandtranslationgrantsforindividuals

NationalFederationofMusicClubs Studentandyoungperformerawards(U.S.citizensonly)

NationalHumanitiesCenter Fellowshipsforadvancedstudy

NationalTrustforCanadaVariousgrants,including:studentsandyoungprofessionalsworkinginheritageconservation;summerjobs

forstudentsandrecentgrads(viaYoungCanadaWorks);manyothers

NativeArtsandCulturesFoundationFellowship FellowshipsforemergingandestablishedNativeartists(U.S.only)

NewMusicUSAThecreationofnewmusicalwork,Newlivemusicfordance,Recordingcosts,Residencyandcommunity

outreachactivities

NewYorkFoundationfortheArts(NYFA)Opportunitiesforartistsofalldisciplines,includingmusicians,composers,andfilm-makers;mostlyforU.S.,

butsomeexchangesandapplicationsfromothersinvolvingU.S.senseofplaceornature.

NYFASource National(U.S.)directoryoffundingsources

PerformanceHalls

McCordMuseum,LakeshoreChamberMusicSeries,ChristChurchCathedralBorgieHall,etc.sponsor

opportunitiesforstudentconcertswhichcanbecomerecordingandprofessionalopportunities(typicallyby

applicationandcompetition).

ProvincialArtsCouncilsfromeachprovince Projectgrants,travel,commissioning

QuebecVisualArtistorInter-disciplinaryawards Musicdoesnotexistalone!Suchopportunitiesexistinallcountriesandprovinces.

RBCGrants(RoyalBank) World-wide,basedonimpact

ReseauAccèsCulture(VilledeMontreal) PaidperformanceopportunitiesonMontrealIsland

SchulichSchoolofMusic,GoldenViolinAward StringArea,Performanceandcontributiontocommunity

SchulichSchoolofMusic,GraduateInternationalResearchAwards

SchulichSchoolofMusic,WirthVocalPrize VoiceArea,Performance

SOCANAssistanceforcomposersandperformersforthepurposeofperformanceandpublicationofCanadian

music;includesjazzcreationcategory.

SocietyforAmericanMusic(SAM) Researchfellowships,publishinggrants

SocietyforEthnomusicology(SEM) Prizesandawards,linkstomanyfundingsourcesforresearch

SocietyforMusicTheory(SMT) Dissertationfellowships(new),travelgrantsforresearchstudents

SocietyforMusicTheoryPublicationSubventionGrants Awardsformusictheorypublications

SodecInnovativerecordinggrantsforprojectsthathaveanimpactoncareer,communityorpublic;French-

Quebecequivalent

SpencerFoundationGrantsProgram Researchgrantsandfellowships,esp.forresearch-relatedpublications

SQRMStudentCompetitionsAwardsforConferencepresentationandpublication;programmenotes;opentostudentsregisteredin

QuebecUniversities.

SSHRCConnectionGrantsConferenceandotherrelatedprojectawardssponsoredbyafacultymember;putsspecialvalueonstudents

havingtraining

SylvaGelberMusicFoundation ForCanadianperformers;nominatedbytheschool,whichtypicallyhasquotas

TheAmerican-ScandinavianFoundation FundingforAmericansstudyinginScandinavia

ThomaFoundationProjectgrantsforpublication,exhibition,conferences/workshops,academicandeducationsupport–long-

termplanning,recommendedbyanon-profitorcharitableassociation

Tri-CouncilAwardsVarioustypesofscholarlyandresearch-creationgrantsfordoctoralandmastersstudentsinthehumanities

(SSHRC,CGS)andthesciences(NSERC)sponsoredbytheCanadianGovernment

WoodrowWilsonFellowshipNationalFellowshipFoundation Teachingandlearning

When?v Deadlines!

v Startwellinadvance(atleastamonth)

v Ordertranscripts

v LeQersofrecommenda)on

v Fillingintheapplica)onforms,perfectly

v Proofreaders(about10people)

v FederalDoctoral:SSHRC(10October2017),NSERC(26September)

v FRQSC:MA(11October),PhD(18October)

v TrudeauFounda)onDoctoralScholarships(10October)

Who?v Eligibility

v Aci)zenorapermanentresidenceofCanada(mostFederalgrants)

v Aker6monthsinQuébec(mostFRQSCgrants)

v MinimumGPA?

v Triplecheck!

How?

Howtowriteproposalsv  Makereviewershappy!

v  Workhardtonotmakereviewersthink,andtheywillbehappy!

v  Makeitclear

v  Makeiteasytounderstand

v  Tellanicestory

v  Workonacatchy)tle

v  Theopeningparagraphisthemostimportant(theelevatortalk)

v  Absolutelynotypographcalnorgramma)calerror

v  Convincethemthatyoudeservethismoney;whyyou?

v  Isitfeasible?Thinkbig,actsmall

Wheretofindmoreinforma)onv  McGillGraduateStudentFundingOpportuni)es

hQps://www.mcgill.ca/gps/funding/students

v  Dr.Karen’sFoolproofGrantTemplatehQp://theprofessorisin.com/2011/07/05/dr-karens-foolproof-grant-template/

v  GrantProposal(orGivemethemoney!)hQp://wri)ngcenter.unc.edu/)ps-and-tools/grant-proposals-or-give-me-the-money/

v  AQendthewebinarhostedbyMcGillGPS:(PhD:9/14,MA:10/18)hQp://www.mcgill.ca/gps/funding/maximize-my-chances

v  CometotheGrantWri)ngWeekend:9/22–24

v  Thisslideisavailableat:hQp://www.music.mcgill.ca/~ich/misc/GrantWri)ngWorkshop2017.pdf

Ques)ons?

Brainstormresearchideas

v Splitintothreegroupsv PerformersandComposers(Lena)

v Musicologists,Theorists,andEducators(Edward)

v MusicTechnologyandSoundRecording(Ichiro)

Comingupwithanidea

v Whatexcitesandinspiresyou?

v Whatdrawsonyourownspecialskillsandexperience?Whatmakesyouspecial?

v Asyoudeveloptheidea,workfrombroadtonarrowv Thinkbig,butactsmall

v Don’tre-inventthewheel

v Keepitsimple

v Makeitexci)ng.Isitinnova)ve?

v Sowhat?Isituseful?

Hottopics

v Canadianav Culturalheritage

v  Indigenouspeoples

v Women’sissues

v LGBTQv Outreach:Benefitstogeneralpopula)onv Mul)-disciplinary

v Research-crea)on