Robert Starer Composition Award: Students who wish to compete for the Robert Starer Composition Award must submit their score  (and recording if possible) by April 20, 2012. Address any questions to Professor Olan.

Elebash Dissertation Award:  The Baisley Powell Elebash Fund Committee welcomes applications from doctoral students pursuing topics related to music in New York City (this is broadly defined as anywhere in the five boroughs or Greater NYC area). Topics must seriously engage the cultural, political, and/or social context of NYC in some way; work on musicians, genres, events, etc. that just happen to be located in NYC are not likely to be considered. The Committee awards two types of grants:
   (1) Dissertation Grants. Sizeable grants for students at the dissertation stage (i.e., with an approved proposal). These consist of a lump sum with no restrictions. Students who previously received Elebash Dissertation grants must submit a sample of the work they accomplished under the last grant they received, or a description of how the funds were used.
   (2) Research-Related Grants. Smaller grants for travel, research, performances, equipment, etc. Grants are usually $5000 or less. These are available for students at any stage of their doctoral study who wish to pursue a NYC topic. Though students who have previously received research grants may propose different topics, they must submit a sample of the work they accomplished under the last grant they received, or a description of how the funds were used.
   To apply for a Dissertation Grant, please submit your approved proposal with one additional page in which you explain why your topic is appropriate for this grant. Make sure the proposal includes the name of your advisor.
   To apply for a Research-Related Grant, submit a one-page description of how you wish to spend the funds, how the project relates to your studies at the Graduate Center, and why your application is appropriate for an Elebash Grant. Then include a brief itemized budget.
   Submit a PDF of your proposal (as an email attachment) to Prof. Jeffrey Taylor, Chair of the Elebash Fund Committee, at jtaylor@brooklyn.cuny.edu. In addition, leave one hard copy of your proposal in Prof. Taylor’s mailbox at the Graduate Center.
   The deadline for all materials is 5 p.m., Saturday, October 15, 2011. Please direct further inquiries to Prof. Taylor at jtaylor@brooklyn.cuny.edu

Barry S. Brook Dissertation Award in Music: Students who are defending dissertations in the upcoming months and who wish to have them eligible for the Barry S. Brook Dissertation Award must have defended the dissertation before April 1, 2012. Please note that dissertations defended after that date will be eligible for the 2012 Award and that dissertations must, in any event, be nominated for the award by one's defense committee. Address questions to Professor Olan.

Higini Anglès Dissertation Award: The Foundation for Iberian Music, a project of the Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research and Documentation of The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, is pleased to announce the establishment of the Higini Anglès Dissertation Award. Named after the eminent Catalan musicologist Higini Anglès (1888-1969), this prize of $1000 is awarded to a student of the music programs of The CUNY Graduate Center who has completed a dissertation on a subject that is in line with the mission of the Foundation for Iberian Music. The dissertation committee of the Music Programs will nominate candidates for the award. The director of the Foundation for Iberian Music, in consultation with the director of the Barry S. Brook Center for Music Research and members of the faculty of The Graduate Center’s Music Programs, determines eligible dissertations and selects award recipients.