SMI Grants

The SMI awards annually a number of small grants to its members of up to €400 in support of musicological research to assist postgraduate research students, non-affiliated scholars, or academics without recourse to institutional funds. Financial assistance (max €200-) for presentations at conferences outside Ireland may also be considered. To qualify for consideration applicants must be in good standing with the Society and have been a member for a minimum of six months at the point of application.

Applications should include a short CV, a brief description of the proposed research and its intended purpose, a proposed budget, and (if applicable) an account of awards received or applied for in connection with the project. A copy of a short letter of support from a supervisor or appropriate academic should also be included with the application. Applications will be considered on an on-going basis and the awards publicised on the SMI website. Recipients are expected to acknowledge, when publishing, the assistance of the SMI and are encouraged to present their findings at an SMI Conference. In addition a short report on the work undertaken should be submitted to the SMI Grants Committee Chair within twelve months of the allocation of the award.

Applications (and any queries regarding this grant) should be made by email to:

Prof. Fiona M. Palmer
Chair, SMI Grants Committee
Music Department
National University of Ireland Maynooth
Maynooth
Co Kildare
Email: fiona.palmer@nuim.ie

Past Recipients

  • Daniela Kulezic-Wilson (Independent Scholar): 'Musical Aspects of Peter Strickland's Film Katalin Varga'
  • Johanne Heraty (UCD): 'Ezra Sims, Im Mirabell & Microtonality'
  • Jessica Cawley (UCC): 'The Learning Process and Musical Enculturation of Irish Traditional Musicians'
  • Ann Marie Hanlon (Newcastle University), 'Eric Satie and the New Canon: Criticism, Reception, Analysis (1911-1925)'
  • Estelle Murphy: 'The Changing Role of Music at Court in the Late-Stuart Period'
  • Serena Standley: 'Fashioning a Count: Mario Bevilacqua as Patron and the Accademia Filarmonica of Verona'
  • Una Hunt (Dublin): 'Thomas Moore and his 'Irish Melodies'
  • Helen Lyons (UCD): 'Contemporary Irish Harping on the Irish Harp and 'Cruit''
  • Aisling Kenny (NUI Maynooth): 'The Lieder of Josephine Lang (1815-1880)'
  • Angela Buckley (WIT): 'A Critical Edition of the Irish Music Manuscripts of Philip Carolan (c.1839-1910)'
  • Angela Moran (UCD): 'Filmic Representations of 'Carmen''
  • Fabian Huss (Bristol): 'The Chamber Music of Frank Bridge'
  • Aoife Granville (UCC): 'Shaping Community Identity through Festivalisation: An Exploration of the Importance and Influence of the Wren Tradition in Corca Dhuibhne, Co. Kerry'
  • Alison Dunlop (QUB): 'The Music Manuscripts of Gottlieb Muffat (1690-1770)'
  • Ann-Marie Hanlon (Newcastle University): 'Satie and The New Canon: Criticism, Reception, Analysis (1911-1925)'