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Jane A. Bernstein Prize for Exceptional Musicological Research

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With the support of the Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies at UMass Amherst, this Prize is awarded to the best undergraduate or graduate research project on a musicological topic concerning pre-modern musical traditions (i.e., any music, musician, or musical tradition before about 1800) or their receptions up to the present day.

Award $500.00

Deadline 3 March 2027

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Which collegeJane A. Bernstein Prize for Exceptional Musicological Research - University of Massachusetts Amherst Scholarships
Who can applyWith the support of the Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies at UMass Amherst, this Prize is awarded to the best undergraduate or graduate research project on a musicological topic concerning pre-modern musical traditions (i.e., any music, musician, or musical tradition before about 1800) or their receptions up to the present day. The research project must have originated from either courses taught by, or theses advised by, a member of the music history area of the Department of Music & Dance in the current or prior two semesters. Jane A.
Who can applyBernstein is Austin Fletcher Professor of Music Emerita at Tufts University. She earned a M.M. Music History (1968) at UMass Amherst before pursuing her PhD from UC Berkeley. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and former President and now Honorary Member of the American Musicological Society.
Who can applyJane's important scholarship on Renaissance music has been recognized by the American Musicological Society with its highest honor the Otto Kinkeldey Award for her book Music Printing in Renaissance Venice: The Scotto Press (1539-1572) (1998), while her edited volume Women's Voices across Musical Worlds (2003) was named a finalist for the Pauline Alderman Award. Her latest book Printing Music in Renaissance Rome appeared from Oxford University Press in 2023. Jane has also been a resident scholar of the Kinney Center at UMass.

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Name: Jane A. Bernstein Prize for Exceptional Musicological ResearchRead on 2026-10-11 from https://umass.academicworks.com/opportunities/27115
Provider: University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarshipsRead on 2026-10-11 from https://umass.academicworks.com/opportunities/27115
What it provides: With the support of the Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies at UMass Amherst, this Prize is awarded to the best undergraduate or graduate research project on a musicological topic concerning pre-modern musical traditions (i.e., any music, musician, or musical tradition before about 1800) or their receptions up to the present day. The research project must have originated from either courses taught by, or theses advised by, a member of the music history area of the Department of Music & Dance in the current or prior two semesters. Jane A. Bernstein is Austin Fletcher Professor of Music Emerita at Tufts University. She earned a M.M. Music History (1968) at UMass Amherst before pursuing her PhD from UC Berkeley. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and former President and now Honorary Member of the American Musicological Society. Jane's important scholarship on Renaissance music has been recognized by the American Musicological Society with its highest honor the Otto Kinkeldey Award for her book Music Printing in Renaissance Venice: The Scotto Press (1539-1572) (1998), while her edited volume Women's Voices across Musical Worlds (2003) was named a finalist for the Pauline Alderman Award. Her latest book Printing Music in Renaissance Rome appeared from Oxford University Press in 2023. Jane has also been a resident scholar of the Kinney Center at UMass.Read on 2026-10-11 from https://umass.academicworks.com/opportunities/27115
Amount: Award $500.00Read on 2026-10-11 from https://umass.academicworks.com/opportunities/27115
Deadline: Deadline 03/03/2027Read on 2026-10-11 from https://umass.academicworks.com/opportunities/27115
Which college: Jane A. Bernstein Prize for Exceptional Musicological Research - University of Massachusetts Amherst ScholarshipsRead on 2026-10-11 from https://umass.academicworks.com/opportunities/27115
Who can apply: With the support of the Kinney Center for Interdisciplinary Renaissance Studies at UMass Amherst, this Prize is awarded to the best undergraduate or graduate research project on a musicological topic concerning pre-modern musical traditions (i.e., any music, musician, or musical tradition before about 1800) or their receptions up to the present day. The research project must have originated from either courses taught by, or theses advised by, a member of the music history area of the Department of Music & Dance in the current or prior two semesters. Jane A.Read on 2026-10-11 from https://umass.academicworks.com/opportunities/27115
Who can apply: Bernstein is Austin Fletcher Professor of Music Emerita at Tufts University. She earned a M.M. Music History (1968) at UMass Amherst before pursuing her PhD from UC Berkeley. She is a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and former President and now Honorary Member of the American Musicological Society.Read on 2026-10-11 from https://umass.academicworks.com/opportunities/27115
Who can apply: Jane's important scholarship on Renaissance music has been recognized by the American Musicological Society with its highest honor the Otto Kinkeldey Award for her book Music Printing in Renaissance Venice: The Scotto Press (1539-1572) (1998), while her edited volume Women's Voices across Musical Worlds (2003) was named a finalist for the Pauline Alderman Award. Her latest book Printing Music in Renaissance Rome appeared from Oxford University Press in 2023. Jane has also been a resident scholar of the Kinney Center at UMass.Read on 2026-10-11 from https://umass.academicworks.com/opportunities/27115

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