The American Musicological Society accepts nominations (including self-nomination) for the following Awards that honor musicological scholarship.
Important note regarding deadlines: if the stated deadline day is a Saturday, Sunday, or holiday, the deadline will be the following business day.
- Early Music Award
for outstanding work on music before 1550
(Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- H. Robert Cohen / RIPM Award
for outstanding work based on the musical press
(Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Alfred Einstein Award
for outstanding article in musicology (early stages)
(Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Roland Jackson Award
for outstanding work in music analysis
(Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Judy Tsou Critical Race Studies Award
for outstanding work in critical race/ethnic studies
(Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Otto Kinkeldey Award
for outstanding work of musicological scholarship (beyond early stages)
(Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Lewis Lockwood Award
for outstanding work of musicological scholarship (early stages)
(Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Music in American Culture Award
for outstanding scholarship in music of the United States
(Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- H. Colin Slim Award
for outstanding article in musicology (beyond early stages)
(Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Ruth A. Solie Award
for outstanding collection of essays
(Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Robert M. Stevenson Award
for outstanding scholarship in Iberian and Latin American music
(Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- AMS Teaching Award
for an exceptional pedagogical resource (Nominations open mid-January. Deadline: 15 April 2025)
- Claude V. Palisca Award
for outstanding Edition or Translation
(Nominations open early November. Deadline: 31 January 2025)
- Noah Greenberg Award
for outstanding performance projects
(Nominations open mid-May. Deadline: 15 August 2024)
- Thomas Hampson Award
for research and publication in Classic Song
(Nominations open mid-May. Deadline: 15 August 2024)
- Paul Pisk Prize
for outstanding paper at annual meeting by graduate student
(Deadline: 1 December 2024)
Administered by the LGBTQ Study Group of the AMS.
- Philip Brett Award
for outstanding work in gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender/transsexual studies
(Nominations open early February. Deadline: 15 April 2025)