Music Grants and Scholarships

Aaron Copland Fund
Amount: $1,000-$20,000
Qualifications: NA
Approximate Deadline: late-June

Academy of Country Music
Amount: $5,000-10,000
Qualifications: music educators or therapists
Approximate Deadline: late-October

Against the Grain
Amount: $1,000
Qualifications: at least 25% Asian and/or Pacific Islander
Approximate Deadline: early-May
Amateur Chamber Music Players
Amount: Varies
Qualifications: Varies
Approximate Deadline: Varies

Associated Male Choruses of America Scholarship
Amount: $1,000-$1,200
Qualifications: NA
Approximate Deadline: early-March

American Music Therapy Association Scholarships
Amount: Varies
Qualifications: Varies
Approximate Deadline: Varies

American Society of Music Arrangers and Composers
Amount: NA
Qualifications: students studying music composition and/or arranging
Approximate Deadline: early-October

ASCAP Foundation
Amount: Varies
Qualifications: Varies
Approximate Deadline: Varies

BMI Foundation
Amount: Varies
Qualifications: Varies
Approximate Deadline: Varies

Colburn-Pledge Music Scholarship
Amount: NA
Qualifications: Texas resident
Approximate Deadline: late-April
Dr. Robert Hawkins Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $1,000
Qualifications: instrumental music ed major
Approximate Deadline: early-November
JEN (Jazz Education Network)
Amount: Varies
Qualifications: involvement in jazz
Approximate Deadline: mid-September

Keys + Kids Grant from VH1 Save the Music
Amount: Varies
Qualifications: Varies
Approximate Deadline: VariesKllipsch Audio Engineering Scholarship
Amount: $2,000
Qualifications: anyone, but aimed at audio engineers
Approximate Deadline: mid-January
Margaret Blackburn Biennial Composition Competition
Amount: $1,000
Qualifications: female composition students
Approximate Deadline: NA

Mockingbird Foundation
Amount: $100-$1,000
Qualifications: NA
Approximate Deadline: early-August

Music Performance Trust Fund
Amount: NA
Qualifications: NA
Approximate Deadline: NA

NAMM Gard Scholarship Fund
Amount: $2,000
Qualifications: employed by NAMM member company
Approximate Deadline: late-July
National Federation of Music Clubs
Amount: Varies
Qualifications: Varies
Approximate Deadline: Varies

NewMusic USA GrantsAmount: Varies
Qualifications: Varies
Approximate Deadline: Varies

Percussive Arts Society
Amount: Varies
Qualifications: Percussionist
Approximate Deadline: Varies

Ray Charles Foundation Grants
Amount: NA
Qualifications: NA
Approximate Deadline: late-September

Ruth K. Jacobs Memorial Scholarship
Amount: $1,500
Qualifications: music major with emphasis on choral church music
Approximate Deadline: early-February

Sinfonia Educational Foundation (SEF) Scholarships
Amount: Varies
Qualifications: Varies Approximate Deadline: Varies

Top of the Rock Peggy Gram Scholarship
Amount: NA
Qualifications: women involved in Music Education or Vocal Performance Education
Approximate Deadline: mid-March

Women Band Directors International
Amount: Varies
Qualifications: women music ed majors planning to be a band director
Approximate Deadline: NA

Zildjian Concert Scholarship
Amount: $3,000
Qualifications: for percussionists
Approximate Deadline: NA

Other General Grant and Scholarship Websites (not specifically for music)

https://www.aauw.org/

https://about.bankofamerica.com/en-us/what-guides-us/find-grants-sponsorships.html#fbid=QzsQBsLRhvj

https://www.advertisemint.com/scholarship/

https://barronprize.org/

https://bostitchoffice.com/classroom-grant

http://www.ciee.org/

http://www.collegescholarships.org/grants/101-grants.htm

http://www.fastweb.com/ (United States and Canada only)

http://www.evaleeschwarztrust.org/index.html

https://fundforeducationabroad.org/eligibility/