Deadline: 27-Aug-25
The Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation is thrilled to invite applications for its Latin Music Research Grant Program to support organizations and individuals to further international awareness and appreciation of the significant contributions of Latin music and its makers to the world’s culture.
Funding Information
- One Research Grant for a maximum amount of $5,000, funding one project focused on historical research, folklore and anthropology of a Latin music genre.
- Duration: Research Grant projects may span a maximum time period of twelve months and cannot overlap with previous awarded projects.
Eligibility Criteria
- They encourage projects from around the world that are interested in historical research, anthropology, documentation of music traditions and Latin American folklore.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The Latin Recording Academy and the Recording Academy, Chapters, Trustees, Governors, Officers, Staff and related organizations or persons.
- Projects from GRAMMY Museum and its Staff
- Organizations or individuals who discriminate based on race, sex, religion, national origin, disability or age
- Research projects that are not based on Latin music genres
- Regular ongoing business activities of individual/corporate applicants
- Projects promoting advocacy issues or political candidates
Evaluation Criteria
- Each application is scored based on the following factors:
- Research design: Timeline, schedule and critical path of the project
- Impact in the Latin music community
- Clear articulation of hypothesis
- Appropriateness of budget
- Ability to accomplish the project
- Merit: this category represents one-third of the total score and includes cultural impact, importance and/or uniqueness, and dissemination plan.
Application Requirements
- Please submit one completed online application with the following information:
- Contact and project overview
- Importance of the project
- Methodology
- Detailed explanation of the project’s budget
- Explain how the award will be invested. If funding from other sources will be required, describe the anticipated other sources of funding.
- Narrative (must not exceed 5,000 characters including spaces)
- Dissemination plan (must not to exceed 1,000 characters including spaces)
- Brief biographies of key personnel (must not exceed 5,000 characters including spaces).
For more information, visit Latin GRAMMY Cultural Foundation.