Students, academics and cultural professionals interested in music can now apply for the "NFDI4Culture Music Award". We are looking for projects and academic works that deal with musicological topics or the cultural subject of music. The award provides funding of up to 3,000 euros. Applications can be submitted until 9 November.

The award honours projects that deal with the goals of the "NFDI4Culture" project, e.g. with the (further) development of standards for data formats or research software, with sustainable archiving and making music-related (research) data available or with strategies for dealing with personality and copyright issues. The helpdesk supports interested parties in identifying and developing links between their own project and the goals of the consortium.

A jury consisting of representatives from "NFDI4Culture", the Society for Music Research and the ZenMEM (Centre for Music - Edition - Media) at Paderborn University will first select a shortlist from all submitted projects and then present the award to two submissions. The project funds associated with the award are earmarked for a specific purpose and must be used in the 2026 calendar year.

About "NFDI4Culture"

In the National Research Data Infrastructure (NFDI), data from science and research is systematically catalogued, networked and made available for sustainable and qualitative use. "NFDI4Culture" focusses on the cultural field. The aim is to create a user-centred, research-driven infrastructure that covers a broad spectrum of research areas from musicology, art history and architecture to performance, theatre, film and media studies. The Academy of Sciences, Humanities and Literature is a joint sponsor of the consortium together with 10 other institutions, including Paderborn University.

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