Jan LaRue Travel Fund

The Jan LaRue Travel Fund honors the memory of Jan LaRue (1918–2004), a distinguished scholar and AMS member admired for his pioneering work on style analysis, the eighteenth-century symphony, and early computer applications in musicology. The grant is given annually to one or more doctoral students at or PhD graduates of North American universities to conduct doctoral or post-doctoral musicological research in Europe. The average award amount is typically between $500 and $2,500, though applicants may request up to $5,000. The fund accepts applications from doctoral students who have completed all other requirements for the PhD and seek to conduct research for their dissertation, or from PhD graduates who completed their degree within the past five years and seek to conduct post-doctoral research. Preference will be given to applicants whose home institutions do not offer financial support for musicological research. Funds awarded must be applied to travel and research undertaken between May 1 and April 30 of the following year.