Purpose of the Award

To enable music educators with demonstrated financial need to attend the ISME biennial World Conference by meeting registration costs and contributing towards travel, accommodation, and sustenance.

Eligibility

• ISME members who have been accepted to give a spoken or poster presentation for the first time.
• Not available to performing groups.
• Past recipients of this award or the Steve Dillon Award are not eligible.

Criteria

• Quality and significance of proposed research.
• Applicant’s financial need 
• Importance of conference attendance for professional growth.

Award Value

Up to US $1500  for travel, accommodation, and sustenance.

General Guidelines for all World Conference Awards

• All awards are available to ISME members only.
• Award normally distributed post-conference attendance, unless otherwise approved by the ISME Finance Committee.
• Eligible costs: travel, accommodation, sustenance. Membership and registration are not covered by these awards.

Application Requirements

• 1 page CV
• Personal statement (300-400 words).
• Referee report (400 words).

Application Process

The online submission process for the 2026 ISME World Conference Travel Awards will open soon.

Pasr Recipients of this Award

2024, Helsinki

In 2024, presenter awards were given to:

• Andrea del Pilar Rodríguez Sánchez (Colombia)
• Ashley Wright (Marshall Islands)
• Benson Charles Odongo Okong’o (Kenya)
• Jiang Ziyi (China)
• Lucy Magaly Bellota-Villafuerte (Peru)
• Muxi Tang (China)
• Rajashree Srinivasan (India)
• Shuai Li (China)
• Timóteo Francisco Lidia Cuche (Mozambique)
• Yang Shengqin (China)

2022, Brisbane (online)

As the 2022 world conference was online only, travel and accommodation expenses support was not relevant, so a different awards program was offered.

2020, Helsinki (cancelled)

No conference was held in 2020 so no awards were made.

2018, Baku

The 2018 awards were given to:

• Gillian Howell (Australia)
• Iman Shah (Nepal)
• Riju Tuladhar (Nepal)
• Kushal Karki (Nepal)
• John Shrestha (Nepal)
• Kyna Elliott (USA)
• László Stachó (Hungary)
• Avril McLoughlin (Ireland)
• Angie Mullins (South Africa)
• Celeste M. Romulo (Philippines)
• Katharina Loibner (Austria)
• Lisa Burrell (USA)

2016, Glasgow

The 2016 awards were given to:

• Alla Toropova (Russia)
• Anibal Martel Andrade (Peru)
• Arthur Gill (Pakistan)
• Erkan Sulun (Turkey)
• Gertrude Bien Aime (Haiti)
• Milca Maria Cavalanti de Paula (Brazil)
• Nicole Canham (Australia)
• Yen-Ting Wu (UK)

Further information

For further information, please contact the CEO at isme@isme.org