Alvin H. Johnson AMS 50 Fellowships provide funding for the final year of PhD dissertation work and are awarded on the basis of academic merit. The fellowships are not intended for support of the early stages of research. It is expected that a fellow's dissertation will be completed within the fellowship year. Any submission for a doctoral degree in which the emphasis is on musical scholarship will be eligible. Any student registered in good standing for a doctorate at a North American university and who has completed all formal degree requirements except the dissertation at the time of full application is eligible to apply. Applicants must submit a brief dissertation project description; a current dissertation proposal, including a detailed rationale of the project and an overview of each chapter; a timeline for completion of the dissertation; a sample chapter or excerpt, preferably not an introductory chapter reviewing the literature; and a letter from the registrar or departmental Director of Graduate Studies, attesting to ABD (all-but-dissertation) status of the applicant. Please visit the fellowship's website or contact the American Musicological Society for more information.