The William F. Holmes/Frank D'Accone Dissertation Fellowship in Opera Studies provides funding for dissertation research and completion focused on the study of opera. Fellows receive a year-long stipend. They may also elect to accept the award on a non-stipendiary basis (thus freeing scarce resources for others). There are no provisions for the payment of tuition: it is hoped that graduate schools will provide tuition fellowships or waivers. Fellows are selected in the spring and announced in the summer. Any graduate student registered in good standing for a doctorate at a North American university who has had a dissertation proposal in the subfield of opera studies approved at the time of the application is eligible to apply, regardless of the stage of dissertation work. Please visit the fellowship's website or contact the American Musicological Society for more information.