Through financial resources provided by donors and members, the SMT is able to make available a number of awards and grants. These include:
- Awards that recognize outstanding publications within the field of music theory
- Subventions to support scholarly projects that advance the discipline, such as publications, conferences and workshops, and other such projects.
- SMT-40 Dissertation Fellowship. This yearly award, made possible by the SMT-40 campaign, is intended to recognize and foster excellent research in music theory by helping highly qualified Ph.D. students to complete their dissertations.
- Grants to support travel to Annual Meetings.
- Annual Meeting Grants Subcommittee grants to Interest Groups and Standing Committees for events associated with the Annual Meeting.
- An award for the Best Student Presentation at the annual meeting
We also provide a list of other grants and awards that are not sponsored by the SMT, but that might be of interest to SMT members.