The Association for Recorded Sound Collections is pleased to announce the recipients of ARSC Research Grants for 2026

Jordan Brown, Graduate Student, Harvard University

A grant of $1000 for dissertation research in Philadelphia, PA at the Charles L. Blockson Afro-American Collection and David Bell Studio on the aesthetics of identity in Alternative Hip-Hop and R&B.

Nina Goodman, Graduate Student, University of Chicago

A grant of $1000 for dissertation research at multiple archives and institutions in South Korea on how sound artists there have used archival sound recordings to auralize (or “sound out”) the divided past of their country.

Balakrishnan Raghavan, Graduate Student, University of California, Santa Cruz

A grant of $1000 for dissertation research at the Archives and Research Center for Ethno-musicology in Delhi, India on Yellamma-themed recordings by Jogappa musicians.

Joti Rockwell, Associate Professor and Chair of Music, Pomona College

A grant of $600 for ethnomusicology/music-theory research at the American Folklife Center, Library of Congress in Washington, DC on audio recordings of plucked string instruments.

ARSC Research Grants support scholarship and publication by individuals in the field of sound recordings or audio preservation, including discography, bibliography, historical studies, or any other subject likely to increase the public’s understanding and appreciation of the lasting importance of recorded sound.

Research Grant recipients credit ARSC in research products and submit project reports for publication in the ARSC Newsletter.

ARSC Research Grants are managed by the ARSC Research Grants Committee. Read more about ARSC's Research Grants:

https://arsc-audio.org/research-grants-program

ARSC Research Grants are supported by membership dues and charitable contributions. To Contribute to ARSC's Research Grants Fund, visit:

https://arsc-audio.org/donate