Note: Members of the Student/Collegiate Division should also carefully check NFMC Summer Music Centers Awards, as various age levels are included in Summer Music Center and Camp opportunities.
The NFMC Gretchen E. Van Roy Music Education Scholarship
Category: Music Education
| Age Limit | Entry Fee | Award Amount | Deadline for Application |
| A college junior majoring in Music Education at a college or university which has a Music Education Department offering a degree in same. |
None |
$1,150 |
April 1 |
| NFMC Chairman: | Helen Dingus |
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application form |
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The NFMC Myrtle Mehan/Hazel Morgan Music Education Scholarship
Category: Music Education
| Age Limit | Entry Fee | Award Amount | Deadline for Application |
| A college Sophomore majoring in Music Education at a college or university which has a Music Education Department offering a degree in same. |
$5 |
$475 |
March 1 |
| NFMC Chairman: | Wesley McCoy |
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application form |
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The NFMC Dorothy Dann Bullock Music Therapy Award (honoring a Past National President)
Category: Music Therapy
| Age Limit | Entry Fee | Award Amount | Deadline for Application |
| Offered to Music Therapy majors (college sophomores, juniors, seniors) in accredited schools offering Music Therapy degrees approved by the American Music Therapy Association |
None |
$1,350 for further study (paid to approved school of recipient’s choice) |
March 1 |
| NFMC Chairman: | Margaret Smith |
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application form |
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Requirements |
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The NFMC Ruth B. Robertson Music Therapy Award
Category: Music Therapy
| Age Limit | Entry Fee | Award Amount | Deadline for Application |
| College juniors or seniors majoring in Music Therapy at schools offering degrees approved by the American Music Therapy Association |
None |
$300 |
March 1 |
| NFMC Chairman: | Margaret Smith |
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application form |
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Requirements |
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The Irma Carey-Wilson Music Therapy Award
Category: Music Therapy
| Age Limit | Entry Fee | Award Amount | Deadline for Application |
| College juniors, seniors, graduate students or graduates in internship in music therapy at schools offering degrees approved by the American Music Therapy Association |
None |
$275 |
March 1 |
| NFMC Chairman: | Margaret Smith |
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application form |
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Requirements |
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The NFMC Hinda Honigman Award for the Blind (honoring a Past National President)
Category: Instrumentalist or Vocalist
| Age Limit | Entry Fee | Award Amount | Deadline for Application |
| Must have reached the 16th but not the 26th birthday by March 1, the year of auditions |
None |
$800 for further study for winner |
February 1 |
| NFMC Chairman: | Arlene Lewis |
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application form |
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The Music for the Blind Award
Category: Composition
| Age Limit | Entry Fee | Award Amount | Deadline for Application |
| Must have reached the 19th but not the 26th birthday by application deadline |
$3 per manuscript |
$200 |
March 1 |
| NFMC Chairman: | Elizabeth Paris |
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application form |
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The NFMC Herman and Mary Neuman Award
Category: Voice or Strings
| Age Limit | Entry Fee | Award Amount | Deadline for Application |
| Must be a Sophomore attending Miami University |
None |
$800 for further study at Miami University, Columbus, Ohio |
March 1 |
| NFMC Chairman: | Chosen by the school |
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The NFMC Ernest A Bluhm Flute Award
Category: Flute
| Age Limit | Entry Fee | Award Amount | Deadline for Application |
| Must have reached the 19th birthday but not the 26th birthday by application deadline |
None |
$600 funded by Ernest A Bluhm Endowment |
March 1 |
| NFMC Chairman: | Ellen Leapaldt |
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application form |
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The NFMC Elizabeth Paris French Horn Award
Category: French Horn
| Age Limit | Entry Fee | Award Amount | Deadline for Application |
| Must have reached the 19th birthday but not the 26th birthday by application deadline |
None |
$1,300 |
April 1 |
| NFMC Chairman: | Frances Nelson |
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application form |
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The NFMC Oscar Valentin Award
Category: Violin
| Age Limit | Entry Fee | Award Amount | Deadline for Application |
| Must have reached the 19th birthday but not the 26th birthday by application deadline |
None |
$750 |
March 1 |
| NFMC Chairman: | Annette Dwight |
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application form |
