New York, NY (Top40 Charts/ The Recording Academy) The GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program announced today that more than $200,000 in grants will be awarded to 15 recipients in the United States to help facilitate a range of research, archiving and preservation projects on a variety of subjects.
Research projects include a study on memory retention through music in patients with Alzheimer's disease and the benefits of music training in strengthening the ear to prevent noise-induced hearing loss. Preservation and archiving initiatives include a project to preserve more than 650 rare interviews with country music performers and professionals spanning 1959-2000 and the preservation of more than 250 original transcription disks of the historic radio series "The Goldbergs."
View a complete list of 2014 GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program recipients: https://bit.ly/1jBraTX
"Over the course of its history, our GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program has awarded more than $6 million to more than 300 worthwhile initiatives," said Neil Portnow, President/CEO of The Recording Academy and the GRAMMY Foundation. "Our grantees are noteworthy for the range and ambition of their endeavors, and this year's group includes such varied initiatives as the preservation of 400 recordings of innovative performances by pioneer composers and performers of jazz, world music and new music to a project that will be the first to identify how music can facilitate stroke patients' abilities to understand everyday speech. We are proud that the GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program can be a philanthropic leader in the areas of archiving, preservation and scientific research."
Funded by The Recording Academy, the GRAMMY Foundation Grant Program provides funding annually to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the recorded sound heritage of the Americas for future generations, as well as research projects related to the impact of music on the human condition. In 2008 the Grant Program expanded its categories to include assistance grants for individuals and small- to mid-sized organizations to aid collections held by individuals and organizations that may not have access to the expertise needed to create a preservation plan. The assistance planning process, which may include inventorying and stabilizing a collection, articulates the steps to be taken to ultimately archive recorded sound materials for future generations.
The deadline each year for submitting letters of inquiry is Oct. 1. Guidelines and the letter of inquiry form for the 2015 cycle will be available beginning May 1 at www.grammyfoundation.org/grants.
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