American Music Therapy Association

The deadline for application submission for the 2024 Arthur Flagler Fultz Research Award has been extended until 11:59pm EST on July 23, 2024.

AMTA is excited to announce the 2023 recipient of the Arthur Flagler Fultz Research Award: Congratulations to Dr. Helen Shoemark, Dr. Anthony Meadows and team for their 2023 Arthur Flagler Fultz Research Award winning proposal “National Outcomes Measurement for Music Therapy (NOM-MT) in Acute Healthcare Settings: Phase 1 - A Descriptive Analysis of One Year of Music Therapy Services in a Pediatric and Adult Hospital.”

The Journal of Music Therapy seeks applicants for the position of Associate Editor of Manuscripts. The Journal of Music Therapy (JMT) is a forum for authoritative articles of current music therapy research and theory, including book reviews and guest editorials.

The purpose of the Arthur Flagler Fultz Research Fund is to encourage, promote, and fund music therapy research and/or to conduct research on new and innovative music therapy treatments. The Fund seeks to support research in the field of music therapy in the following areas:

The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) invites applicants for one open position as Associate Editor/Communications. Information and details about the position may be found in the description below as part of this call for interested applicants. The deadline for applications is 5:00 pm Eastern, February 10 2023.

We are delighted to share that the first full social justice issue in Music Therapy Perspective’s 40 year history has just been published open access for 3 months. Congratulations to the co-editors, Adenike Webb and Sangeeta Swamy, and the other authors who write from their own lived experience as minoritized music therapists, educators, supervisors, researchers and students.

AMTA is excited to announce the 2022 recipient of the Arthur Flagler Fultz Research Award: Alaine E. Reschke-Hernández, PhD, MT-BC for her study entitled Effectiveness of a Collaborative Music Therapy and Social Work Telehealth Framework to Address the Well Being of Community Dwelling Older Adults

Research Networks to Promote Multidisciplinary Mechanistic Studies on Music-Based Interventions for Pain or Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) (U24 Clinical Trial Optional) – RFA-AT-23-006 The National Institutes of Health is soliciting applications to support a collection of research networks that promote multidisciplinary mechanistic studies of music-based interventions (MBIs) for pain or Alzheimer’s disease and Alzheimer’s disease-related dementias (AD/ADRD). These networks are expected to develop compelling research frameworks that will effectively guide future clinical studies on MBIs.

the National Institutes of Health (NIH) has published a funding opportunity announcement (FOA) to solicit applications for: Research Networks to Promote Multidisciplinary Mechanistic Studies on Music-Based Interventions for Pain or Alzheimer’s Disease and Alzheimer’s Disease Related Dementias (AD/ADRD) (U24 Clinical Trial Optional). Please refer to FOA: RFA-AT-23-006 for more information. The application deadline for this opportunity is January 10, 2023.

National Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH) is hosting a teaming activity on October 13, 2022 from 2-4 p.m. ET for the following funding opportunity announcement (FOA): REsearch Across Complementary and Integrative Health Institutions (REACH) Virtual Resource Centers (U24 Clinical Trial Not Allowed) - RFA-AT-23-007.

Sound Health Network and the American Music Therapy Association Team up to Create an Infographic Illustrating how Music Therapy can Benefit Mental Health Stories abound about how music has healing properties, and how many people turned to music in the darkest hours of the pandemic. But what is the evidence that music can impact our mental health?

The American Music Therapy Association (AMTA) invites applicants for Associate Editor Position at the Journal of Music Therapy and Music Therapy Perspectives.

AMTA invites applicants for one open position as Associate Editor – Communications to support the dissemination of research in the "Journal of Music Therapy.".

The American Music Therapy Association is pleased to announce a call for proposals for the 2022 Clinician-Based Grant (CBG). The CBG program supports applied research grants in music therapy with funding up to $5,000.

Music Therapy Perspectives and the Journal of Music Therapy invite applicants for a new Assistant Editor position (one position for each journal).