Daniel Carkner🦆I feel that in my #research project I have been working on (about NYC klezmer musicians music industry and copyright, 1910s-20s) I've reached the limit of what I can do from Vancouver and may need to visit some #archives in the eastern US which I haven't done before. Any suggestions for research grants or funding which may be available for 1) non PhD/affiliated 2) Canadians? Maybe Jewish cultural/research funding?😲💰 #ResearchFunding #HistoricalResearch
I tried discussing with #CanadaCouncil about a similar project last year, they did not accept the category I inquired in and wanted me to restart it as an "early career musician" proposal which I couldn't really figure out how to square with my project since I'm not an aspiring professional musician ... eventually folded the project into a bigger funded US research project which will eventually get it somewhere but I don't think I could repeat the process with my current work in progress. 😐📄
E Thrift@dancarkner As an independent researcher you might find it helpful to affiliate with a Jewish/community museum. There is lots of funding for museums and it's accessible to non-academic researchers. In this context, I would pitch public history or digital humanities outcomes as project deliverables. No-strings-attached (pure research) grants would be much harder unless you're applying as a graduate student or similar.
@ericdthrift good advice and I will look into it thanks.