This article is based on a report sponsored by SEMPRE (Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research) in response to government policy to phase out small grant funding.

Small research grants have traditionally been a useful source of funding for music researchers.

However, public funded research councils such as the AHRC (Arts and Humanities Research Council) and ESRC (Economic and Social Research Council) that were once a primary source of small grant funding, have now restructured their funding policies in line with new Government requirements.

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