The Grammy Museum Grant Program announced it awarded a total of $200,000 to 13 recipients throughout the country to help facilitate a range of music research.

“The Grammy Museum Grant Program to date has awarded more than $7.5 million to more than 400 grantees,” said Michael Sticka, president of the Grammy Museum. “As a nonprofit cultural organization that relies on annually applying for grants to help fund our education programs, we are well apprised of how much of an impact an approved grant can make.”

Recipients awarded grants include Ryerson University in Toronto, Princeton University in New Jersey and the University of Oregon, Experimental Sound Studio located in Chicago and Texas Folklife located in Austin, Texas.

Generously funded by the Recording Academy, the Grammy Museum Grant Program provides funding annually to organizations and individuals to support efforts that advance the archiving and preservation of the recorded sound for future generations.

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 expertise needed to create a preservation plan.

The assistance planning process, which may include inventorying and stabilizing a collection, explained the steps needed to archive recorded sound materials for future generations.

The deadline each for submitting letters of inquiry to the grant program is Oct. 15. Guidelines and the letter of inquiry form for the 2020 cycle will soon be available.

For information, visit grammymuseum.org.