SEM Prizes, Section Prizes, and Chapter Prizes recognize individuals for distinguished work in ethnomusicology. SEM Prizes and Section Prizes are announced and awarded at the SEM Annual Meeting, which is held in October or November. Chapter Prizes are announced and awarded at Chapter conferences, which are held between January and May.

Select the links below for information on prize application guidelines and previous awardees.

SEM Prizes

21st Century Fellowship

Annual Meeting Travel Awards

Ida Halpern Fellowship and Award

Lois Ibsen al-Faruqi Award

Jaap Kunst Prize

Alan Merriam Prize

Nadia and Nicholas Nahumck Fellowship

Bruno Nettl Prize

Charles Seeger Prize

Robert M. Stevenson Prize

Klaus P. Wachsmann Prize for Advanced and Critical Essays in Organology

Honorary Membership 

SEM Section Prizes

African Music Section (AfMS) African Libraries Student Paper Prize

African Music Section (AfMS) Kwabena Nketia Book Prize

The Applied Ethnomusicology Section Paper/Project Prize 

Bess Lomax Hawes Award in Applied Ethnomusicology

Elizabeth May Slater Prize (Education Section)

Marcia Herndon Prize (Gender and Sexualities Section)

The LACSEM Student Paper Prize (Latin American and Caribbean Music Section)

The Lise Waxer Student Paper Prize (Popular Music Section)

The Richard Waterman Junior Scholar Prize (Popular Music Section)

Wong Tolbert Student Paper Prize (Section on the Status of Women)

SEM Chapter Prizes

The MACSEM Lifetime Achievement Award

Hewitt Pantaleoni Award (MACSEM)

JaFran Jones Award (MIDSEM)

The Marnie Dilling Prize (NCCSEM)

James T. Koetting Prize (NECSEM)

Lise A. Waxer Prize (NECSEM)

T. Temple Tuttle Prize (Niagara Chapter)

Ki Mantle Hood Student Prize (SEMSCHC)

The Dale Olsen Prize (SEMSEC)

Thelma Adamson Prize (SEMNW)

Vida Chenoweth Student Paper Prize (SEMSP)

Joann W. Kealiinohomoku Award for Excellence (SEMSW)