EFCF/JEN Research Fellowship
The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation (EFCF) – Jazz Education Network (JEN) Research Fellowship at the
Smithsonian National Museum of American History
in Washington, D.C.
2020 EFCF/JEN Research Fellowship Recipient
Jasna Jovicevic
Jasna Jovicevic – Educator, Improvising Musician-saxophonist, Composer, Researcher
Jasna graduated from “Franc Liszt” Music Academy in Budapest, Jazz saxophone performance and teaching, received MA in Music Composition from York University in Toronto. Currently, she is enrolled in Doctoral Transdisciplinary Studies in Contemporary Arts and Media in Belgrade, focusing on jazz and free improvised music and the gender performativity within the jazz discourse. She studied and won the grants to many Artist in Residency programs in New York, San Francisco, Banff, Graz, Brazil and Spain, as well as competitions in Milan, Budapest and Ljubljana. Jasna performed her original work around Europe, USA and Canada on many national and international festivals. “Invented Reality”, “The Sound of Birds”, “Travellers”-Dharma, “Flow Vertical” published with British label FMR Records, and “Informal Shapes” with free jazz trio are her solo albums. She recorded a dozen albums as a side man. She teaches music and music methodology on a University level, leads NGO projects in non-formal education and female artists’ affirmation. She is a yoga teacher and inventor of multi-disciplinary approach in improvised art practices. Jasna is active in research, affirmation and promotion of female creativity in jazz music, leading the first all-female big band in Southern Eastern Europe, New Spark Jazz Orchestra- Balkan Women in Jazz. She is also a member of the Music Action Women project by Giant Steps, San Francisco.
The Ella Fitzgerald Charitable Foundation (in Los Angeles, CA) is prepared to make a monetary grant of between one thousand and five thousand dollars, and an additional thousand dollars may be awarded towards travel and accommodations if the Foundation deems this necessary.
2020 DEADLINE EXTENDED!
Submissions are due October 15.
Grant awardees will be notified by November 31.
- The project will be allowed up to two years to final completion or the fellowship money must be refunded in full.
- Final presentation of the project will take place at the Smithsonian Institution as well as at the Jazz Education Network (JEN) Conference.
- A written document/summation (non-exclusively) published through JEN is also required to be completed no later than six months after the final presentation.
After starting your application by clicking below, please submit the following application materials. Click below to begin application.
- Research Proposal
- Curriculum Vitae
- Letter of Reference
- Budget
We look forward to reviewing your application materials!
JEN Research Committee
You must be logged in as a JENeral Member of JEN to submit this application.
Grant Proposal Requirements
Grant proposals must include the following (grant request not to exceed 1,500 words):
- Research proposal that outlines the project
- The relationship and benefit to specific jazz research areas
- Information on how the resources of the Smithsonian Institution will be used
- Proposed timeline
Plus
- Detailed list of collaborators
- Curriculum vitae
- Letter of reference by the Department Chair or an expert in the field
- Detailed budget
Smithsonian Institute Resources
Examples for resources at the Smithsonian Institution include the following archival collections housed at the National Museum of American History and its Archives Center. To find additional resources and more detailed information, please visit www.smithsonianjazz.org
- Duke Ellington Collection
- Ruth Ellington Collection
- Cat Anderson Collection
- Rex Stewart Collection
- Duke Ellington Oral History Project Collection
- Bill Holman Collection (800 scores)
- Jimmie Lunceford Band Library (about 200 original orchestrations)
- Ella Fitzgerald Collection
- Benny Carter Collection
- Milt Gabler Collection
- Ramsey Lewis Collection
- Ray McKinley Collection
- Willie Smith Collection
- Claude “Fiddler” Williams Papers
- Ernie Smith Collection of Jazz Films (about 300 titles)
- Herman Leonard Photograph Collection
- Bill Claxton Photograph Collection
- Francis Wolff Jazz Photographs
- Stephanie Myers Jazz Photograph Collection
- W. Royal Stokes Collection of Music Publicity Photos
- Frank Schiffman Apollo Theater Collection
- Sam DeVincent Collection of Illustrated American Sheet Music (over 100,000 pieces, including many ragtime and jazz titles)
- Smithsonian Jazz Oral History Collection (over 200 interviews)
- John Edward Hasse, Ph.D
- Ken Kimery
- Wendy Shay
