The Music as Medicine Neuroscience Research Initiative has put out a call for grant applications. The Foundation for the National Institutes of Health established the project in partnership with Mickey Hart, Jim Weiss of Real Chemistry and the Renée Fleming Foundation. Grants of $100,000 will be issued to scientists studying how music or music-based therapies affect the brain.

As the organization explains:

For centuries, we have turned to music for comfort and healing – long before science could explain why. Today, research is beginning to confirm what many have experienced firsthand: Music can influence cognition, emotional well-being, and recovery in people living with conditions such as stroke, Parkinson’s disease, and Alzheimer’s disease.

At the vital intersection of music and neuroscience, the FNIH Music as Medicine Neuroscience Research Initiative supports talented researchers who can advance discoveries that underpin music’s therapeutic benefits, paving the way for treatments that reach patients more effectively and personally.

The initiative will bestow grants of $100,000 for one year. Continued funding for a second year, at the same funding level, may be available contingent upon the successful completion of predefined milestones and satisfactory progress. Grant recipients will be recognized at an annual event.

The Music as Medicine Scientific Selection Committee, a group of independent experts in the fields of neuroscience and music, will review nominations and recommend outstanding scientists for the grants.

The nomination window is open through Friday, August 14, at noon ET.