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Young Researchers Award

The Young Researcher Award was established in 2008 by ICMPC jointly with SEMPRE (the Society for Education, Music and Psychology Research). Since then, it is awarded to students and young (meaning “new”) researchers who submit a high quality research paper and demonstrate the potential to be leading researchers in the field of Music Perception and Cognition.

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The selection process involves a panel of senior researchers who evaluate full papers; the exact selection process depends on the conference.

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Award winners are granted a small cash prize and the opportunity to present their work at special plenary sessions. The aim of this award is to motivate students and early-career researchers to contribute influential and original work to the field.

Eligiblity

  • Current student or within 5 years of PhD completion.

  • Lead author and presenter of the paper or the poster.

  • Must attend and present at ICMPC.

How to Apply

  • Indicate interest during abstract submission.

  • Provide a short CV (2 pages maximum).

  • Submit a statement of contribution (300 words maximum).

Past Winners

  • ICMPC17 (Tokyo, Japan), sponsored by ICMPC17-APSCOM17.

  • Selection panel: Laura Cirelli, Shin-ichiro Iwamiya, Renee Timmers.​

    • David R. Quiroga-Martinez - The Neural Representation of Musical Thoughts

    • Deniz Duman - How Listeners Want to Embody Groove-Related Music

    • ​Victor Pando-Naude - An fMRI Study on the Groove Experience in Parkinson's Disease
       

  • ICMPC16 (Virtual), sponsored by ESCOM.

    • David Hammerschmidt - Spontaneous Motor Tempo: Investigating Chronobiology and Musical Sophistication Using an Experience Sampling Method

    • Anna Hiemstra - Acoustic Vowel Space in the Speech-to-Song Illusion

    • Thomas Lennie - Future Directions in Music & Emotion Science: What Skeptical Models of Emotion Can Add to Music & Emotion Science
       

  • ICMPC15 (Graz, Austria - Central Hub), sponsored by ESCOM.

  • Selection panel: Jane Ginsborg, Richard Parncutt, Jaan Ross, Renee Timmers.

    • Lindsey Reymore (Graz Hub) - Identifying the Perceptual Dimensions of Musical Instrument Timbre​​

    • Nayana Di Guiseppe Germano (Graz Hub) - Psychometric Features to Assess Absolute Pitch: Looking for Construct Validity Evidences Regarding Isolated Pitch Tasks in Undergraduate Brazilian Music Students

    • Yong Jeon (YJ) Cheong (Montreal Hub) - Music, space and body: the evolutionary history of vocal and instrumental music
       

  • ICMPC14 (San Francisco, USA), sponsored by SEMPRE

  • ​​Selection panel: Elaine Chew, Steve Demorest, Jay Dowling, Takayuki Nakata

    • Pauline Larrouy-Maestri - Perception of pitch accuracy in melodies: A categorical or continuous phenomenon?

    • Honorable Mention: Tan-Chyuan Chin - Predicting emotional well‐being: The roles of emotional sensitivity to music and emotion regulation using music
       

  • ​ICMPC13 (Seoul, South Korea), sponsored by SEMPRE

  • Selection panel: Robert Gjerdingen, Petr Janata, Youn Kim, Reinhard Kopiez, John Rink, Catherine Stevens, Barbara Tillmann, Suk Won Yi

    • ​Lauren Hadley - The effects of anomaly on music reading: Evidence from eye movements

    • Sook Young Won - Simulation of one's own voice in a two-parameter model
       

  • ICMPC12 (Thessaloniki, Greece), sponsored by SEMPRE

  • Selection panel: Reinhard Kopiez, Kate J. Stevens, Graham F. Welch

    • ​Birgitta Burger - Emotions move us: Basic emotions in music influence people's movement to music

    • Chia-Jung Tsay - The impact of visual cues on the judgment and perceptions of music performance
       

  • ICMPC11 (Seattle, USA), sponsored by SEMPRE

  • Selection Panel: Lola L. Cuddy, Walter J Dowling, Andrea Halpern, Roger Kendall, Graham Welch

    • Nadine Pecenka - The role of temporal prediction abilities in interpersonal sensorimotor synchronization
       

    • Honorable Mentions

      • Merle Theresa Fairhurst - FMRI investigation of dynamic cooperativity: Synchronised finger tapping with an adaptive “virtual partner”

      • Marco Lehmann - Influences of minority status and social identity on the elaboration of unfamiliar music by adolescents

      • James T. Mantell - Modular processing? Phonetic information facilitates speech and song imitation
         

  • ICMPC10 (Sapporo, Japan), sponsored by SEMPRE and NAMM

  • Selection Panel: James C. Carlsen (Chair), Lola L. Cuddy, Raymond MacDonald, Sandra E. Trehub, Graham F. Welch

    • Bruno Gingras - Effect of expressive intent, performer expertise, and listener expertise on the perception of artistic individuality in organ performance.

    • Bradley W. Vines - Stimulating music: Combining singing with brain stimulation to help stroke victims recover speech.
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    • Honourable Mentions

      • Kat Agres - Musical change deafness: The inability to detect change in a non-speech auditory domain

      • Jessie Chen - Error corrections in skilled string players

      • Molly J. Henry - Perceived “closeness” in pitch depends in part on perceived “closeness” in time: Further support for an auditory motion hypothesis

      • Lassi A. Liikkanen - Music in every mind. Commonality of involuntary musical imagery.

      • Jessica Philips-Silver - Does amusic mean unmusical?

      • Kirk N. Olsen - Dynamic changes of intensity, duration and timbre: Effects on judged loudness and emotional arousal

      • Inbar Rothschild - How music touches: The effects of loudness, pitch, timbre and vibrato on listeners’ auditory-tactile metaphorical mapping

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