AES Educational Foundation Announces 2026/2027 Scholarship and Grant Recipients

The Audio Engineering Society Educational Foundation has named its scholarship and grant recipients for the 2026/2027 academic year. The awards support students pursuing careers in audio engineering, acoustics, recording, music production, and related fields.

The AES Educational Foundation is proud to recognize the remarkable talent, dedication and creativity demonstrated by this year's scholarship recipients, said Jim Anderson, President of the AES Educational Foundation. These students represent the future of our industry, and we are honored to help support their continued education and research. We congratulate each recipient and look forward to seeing the impact they will make throughout the audio community.

The 2026/2027 recipients are:

Garry Margolis Scholarship - Samuel Brian Courtney, University of Miami

Nancy Flannery Memorial Scholarship (sponsored by WSDG; awarded to women pursuing graduate-level studies in architectural acoustics) - Yiping Han, University of York

Genelec Dr. Ilpo Martikainen Audio Visionary Scholarship (for U.S. graduate students in audio innovation and technology development) - Najla Silmi, University of Rochester

Emil Torick Award - Hilla Inbar, New York University

L-Acoustics Dr. Christian Heil Future of Sound Scholarship - Facundo Franchino, Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Genelec Mike Chafee Pioneering Scholarship (for women in audio education) - Nancy Rico-Mineros, Stanford University (CCRMA)

John Eargle Award (for students excelling in both technology and music) - Kyosuke Sato, Tokyo University of the Arts

Olive Award for Excellence in Audio - Alexander Akstens, Stanford University, Center for Computer Research in Music and Acoustics (CCRMA)

AES Educational Foundation Scholarship Grants - Nelly Victoria Alexandra Garcia Sihuay, Queen Mary University of London; Jiaxiang Zhang, McGill University

Mary Lea Simpson Memorial Scholarship (undergraduate; final year of study at a North American audio engineering program) - Armando Buendia, Tecnol gico de Monterrey Campus Puebla, Mexico

William Bil Thomas VornDick Memorial Scholarship (undergraduate; audio engineering and music production in Tennessee) - Nathaniel Dickson, Belmont University

The foundation also acknowledged continued support from EAW and Eventide.

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