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Brian Bond was a 2015 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who conducted one month of ethnomusicological field research in Lahore. In his research, Bond "explored the ways in which k?f? performance serves as a musical means for the transmission of Islamic and Sufi teachings in contemporary...

Karim Gillani (Florida International University) was a 2016 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee. In conducting 3 months of research in Pakistan, Gillani "explores the religious hymns (Ginans) of the Shia Ismaili community."

Shehram Mokhtar (University of Oregon) was a 2016 AIPS Short-Term Research Grant awardee who conducted research in Islamabad and the Tharparker district of Sindh. Mokhtar's research centered around folkloric practices- music, dance, poetry, and storytelling of Pakistani rural culture.

Abbas Jaffer was a 2014-2015 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in Lahore for 5 months. Jaffer seeks to "investigate in particular how digitally-mediated spaces (e.g. social networking sites, video sharing services) establish collectivities of music creators and consumers."

Brian Bond was a 2016-17 AIPS Fellow and conducted research in India for nine months. Bond "examines ways in which Sindhi Sufi poetry performance is used as a tool for imparting Islamic teachings to rural Muslims in Kachchh, Gujarat, a region in western India on the border with Sindh, Pakistan."