The Portuguese Society for Music Research (SPIM) succeeds the former Portuguese Association of Music Sciences and brings together, at the national level, musicologists and researchers working across all areas of music studies — including history, theory, analysis, iconography, psychology, pedagogy, computing, sociology, philosophy of music, performance, and ethnomusicology.

The main mission of SPIM is to promote and disseminate research in music across its various fields, primarily through its annual meetings (EnIMs) and the publication of the Revista Portuguesa de Musicologia (RPM).