Apply For Japan Foundation: 2018 Grant Program for Intellectual Exchange Conferences

The Japan Foundation is seeking applications for its Grant Program for Intellectual Exchange Conferences to encourage the deepening of mutual understanding and establishment of closer relations between Japan and other countries through global intellectual exchange.

This program provides grants partially cover expenses for implementing international intellectual collaborative projects, such as international conferences.

Benefits

• Travel expenses (international airfares and other transportation expenses, daily allowances and accommodation fees)
• Honoraria (for presenters, lecturers, interpreters, etc.)
• Meeting expenses (for preparing materials, venues, equipment, public relations, etc.)
• Other expenses (for purchasing materials, etc.

Eligible Area

Worldwide excluding the 10 ASEAN countries, the U.S. and Taiwan.

Eligibility Criteria

Non-profit organizations in Japan and overseas, excluding the 10 ASEAN countries (Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand and Vietnam) and the U.S.

Eligible Projects

International intellectual collaborative dialogues such as international conferences, symposia, seminars, and workshops, where the themes must address to challenges that concern both Japan and other countries and participants from Japan must play a significant role in the dialogues.

• Some examples of the eligible themes are aging population and low birth rate, environment and energy, influence of science and technology on society, cultural diversity and multiculturalism, democracy and governance, and role of culture in diplomacy and international relations. Themes that involve the sharing of information and experience gained from the Great East Japan Earthquake, disaster prevention, reconstruction and restoration, and community redevelopment are also eligible.
• For art and cultural projects (e.g., performing arts, workshops, and demonstrations) implemented overseas by dispatching artists and Japanese culture specialists from Japan.
• For intellectual exchange projects with the 10 ASEAN countries.
• For Policy-oriented U.S.-Japan Intellectual exchange projects.

Deadline: 3 December 2018

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