Toyota Foundation International Grant Program 2017

The Toyota Foundation International Grant  Program 2017 on the ground in East and Southeast Asia who are finding solutions to shared issues. Through promoting direct interaction among key players, the grant program aims to survey and analyze situations in target countries, obtain new perspectives, and expand the potential of future generations.

With multinational teams comprised of participants from diverse backgrounds, projects can avoid conventional linear relationships, such as “supporter and supported” or “instructor and trainee,” and instead form cooperative and creative alliances that consider, act on, and construct solutions to shared issues. The grant program anticipates that these partnerships, which extend beyond such factors as nationality, age, and organizational affiliation, will produce significant social change through fostering a process of mutual learning.

The program provides grants to projects that identify common issues in target countries in three thematic areas.

• Multigenerational and Multicultural Inclusion in Communities
• Creating New Culture: Toward a Common Platform for Asia
• Open Field

Grant

• One-year project: JPY 5,000,000 (approx. USD 44,500 )
• Two-year project: JPY 10,000,000 (approx. USD 89,000 )

Eligibility

Applicants, including the project representative and members, must be

•  Individuals in multiple target countries with practical experience in such areas as conducting research, carrying out activities, producing creative works, and making policy proposals.
• A team or broad network extending to multiple target countries that is composed of members such as practitioners, project participants, researchers, creators, policy makers, and journalists and other media representatives.
• Capable of carrying out a project with a diverse network of participants across multiple target countries.

Responsibilities

Applicants must

• Read and follow the instructions in the Program Guidelines
• Submit applications via the Toyota Foundation website prior to the deadline
• Respond to inquiries from the Toyota Foundation during the selection period
• Be willing to modify proposals based on suggestions and requests from the Toyota Foundation related to technical, monetary, or other issues

Official Link

Deadline:20th June 2017