Under the Research Grant Program, both individuals and organizations can apply for the funding support. There are no restrictions in terms of eligibility as any person with any nationality can apply. The basic theme for this fiscal year is “The Search for the Richness of Human Life and Activity.” The program is soliciting proposals for creative and socially meaningful research projects that mesh with this theme.
“This program supports research incorporating the sort of cross-disciplinary vision that produces organic interaction and leads to synthesis—research activities in which areas that tend to be segmented into opposing categories, such as social and scientific, academic and practical, and tacit knowledge and formal knowledge, interact and become integrated. By means of this sort of research activity, which is grounded in our voracious intellectual curiosity, we hope to help establish societies brimming with sensitivity and imagination, where pluralistic values are mutually respected.
Through these efforts, the Toyota Foundation seeks to contribute to the development of better societies that will foster rich relationships among people and between people and nature. This program is open to anyone in Japan or anywhere else who has a strong commitment to the cause of generating and integrating new knowledge—not only scholars and people with practical expertise but also activists and practitioners from outside the establishment. We hope for a positive response from all potential candidates.
Project Areas
1. Transmission and Formation of Culture
2. Society’s Frameworks
3. Human Ties with Nature
Grant framework and grant amounts
Individual research: Up to ¥2 million per project
Joint research: Up to ¥8 million per project
Total amount of grants:
¥150 million
Grant period
One-year projects: November 1, 2010, to October 31, 2011
Two-year projects: November 1, 2010, to October 31, 2012
Deadlines:
- Applications submitted via the Internet: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, to Friday, May 7, 2010 (until 3:00 p.m., Japan Standard Time)
- Applications submitted by mail: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, to Wednesday, May 12, 2010 (postmarked date)
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