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Manila Arts & Culture Grant Programs 2022 (Philippines)

Deadline: 1-Jun-22

The Japan Foundation, Manila (JFM) has launched a call for proposals for the JFM Arts & Culture Grant for 2022. Across the areas of film, Japanese studies, literature, music, performing arts, and visual arts, the JFMAC Grant is looking to fund imaginative cultural initiatives that reinforce the solidarity between Japan and the Philippines.

The JFM offers grants to support activities  which promote, introduce and deepen understanding of Japan, its language and culture, as well as to support projects which encourage multilateral cultural exchange between the Philippines and Japan.

Project Type
  • Projects which promote/introduce/deepen understanding of Japan or contribute to the development of Japanese culture, Japanese Studies and intellectual exchanges with Japanese academicians, researchers or scholars or themes related to Japan.
  • Place of Project Implementation –the Philippines or Japan.
  • Projects should be implemented before 30 November 2022.
  • Possible Project Example:
    • Inviting guests from Japan, conducting Japan themed and Japanese culture related projects such as performance, exhibition, and film screening/conference.
    •  For film screening, applicants must obtain prior approval from the censorship board before applying for the grant.
    • Activities related to Japanese Studies and Intellectual exchange projects such as conference, seminar, workshop, and lecture, master-class by inviting the Japanese scholar or academician from Japan.
Grant Coverage

In principle, the grant shall cover the cost of the specified items as below:

  • Honorarium/artist fee
  • Production of proceedings and reports
  • Cost of hosting a conference (e.g. rental of venue and equipment, interpreter, etc.)
  • Publicity or Public relations expenses
  • Publication
  • Purchase of teaching/learning materials
  • Other costs agreed by JFM
Eligibility Criteria
  • Applicants must be based in the Philippines.
  • The project proposed for the grants must NOT:
    • Be a Pure science-related program. This grant supports programs related to the Social Science and Humanities fields only
    • Be profit-oriented
    • Benefit only the applicant or certain people
    • Be used for creation of scholarships or fellowships
    • Be used to spread certain policies or opinions and/or project with political or religious purposes
    • Be used for personal research expenses purposes (this is an event grant, not a research grant)

For more information, visit https://jfmo.org.ph/grants/