Deadline: 4-Jun-22
The Toyota Foundation has announced a funding call “Cultivating Empathy Through Learning from Our Neighbors: Practitioners’ Exchange on Common Issues in Asia” under 2022 International Grant Program.
The grant program focuses on deepening mutual understanding and knowledge-sharing among people on the ground in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South 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.
Four Keywords
Proposals are expected to include the Four Keywords indicated below.
- Transnational: Set issues that are common to at least two countries/regions from the target countries/regions, with members who are active in each country/region to participate on an equal basis.
- Cross Sector: The team members consisted by multiple sectors such as academia, government, social, non-profit, etc., conduct practical activities that contribute to problem solving, in addition to researching and analyzing existing initiatives.
- Mutual Learning: Activities incorporate interaction among people on site (local supporters, concerned parties, local residents, etc.) to achieve mutual learning.
- Foresight: Gain insights into important issues that society is likely to face in the future, and to acquire new perspectives that will lead to future development through active learning with diverse stakeholders beyond the conventional framework.
This program provides grants for projects in all areas that meet the five points of the “Toyota Foundation’s Guiding Principles for Grants” and focus on new common issues facing two or more of the countries and regions in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia.
The Toyota Foundation finds great social significance not only in addressing current social issues, but also in identifying emerging issues before they become readily apparent.
Funding Information
- Two-Year Grant (November 1, 2022 – October 31, 2024): 10,000,000 yen
- One-Year Grant (November 1, 2022 – October 31, 2023) 5,000,000 yen
Eligible Countries
- East Asia: Japan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Mongolia, South Korea, Taiwan
- Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam
- South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
Eligibility Criteria
- The project representative must have a contact address in Japan.
- The representative and members must be individuals who have practical experience in multiple target countries such as conducting research, carrying out activities, producing creative works, and making policy proposals in regards to the focused issues.
- The representative and members must have a broad network in the target countries composed of people in various sectors such as practitioners, project participants, researchers, creators, policy makers, journalists and other media representatives.
- The representative and members must be capable of carrying out a project with a diverse network of participants across multiple target countries.
For more information, visit https://www.toyotafound.or.jp/english/international/2022/