Applications open for Protection, Preservation & Restoration of Cultural Properties outside Japan

Deadline: 30-Nov-21

The Sumitomo Foundation has opened applications for its grants program to Protect, Preserve & Restore Cultural Properties outside Japan.

• Grant Budget: Total budget for fiscal 2021 ¥35,000,000.
• Number of projects to be selected: Approximately 15.
• Duration of Grant: One (1) year, March 2022-March 2023.

• Applicants shall be the owners or administrators of the cultural properties or researchers who will actually conduct preliminary surveys.
• The following are not eligible in principle:
  • profit-making corporations
  • individuals who own cultural properties for profit or whose cultural properties are for private use only.

• Projects for the protection, preservation & restoration of cultural properties (i.e., fine arts or historical monuments) outside Japan, which are tangible, old and artistically or academically valuable, and ought to be handed down to future generations.
• Preliminary surveys immediately linked up with the projects.

• Expenses directly required for the projects
• Expenses are applicable only to the extent that they fall under the items set. Applicants should be reminded that the following are not applicable:
  • Remuneration for services rendered by applicants and/or their collaborator(s). The term “collaborators” here refers to any researcher who conducts preliminary surveys in collaboration with applicants and may be considered co-author(s) in the event that the results of preliminary surveys are published.
  • Administrative expenses of universities, research institutes, or other organizations to which applicants and/or their collaborator(s) belong.
  • Expenses for procurement of any instrument, apparatus, or equipment for general use such as facsimile machines, copying machines, and the like.

For more information, visit http://www.sumitomo.or.jp/e/kaigai/outside.htm

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