Deadline: 30-Nov-22
The Sumitomo Foundation is seeking applications for the Grant Project for the Protection, Preservation & Restoration of Cultural Properties outside Japan.
The program is offered so that cultural properties outside Japan, the common heritage of human, be handed down to future generations.
Funding Information
- Grant budget: 35 million yen in total, with approx. 15 projects to be selected.
- Duration of Grant: One (1) year, March 2023-March 2024
Eligible Projects for Application:
- 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 as mentioned above.
- 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
Note: The submission of parallel applications for grants from The Sumitomo Foundation and from governments and/or other private organizations is acceptable
Eligibility Criteria
- Qualification of Applicant:
- Applicant shall be the owner(s) or administrator(s) of the cultural properties or researcher(s), who will actually conduct preliminary surveys.
- The following are not eligible:
- Profit-making corporations,
- Individuals who own cultural properties for profit or whose cultural properties are for private use only.
- Language for Application: English or Japanese
For more information, visit http://www.sumitomo.or.jp/e/kaigai/outside.htm
