Deadline: 1-Dec-21
The Japan Foundation is accepting applications for its Institutional Project Support (IPS) Program to encourage the innovative and sustained growth of Japanese studies in the United States.
Grant coverage may include support for faculty, instructor, or staff salaries, travel expenses, honoraria for lectures, visiting scholar support, graduate and undergraduate support, acquisition of research and teaching materials, conference and seminar expenses, acquisition of library and digital resources. Strong consideration will be given to proposals that identify and respond to national needs in Japanese Studies. Applications that create tenure or tenure-track positions in Japanese Studies are especially welcome.
Priorities
- Strong consideration will be given to proposals that identify and respond to national needs in Japanese Studies. Applications that create tenured or tenure-track positions in Japanese Studies are especially welcome.
- The 10 Universities that received sizable Japanese government donations in 1973 are eligible to apply but will be given lower priority except in cases in which their proposals are involved in outreach, consortium building, or partnering with institutions and organizations in Japan.
Funding Information
The maximum amount of the grant request from the Japan Foundation is $150,000 per year.
Grant Coverage
- Full-time or part-time faculty, instructor, or staff salaries and benefits
- Travel expenses, including per diem and accommodation expenses for scholars, lecturers, and students
- Honoraria for lectures
- Visiting scholar support
- Graduate and undergraduate support
- Research and teaching materials
- Conference and seminar related expenses
- Library and digital resource support
Eligibility Criteria
- Only submissions from U.S. institutions and organizations with 501(c)(3)status will be accepted.
- In principal, institutions that have received IPS support for three consecutive years, ending in the 2021-2022 fiscal year, are not eligible to apply to this IPS round. Current IPS grantees who will receive Japan Foundation (JF) funds between April 1, 2022 – March 31, 2023 may not apply.
- Multiple applications from one institution will not be accepted.
- Applicants for this program are not eligible to apply to the IPS Small Grant program for fiscal 2022-2023.
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Projects must fulfill the following requirements to be eligible for application:
- They must not be used for political, religious, social welfare, or commercial activities.
- They must not be activities in support of specific doctrines or claims.
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The aim of the project must be to promote Japanese Studies. The following proposals are not eligible:
- Projects in the field of medicine, manual training or natural sciences
- Organization of or participation in sporting events and training
- Projects in the field of art (art-related projects such as exhibitions, film series, etc. that form a portion of a larger, comprehensive Japanese Studies project may be funded)
- Goodwill exchanges
- Social welfare or international development projects
- Tourist-oriented programs
- Japanese language-related components may be supported if they are part of a more comprehensive Japanese Studies project. For grant opportunities designed specifically for Japanese language programs.
For more information, visit Japan Foundation.
For more information, visit https://www.jfny.org/grants/grants-for-japanese-studies/ips-grant-program/