Deadline: 15 October 2019
The Niwano Peace Foundation is seeking applications for its 2019 grant program that aims to build a world of peace and coexistence. The Foundation makes grants in order to actively encourage activities undertaken in the spirit of religious principles grounded and conducted in such a way as to invite broad social participation.
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The Niwano Peace Foundation promotes interreligious understanding and cooperation. It also strives to strengthen cooperation among people actively making continuing efforts, in a religious spirit, to achieve a peaceful society.
The activity grant theme for fiscal year 2019 is “Dialogue and collaboration in divided societies”.
Funding Information
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- The grant amount which one applicant can apply will be up to 1,000,000 Japanese yen (For foreign applicant, the grant amount which one can apply will be up to some USD equivalent to 1,000,000 Japanese Yen).
- Providing grant is for one year, from 1st April 2020 to 31st March 2021.
Eligible Fields
- Social activities based on the spirit of religious principles
- Social activities based on the spirit of religious principals are defined as those undertaken for individual and community welfare and peace, both physical and spiritual, based on the spirit of religious principles that emerge from reverence for God, Buddha, or other universal spiritual reality.
- In particular, these include peace-making activities related to education, volunteer work, development cooperation, environmental protection, human rights or the social problems of aging societies done in the spirit of religious principles which transcend religious boundaries.
- Grass-roots activities deployed in a local community
- Activities to vitalize local communities through interdisciplinary workshops and meetings with particular emphasis on collaboration by groups and individuals from diverse organizations and religious groups.
- It is expected that local communities will come up with some new values with an independent mind.
- Examples would be workshops and outreach programs to inspire people to think about how people living in faraway countries are related to their own lives, or to encourage development of local activities in which people “think globally, and act locally.”
Eligible Projects/Activities
- Activities which are consistent with the theme of NPF’s activity grant for fiscal year 2019.
- Practical activities, short-term or long-term, directly related to peace building.
- Activities which stimulate activities not only in one’s own field but as well in other fields and can be creative and pioneering models for realization of peace.
Ineligible Projects/Activities
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- Activities undertaken for the benefit of a specific religious group.
- Activities based on or for the advancement of a specific political ideology.
- Activities for profit.
- Activities the purpose of which is holding conferences only as such.
- Projects for which the applicant’s primary intention is to publish the results of activities. (This does not apply to past grant recipients.)
- Grants are not scholarships as such, and are not to be used as financial support for Study abroad.
Eligible Applicants
- An application may be made by either an individual or an organization.
- Nationality is not a criterion for eligibility.
- Any group which has been in continuous existence for a reasonable length of time is eligible to apply, whether or not it is legally incorporated.
How to Apply
Interested applicants must apply online via the given website.
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For more information, please visit http://www.npf.or.jp/english/grant/guidelines_application_forms
I run a Peace Building Organization based in Zambia, Africa, is my organization eligible to apply?
Hi Christopher,
Yes, Zambia is eligible to apply. For more information on eligibility criteria, application process and more, please visit the link given on the last line of the post.
Good Luck!
I work for a well known Women Network called WAWA ( We are Women Activists) in Puntland, Somalia, with 46 member organizations engaged on women, Peace and Human rights. Development in education and Democracy and Governance.
I would like to know if we are eligible to apply
Hi Zeinab AYan Ahmed,
Thank you for your interest in the opportunity.
This opportunity is open to citizens of any country. You can apply for this opportunity if you fulfill the eligibility requirements. To learn more on eligibility criteria and how to apply please visit the link provided at the end of the post.
Good luck!
Do you have funds specifically for Burundi?
Hi Betsy,
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Good Luck!
I am from Kenya, I work for a Medical Research institute, I have a passion for peaceful coexistense among communities , Am I eligible to apply for the grant using my organization.
Hi Joan,
This opportunity is open to citizens of any country. You can apply for this opportunity if you fulfill the eligibility requirements. To learn more on eligibility criteria and how to apply please visit the link provided at the end of the post.
Good luck!
My self Matin Saiyed, I represent an NGO based in Gujarat India, Our NGO focused on Social Empowerment of Rural inhibiting community. Our Main Activities include Elementary Education, Health Care, Mass Wedding Ceremony, Social Justice etc. In field of Social Justice We provide Free of Cost Legal Consultation and operate reconciliation cell to establish social harmony through team of experienced team.
May we Eligible to Apply for Peace Award or Grant Application.
Hi Matin Saiyed,
For more information regarding eligibility criteria, application process and more, please visit http://www.npf.or.jp/english/grant/guidelines_application_forms
Good Luck!