Apply for Grants
If you are considering applying for a grant, please submit your application only after you have downloaded the "Information for Applicants" and familiarized yourself with the program. We regret that the application form is not available for download.
Programs now accepting applications
- Asian Neighbors Program
- Information for Applicants
(217KB) - sample Applciation Form
(115KB) - Grant Applications FAQ
- Research Grant Program
- Information for Applicants
(404KB) - sample Application Form A (Joint Research 1)
(116KB) - sample Application Form (Joint Research 2)
(116KB) - sample Application Form B (Individual Research)
(90KB) - Grant Applications FAQ
Programs not open for applications
Online Application Procedures
The following explains how to submit a grant proposal via the Toyota Foundation website for each grant in the Toyota Foundation grant program.
After reading the information for applicants about each program, please fill out the application in line with the flowchart below.
For more details, download and read the "Guide for Internet Applications."
Application deadlines are as given below. Please note that the deadline for applications via the website is 5:00 p.m., Japan Standard Time.
*Note that Internet applications can only be submitted by those who can send and receive email via a personal computer.
| Deadline for submission via the website: | May 16th, 17:00 (Japan Standard Time)* |
|---|---|
| Deadline for mail submission: | May 12, 2011 (postmarked by May 12) |
*Considering the duration of systematic insufficiency, we extend the deadline.

Recommended web browsers
The following web browsers are recommended for applying the grant program via the Toyota Foundation website.
Internet Explorer 8, Firefox 3, Safari 5 or later
How to Submit

1. Registering Applicant Information
Enter the information in the prescribed form on the page for registering Applicant Information and click the [Confirm] button.
To stop the process at any time, click the [Cancel] button (the page will close).
After double-checking entries and clicking the [Register] button, a message will be displayed that registering of Applicant Information has been completed. Registering of Applicant Information is thus complete.
*Information may be edited later (until the applicant uploads the application file, or clicks the [Send by Mail] button).
2. E-mail Notification for the Completion of Registration
When your registration of Applicant Information has been properly entered, a message will be sent to the e-mail address you have provided to notify you that registration has been completed. The e-mail message will contain the following:
- URL of the Webpage for Applicants which can only be accessed by registered users.
- A log-in ID and password to access the Webpage for Applicants.
Please access the Webpage for Applicants to continue the application process.
Access the Webpage for Applicants to continue the procedure.
3. Logging in to the Webpage for Applicants
Access the Webpage for Applicants indicated in the e-mail notifying you of the completion of registration, and log in using the log-in ID and password provided.
On the website, you can do the following:
- View and edit the Applicant Information you have entered
- Download the application form
- Upload the application form
- Change your log-in password
4. Editing information and downloading the application form
Download the application form from the Webpage for Applicants and complete it. If you wish to change any of the Applicant Information you have registered, do so on the page for editing registered information.
5. Uploading the application form
The application form can neither be resent nor replaced with a new one. Thus, before sending the application form, be sure to double-check that all necessary items have been completed.
Note
Please upload your application file well before the deadline. Traffic on the website can be expected to intensify as the deadline approaches, which may delay the individual submission.
* Also, if you are unable for some reason to upload your application form via the website, you can still mail it before the deadline (May 12, 2011).
6. Completion of application process
The application process is complete once the application form has been properly submitted. Information on your application form can be viewed on the Webpage for Applicants from the time it is submitted until August 31, 2011, but you will not be able to edit that information or to upload another application form.
| Click the button for your desired grant program to start the Internet application procedure. | |
|---|---|
| Guide for Internet Applications | PDF |
| Asian Neighbors Program | Application has been closed. |
| Research Grant Program | Application has been closed. |
If you use e-mail addresses with @yahoo.com
There is a possibility that e-mail messages you received from the Toyota Foundation were recognized as spam mails, and they have been passed into your spam folders.
If that is the case, please take the mails out from your spam folders.
Also, even if you send inqurires to the Foundation by e-mail, our reply may not reach you.
Those who will register for the Foundation's internet applications, please register your e-mail addresses, which are other than addresses with @yahoo.com.
If you open several windows for application at a time, it may cause system error.
Please access the webpage for Applicants only and enter the information. Also, if system error occured when you are using webpage for applicants, please log out and close all windows for application. Then re-access the webpage for applicants again for application procedures.
If Notifying Email is Not Received
If the notifying email is not received but the window indicating completion of registration was shown, there is possibility that you mistyped your email address registered in our website, or our notifying email is sorted as a spam mail. Please confirm the points above first.
If you did not receive notifying email within 24 hours after the registration, please click "Contact Us" on our Webiste and inquire us by the form, or call the folliwng number. When you contact us, please give the name of the representative and the Email address, which you registered in our website.
* Where to contact
"Contact Us": https://www.toyotafound.or.jp/english/inquiry/index.html
General Administrative Division, The Toyota Foundation: TEL:
+81-3-3344-1701 (Office hours: 9:00-17:00 JST, weekday only )
Note: April 29, May 3, 4 and 5 are Japanese national holidays. We are really
sorry, but we cannot reply to any telephone/Email inquiry during this period.




