Applying for a Grant

The Toyota Foundation is dividing its grant programs into five broad categories. Categories are further subdivided into themes and issues on which research will be conducted. Please be advised that application periods and activation dates differ from program to program.

This page explains the content of each program and how to apply for a grant. Those interested are encouraged to apply for a grant in their area of research.

*Internet applications can now be submitted.

It is now possible to apply for the Toyota Foundation grant program via the Internet. The entire process can be completed by entering necessary items on the Toyota Foundation's Webpage and uploading a project proposal according to the instructions. Please note that the deadline for Internet applications is earlier than the one for postal applications.

Publicly Solicited Programs

Grant Program for Community Activities: Grant Program for Community Activities
Asian Neighbors Program: Asian Neighbors Program; Preservation, Utilization, and Transmission of Indigenous Documents in Asia (Special Subject)
Research Grant Program: Reserch Grant Program

Non-publicly Solicited Programs

Communication with Society Program
Initiative Program: Initiative Grants; Southeast Asian Studies Regional Exchange Program (SEASREP)

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Grant Program for Community Activities

Under the basic theme of "Forming a Sustainable Framework Within the Locality: Toward a New Community of Self-support and Symbiosis," this program supports ambitious projects with local residents as the main actors creating frameworks that will lead to concrete solutions to issues their communities face in the course of their revitalization and advancement. There are three categories; (a) revitalizing the local community, (b) promoting symbiosis in the community, and (c) fostering young generations to carry the community forward.

This program is limited to activities in Japan.Available only in Japanese.

Application Period	Grant Amount	Grant Period	Total Grant Funding
Thursday, October 1 to Monday, November 9, 2009	Up to ¥3,000,000 per project per year	One or two years beginning April 1, 2010	¥120 million

Asian Neighbors Network Program

This program is devoted the theme "Toward Community Formation Based on Mutual Reliance and Collaboration" and is implemented as described below.

Asian Neighbors Program

This program, operating under the theme "Toward Community Formation Based on Mutual Reliance and Collaboration" and embracing the perspectives of relationships with nature and relationships with people, solicits proposals for practical projects aimed at resolving challenges that face communities in Asia. Three project areas have been established: (1) relationships with nature, (2) culture, and (3) social systems. The program supports efforts to establish networks among neighbors and facilitate the creation of communities, as well as efforts to eliminate obstacles to these activities, and other types of practical projects that incorporate new viewpoints, energy, and insights while maintaining respect for the wisdom embodied in traditional culture and lifestyles.

Application Period	Grant Amount	Grant Period	Total Grant Funding
Applications submitted via the Internet: Tuesday, March 16, to Friday, May 7, 2010 (until 3:00 p.m., Japan Standard Time) Applications submitted by mail: Tuesday, March 16, to Wednesday, May 12, 2010 (postmarked date) *Please note that deadlines differ depending on whether the application is submitted via the Internet or by postal mail.	- Small-scale grants: Up to ¥2 million per project - Regular grants: ¥2 million to ¥8 million per project	Two years, beginning November 1, 2010	¥120 million

Preservation, Utilization, and Transmission of Indigenous Documents in Asia (Special Subject)

Under the Asian Neighbors Program Special Subject, "Preservation, Utilization, and Transmission of Indigenous Documents in Asia," the term "indigenous documents" applies to all handwritten materials chronicling the histories, customs, or worldviews of people in Asia. Under this Special Subject the program provides grant support for projects aimed at preserving, utilizing, and transmitting such documents.

Application Period	Grant Amount	Grant Period	Total Grant Funding
Applications submitted via the Internet: Tuesday, March 16, to Friday, May 7, 2010 (until 3:00 p.m., Japan standard Time) Applications submitted by mail: Tuesday, March 16, to Wednesday, May 12, 2010 (postmarked date) *Please note that deadlines differ depending on whether the application is submitted via the Internet or by postal mail.	Maximum ¥5 million per project	One or two years beginning November 1, 2009	¥30 million

Research Grant Program

Reserch Grant Program

Devoted to the basic theme “The Search for the Richness of Human Life and Activity”, the Research Grant Program solicits proposals for creative and socially meaningful research projects that mesh with this theme. Especially, amid ongoing specialization and segmentation of disparate fields of research, this program supports research incorporating the sort of cross-disciplinary vision that produces organic interaction and leads to synthesis ---research activities in which areas that tend to be segmented into opposing categories, such as social and scientific, academic and practical, and tacit knowledge and formal knowledge, interact and become integrated. Based on that premise, the program solicits proposals for research projects in the three areas; “Transmission and formation of culture”, “Society’s frameworks” and “Human ties with nature.” Proposals for projects that fall into more than one of these areas are welcome.

Application Period	Grant Amount	Grant Period	Total Grant Funding
・Applications submitted via the Internet: Tuesday, March 16, to Friday, May 7, 2010 (until 3:00 p.m., Japan Standard Time) ・Applications submitted by mail: Tuesday, March 16, to Wednesday, May 12, 2010 (postmarked date) *Please note that deadlines differ depending on whether the application is submitted via the Internet or by postal mail.	- Individual research: Up to ¥2 million per project - Joint research: Up to ¥8 million per project	One year or two years, beginning November 1, 2010	¥150 million

Communication with Society Program

This is a program that transmits and disseminates to society the results of grant projects in the Foundation's three publicly solicited programs. The Foundation selects candidate projects through monitoring and other means and cooperates with grant recipients to ensure that results are transmitted and disseminated to society in an effective manner. Grants are provided for communicating with society through a variety of means, including not only printed publications but also visual media (films, videos, DVDs, manga, etc.), digital media (websites, e-mail newsletters, etc.), symposiums, workshops, and use of the mass media. The total amount of grants is scheduled to be ¥40,000,000.

Initiative Program

This program supports projects that are likely to contribute to future program development, such as joint projects with other organizations, and consists of the following two programs.

Initiative Grants

This program supports projects that are likely to contribute to future program development, such as joint projects with other organizations, and consists of the following two programs

Southeast Asian Studies Regional Exchange Program (SEASREP)

This human resource development program supports research on Southeast Asia by Southeast Asians. The program is planned and administered by the SEASREP Foundation.