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Application Announcement

Application Announcement

Fiscal 2009 Comments by Selection Committee Chair

Grant Framework

Application period	・Applications submitted via the Internet: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, to Friday, May 7, 2010 (until 3:00 p.m., Japan Standard Time) ・Applications submitted by mail: Tuesday, March 16, 2010, 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.
Amount of grants	Individual research: Up to ¥2 million per project Joint research: Up to ¥8 million per project
Total amount of grants	¥150 million
Period of grants	One year or two years, beginning November 1, 2010
Selection of grants	To be decided at meetings of the Toyota Foundation Board of Directors held in the autumn of 2010.

Program Objectives

Since its establishment in 1975, the Toyota Foundation Research Grant Program has maintained an independent perspective befitting a grant program run by a private foundation and has provided grant support for research activities inspired by independent thinking and unfettered by the concepts and frameworks of the past. As last year, the basic theme for this fiscal year is "The Search for the Richness of Human Life and Activity." The program is soliciting proposals for creative and socially meaningful research projects that mesh with this theme.

At a time when societies are becoming increasingly fluid and undergoing radical changes, and when bonds between people are increasingly disrupted, we face many common challenges in which a variety of factors, including widening economic disparities, the disintegration of communities, and destruction of the natural environment, may be intertwined. Amid ongoing specialization and segmentation of disparate fields of research, however, vast amounts of knowledge are being accumulated but we find it difficult to find clear answers to the complex challenges of the present age.

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. By means of this sort of research activity, which is grounded in our voracious intellectual curiosity, we hope to help establish societies brimming with sensitivity and imagination, where pluralistic values are mutually respected.

Through these efforts, the Toyota Foundation seeks to contribute to the development of better societies that will foster rich relationships among people and between people and nature. This program is open to anyone in Japan or anywhere else who has a strong commitment to the cause of generating and integrating new knowledge---not only scholars and people with practical expertise but also activists and practitioners from outside the establishment. We hope for a positive response from all potential candidates.

Project Areas

1. Transmission and Formation of Culture
2. Society's Frameworks
3. Human Ties with Nature

Grant Framework

Grant framework and grant amounts

• Individual research: Up to ¥2 million per project
• Joint research: Up to ¥8 million per project

Total amount of grants

• ¥150 million
  

Grant period

• One-year projects: November 1, 2010, to October 31, 2011
• Two-year projects: November 1, 2010, to October 31, 2012

Selection of grants

• Formal decisions on the awarding of grants will be made by the Toyota Foundation Board of Directors at meetings in the autumn of 2010, based on the selection committee's deliberations, which will take place during July and August.
• Applicants will subsequently be notified of the award decisions in writing; notification may be delayed due to delays in mail deliveries.

Implementation of grants

• Following the decision to award a grant, the Toyota Foundation and the project representative will exchange memorandums, on the basis of which the grant will be implemented.
  
• The project representative will submit a progress report and a financial report during the grant period and a final report and other relevant documents at the conclusion of the grant period.

Indirect costs, general administrative costs

• The grant does not cover the indirect costs of the organization to which the recipient is affiliated or general administrative costs ("overheads").

Grant Framework

Eligibility

• There are no restrictions based on nationality, affiliation, or place of residence.
  

Obtaining "Information for Applicants" and "Application Forms"

Applications submitted via the Internet

• Please download and read the "Information for Applicants".
• For more details, refer to the "Information on Internet Applications".

"Information for Applicants" and "Guide for Internet applications"

Program for Fiscal 2010: Information for Applicants (PDF) (255KB)

Guide for Internet Applications (PDF) (2,315KB)

Applications downloaded and submitted by mail

• Please download the "Information for Applicants" and "Application Forms".
  

"Information for Applicants" and "Application Forms"

Program for Fiscal 2010: Information for Applicants (PDF) (255KB)

- Downloads available from March 16 to May 12, 2010

To receive an Application Form by post

• Send your request by postcard or fax to the Toyota Foundation (at the address/number below) no later than April 30, 2010. Please indicate (1) the name of the program (for example, "Request for Asian Neighbors Program Grants application form"), (2) whether you require the Japanese or the English version, and (3) the address to which the form should be sent.

Application deadline

Applications submitted via the Internet

• Tuesday, March 16, 2010, to Friday, May 7, 2010 (until 3:00 p.m., Japan Standard Time)

Applications submitted by mail

• Tuesday, March 16, 2010, to Wednesday, May 12, 2010 (postmarked date)

How and where to send your Application Forms

Applications submitted via the Internet

• Go to the Application Announcement page on the Toyota Foundation website (http://www.toyotafound.or.jp/english/) to fill out an application online. For more detailed instructions, see the guide on the website.

Applications submitted by mail

• Applicants in Japan should send the application form by registered mail or another delivery service that leaves a record of delivery, such as a courier service.
• Overseas applicants should use a courier service or EMS (Express Mail Service).

Address to Send Applications (Contact Details for Inquiries)

• Research Grant Program
  The Toyota Foundation
  Box 236, Shinjuku Mitsui Bldg. 37F
  2-1-1 Nishi-Shinjuku, Shinjuku-ku
  Tokyo 163-0437, Japan
  
  Phone: +81-(0)3-3344-1701
  Fax: +81-(0)3-3342-6911
  
  Attn.: (Mr.) Kusuda, (Ms.) Nishida, (Ms.) Ohsawa

Other points to note to submit an application

Applications submitted via the Internet

• Traffic on the Toyota Foundation website can be expected to intensify as the application deadline approaches, and this could hinder individual attempts to submit (upload) an application.
• If you are unable to submit (upload) your application by the deadline, please submit it by mail.
• Please follow all the instructions provided on the Toyota Foundation website when submitting your application.

Applications submitted by mail

• Please submit only one copy of the application form. No additional documents should be included with an application.
• Application forms will be photocopied during the selection process-please do not staple or paste anything to the form.
• If you format your application by pasting print-outs onto the form, please make a copy of the complete form and send the copy.
• Application forms must be printed on only one side of each page submitted; pages printed on both sides will not be accepted.
• The “application number” space at the top right of the application form is for the Toyota Foundation use. We will mail you a postcard by early June to inform you of your application number.
• Applications postmarked after Wednesday, May 12, 2010, will not be accepted.

After submitting an application

• Applications cannot be replaced or updated once they are submitted.
• Submitted applications will not be returned.
• If any statement in an application is found to be untrue or misleading, the application may be rejected, and even if the project proposal has been approved, the grant may be cancelled.
• The Toyota Foundation will not respond to questions about the reasons for its approval or rejection of project proposals.

PRIVACY NOTICE

The personal information you provide on the application form will be used by the Toyota Foundation for project selection, statistical analysis, and administrative activities, such as contacting applicants. This information will not be used for any other purpose without your consent, except in cases provided for by law.