The Toyota Foundation

The grant of the Special Subject "Migrants and Japanese Society" will be given to projects that study any of the five issues below and implement measures to address these issues (for example, building a mechanism or system to solve an issue or improve a situation) during the grant period. 

(1) Creation of an environment for maximizing the skills and potential of foreign talent
(2) Minimizing gaps among foreign residents in their access to information
(3) Examination of human and other resources in support of the care and support systems for foreign residents
(4) Attracting skilled human resources from abroad
(5) Lessons from insights and experiences gained through Japanese companies’ overseas operations

Comments by the Selection Committee Chair on the Grant Program 2022

TYTID	Project Title	Project Leader	Position, Organization	Grant Amount (yen）
D22-MG-0015	Survey for improving labor and human rights issues of foreign workers through dialogue and development ofguidebook for utilizing dialogue	Yukiko Furuya	CSO Network Japan, Board Chair	8,500,000
D22-MG-0017	Survey and research on the audit and evaluation system for employment of foreign workers and developmentof model projects	Hisano Hori	Global Human Resources Hamamatsu, Representative of a board of directors	10,000,000
D22-MG-0018	Development of a platform to support overseas doctors with various backgrounds work in Japan	Hirotake Mori	Medical Doctor, researcher, NGO staf, Associate Professor	10,000,000
D22-MG-0032	Establishment of an innovative employability enhancement support scheme for science and engineeringinternational students in post-graduate English track programs in Japan	Keiko Ikeda	Kansai University, Professor	9,000,000
D22-MG-0039	Supporting migrant workers in accessing health information, developing pathways to health services, andstrengthening partnership	Tamotsu Nakasa	SHARE (Services for the Health in Asian & African Regions), Chair	10,000,000
Total 5				47,500,000

Proposal Submission Period	From September 5 to November 19, 2022, 23:59 Japan Standard Time
Application Requirements	Details are available in the Guidelines
Total Amount of Grants	50 million yen
Expected Grant Amount (per project)	JPY 5,000,000 to JPY 10,000,000
Project Period	Two years (May 2023 – Apr 2025) or Three years (May 2023 – Apr 2026)
Selection of Grants	Formal decisions on the awarding of grants will be made by the Toyota Foundation Board of Directors at a meeting, based on the deliberations of responsible Selection Committee consisting of external experts.

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