2019 International Grant Program

Program Information for previous years

Program Objectives
Comments by Selection Committee Chair
List of Grant Projects
Grant Framework
Program Guidelines and Application Form
Briefing Sessions
Recommended Documents

Program Title: Cultivating Empathy Through Learning from Our Neighbors:
Practitioners' Exchange on Common Issues in Asia

Program Objectives

The grant program focuses on deepening mutual understanding and knowledge-sharing among people on the ground in East and Southeast Asia who are finding solutions to shared issues. Through promoting direct interaction among key players, the grant program aims to survey and analyze situations in target countries, obtain new perspectives, and expand the potential of future generations.

With multinational teams comprised of participants from diverse backgrounds, projects can avoid conventional linear relationships, such as “supporter and supported” or “instructor and trainee,” and instead form cooperative and creative alliances that consider, act on, and construct solutions to shared issues. The grant program anticipates that these partnerships, which extend beyond such factors as nationality, age, and organizational affiliation, will produce significant social change through fostering a process of mutual learning.

※: East Asia: Japan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, South Korea, Mongolia
Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines,
Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam

Please also see FAQs.

Grant Applications FAQ

Comments by Selection Committee Chair

The chairperson of the selection committee provides comments on the content submitted in the previous year's application and on projects that received funding. Please take a moment to read these comments as they may be helpful for this year's application. For information on submissions made before this period, please refer to the annual reports.

List of Grant Projects


TYTID	Project Title	Project Leader	Position, Organization	Grant Amount (yen）
A. Multicultural Inclusion in Communities
D19-N-0096	Enhancing the Capacity of Countries of Origin in Facilitating Equitable Migration to Japan	Reiko Harima	Mekong Migration Network	9,500,000
D19-N-0119	Guarantee of Adequate Information Provision in Transnational Migration - Toward a Realization of a Fair and Robust Migration	Toshihiro Menju	Managing Director, Japan Center for International Exchange	8,000,000
D19-N-0140	Entrepreneurship, Advocacy, and Research to Combat Aging and Migration in Asia - Interaction of Ex-EPA Nurses/ Careworkers from the Philippines, Indonesia and Vietnam	Michiyo Yoneno	Associate Professor, Institute for Advanced Studies on Asia, The University of Tokyo	8,500,000
Subtotal 3				31,200,000
B. Open Field
D19-N-0032	Community-based Utilization of Ancient Water Resource and Management System of Mainland Southeast Asia	Mamoru Shibayama	Professor Emeritus, Kyoto University	7,200,000
D19-N-0043	Sustainable Agriculture of Rural Area in Mekong Delta, Vietnam and Mountainous Area, Japan by Community-based Action for Effective Utilization of Bio-wastes Resources	Tokihiko Fujimoto	Associate Professor, Faculty of Agriculture, Shizuoka University	9,300,000
D19-N-0049	Building a participatory civic platform through project-based ecotourism for the mitigation of ocean plastic pollution	Narumi Yoshikawa	Assistant Professor, Prefectural University of Hiroshima	6,000,000
D19-N-0070	Cooperation on the realization of societies where people can have access to justice in Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Japan	Masatoshi Ikeuchi	Chairperson of Committee on International Relations, Japan Federation of Bar Associations	8,000,000
D19-N-0103	Solution transfer beyond border through exchange of management personnel - With social sectors of Japan and Vietnam	Saki Kumezawa	Division Manager, NPO Cross Fields	4,500,000
D19-N-0128	Cultivating intermediate players who can coordinate local resources and Creating a learning platform across countries/sectors through a designers' residency program	Yuichi Tomohiro	Representative Director, General Incorporated Association TSUMUGIYA	9,000,000
Subtotal 6				38,800,000
Total 9				70,000,000

Grant Fremework


Target Countries	East and Southeast Asia *1
Required elements for Project	Transnational, Cross Sector, Mutual Learning, Foresight
Thematic Areas	A. Multicultural Inclusion in Communities B. Open Field
Project Period	One year (Nov 2019 – Oct 2020) or Two years (Nov 2019 – Oct 2021)
Expected Output	Projects are required to; 1) identify issues and conduct a review by surveying and analyzing the situation in target countries; 2) carry out activities aimed at providing solutions to issues; 3) produce and disseminate tangible output
Potential Applicants	Diverse team based in multiple target countries. Team members could include those with practical experience and knowledge on addressing issues in the target countries, such as practitioners, researchers, creators, policy makers, and journalists and other media representatives.
Grant Amount (maximum per project)	a) One-year project: JPY 5,000,000 (approx. USD 44,500); b) Two-year project: JPY 10,000,000 (approx. USD 89,000)
Total Amount of Grants	70 million yen
Public Notification Period	From April 15 to June 8, 2019, 23:59 Japan Standard Time
Proposal Submission Period	From April 15 to June 8, 2019, 23:59 Japan Standard Time
Applications	Web-based application via Foundation website only
Selection of Grants	Formal decisions on the awarding of grants will be made by the Toyota Foundation Board of Directors at a meeting to be held in late September 2019, based on the deliberations of responsible Selection Committee consisting of external experts.

Proposal Guidelines and Project Proposal Form Samples

Please review the "Grant Overview," "Post-Selection Committee Chairman Evaluation," "List of Grant Recipients," "Reference Materials," etc. mentioned above. Once you have done so, please download the application guidelines, sample proposal, etc., and apply via the application entry.
*The application closed on June 8, 2019. Thank you for your interest.


Format	Item	Remarks
PDF	Program Guidelines
PDF	Application Form (Sample)	*The blank word file is available after registering applicant information.
Application Form	Application Entry	<The application period has ended>

Briefing Sessions

Online briefing sessions in Tokyo (not compulsory) (Finished)


April 10, 2020 from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM (JST)
April 14, 2020 from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM (JST)

(updated on May, 1) Please check the main questions and answers at the briefing session here

Each session will be held with the same contents in Japanese.

Aside from the briefing session, applicants can consult with the program officers of the Toyota Foundation in advance of applying via email.
Please refer to the program guidelines for the details and read the FAQ. FAQ.