- 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
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.
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.
| Target Countries |
East and Southeast Asia *1 |
| Required elements for Project |
Transnational, Cross Sector, Mutual Learning, Foresight |
| Project Period | Two-Year Grant (Nov 2021 – Oct 2023) One-Year Grant (Nov 2021 – Oct 2022) |
| 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) | Two-Year Grant: JPY 10,000,000 One-Year Grant: JPY 3,000,000 |
| Total Amount of Grants |
70 million yen |
| Proposal Submission Period | From April 1 to June 5, 2021, 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 2021, based on the deliberations of responsible Selection Committee consisting of external experts. |
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- 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.
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 5, 2021. Thank you for your interest.
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| Application Form (Sample) |
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Application Entry | <The application period has ended> |
Online briefing sessions in Tokyo (not compulsory) *The language will be in Japanese.
| April 9, 2021 from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM (JST) Application closed |
| April 13, 2021 from 1:30 PM to 3:00 PM (JST) Application closed |
- Please check the main questions and answers at the briefing session here.
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.
Recommended Movies
| Format | Item | Remarks |
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| Movie | Online Luncheon Seminar: "Learning from Each Other in the Age of COVID-19: Human Mobility and the Future of Multicultural Society" | The Toyota Foundation held a series of online seminars, "Learning from Each Other in the Age of COVID-19: Human Mobility and the Future of Multicultural Society” |
Recommended Documents
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| The Ways to Have a Better Dialogue for Empathy: Mutual Learning and Exchanges(2331KB) |
This booklet introduces the content of the joint symposium between the University of Tokyo Program for Leading Graduate Schools Integrated Human Sciences Program for Cultural Diversity (IHS) and the Toyota Foundation, which was held on February 7 and 8, 2020. In this symposium, the grantees of the Toyota Foundation and the researchers and students in IHS have gathered and discussed various methods and experiences in project management as well as raising public interest in social issues, focusing on dialogues with society. |
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| WHAT BRINGS US BEYOND UNDERSTANDING TO EMPATHY ?(3100KB) |
In Baguio (the Philippines) , Bangkok (Thailand) , and Sendai (Japan), the participants shared their views on the International Grant Program and their experience of their granted project. The Foundation would like to call the attention of potential applicants to the booklet as it is full of lessons learned. It is strongly recommended to read. |
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| International Grant Program evaluation report(341KB) |
The Toyota Foundation established the Evaluation Committee composed of four experts in May 2018 to evaluate the International Grant Program. The Evaluation Committee members and program officers of the International Grant Program team interviewed project representatives and members. 31 of the total 63 projects supported between fiscal 2014 and fiscal 2017 were selected with consideration given to thematic and regional balance. This final report by the committee provides you some specific ideas about the aim and the targets of the International Grant Program. We would be glad if the potential grantees go through this report before they submit their proposals. |