The Toyota Foundation

Program Title: Exploring New Values for Society

Research Grant Program 2016, titled "Exploring New Values for Society", provides two grant frameworks respectively for joint research projects and individual research projects that can be expected to lead to "creation of new values for society". For both frameworks, the program solicits ambitious research projects that explore basic ways of thinking and methodologies to address difficult issues to be faced by future society; issues that are on a global scale; issues that transcend generations; and nascent problems that will only fully manifest themselves in the future.

• Comments by the Selection Committee Chair on Research Grant Program 2016
• Previous comments are available in the Annual Report.

Grant Number	Project Title	Project Representative	Position, Organization	Grant Amount(yen)
(A) Joint Research Grants
D16-R-0032	Revisiting Cross-national Variations in Preference for Redistribution:Attitudes to inequalities, social beliefs, and welfare systems	Sébastien Lechevalier	Professor, Fondation France-Japon de l'École des hautes études en sciences sociales (EHESS)	4,000,000
D16-R-0167	Embedding the Apology in the Media:How civil society contributes to reconciliation	Claudia Astarita	Fellow, Asia Institute, The University of Melbourne	5,000,000
D16-R-0211	Messaging Mobility:Exploring and creating new narratives about migration and human movement in a changing world	William Allen	Research Officer, Centre on Migration, Policy, and Society, University of Oxford	6,400,000
D16-R-0238	Community Initiative of Activities for Preparing against Radiation Exposure in the Vicinity of a Uranium Mine in Mongolia: An effectiveness study of assisting approaches and influential factors	Chieri Yamada	Professor, School of Graduate Education, Fukushima　Medical University	6,200,000
D16-R-0242	Assessment of Socially Assistive Robotics in Elderly Care:Toward technologically integrated aged care and well-being in Japan and Australia	Anthony Elliott	Research Professor, University of South Australia	5,000,000
D16-R-0256	Revitalizing the Endangered Biocultural Heritage of the Ryukyus, a Linguistic, Cultural, and Biological Hot Spot of Extinction	Masanao Toyama	Appointed Researcher , The Institute of Regional Study, Okinawa University	5,400,000
D16-R-0286	Measures for Smooth Livelihood Re-establishment of Climate Refugees from Island States in the Pacific:Towards harmonization of climate refugees and the residents of host community	Mikiyasu Nakayama	Professor, Graduate School of Frontier Sciences, The University of Tokyo	5,000,000
D16-R-0404	Living with the Bomb:A-bomb and air-raid survivor memories and their daily lives	Yutaka Kimura	Research Fellow, Japan Society for the Promotion of Science	3,800,000
D16-R-0433	Organizational Efforts to Prevent Harmful Online Communication:A cross-national analysis of online platform providers' policies	Sabine Einwiller	Professor, University of Vienna	2,800,000
D16-R-0611	A Historical Study on the Construction of a Standardized Image in Maternal and Child Health	Hideki Yui	Senior Researcher, Kinugasa Research Organization, Ritsumeikan University	4,100,000
D16-R-0647	Cooking History:Food recipes and heritage in Mozambique	Sandra Manuel	Research Associate, Kaleidoscopio Research Intitute, Mozambique	2,400,000
D16-R-0661	Comprehensive and Quantitative Evaluation of the Effect of Theater Workshop Targetting Multi-generation in the Community	Rengyou	Director, Eisei Theater Company	5,800,000
D16-R-0718	Sustainable Development Strategies for Native American Diaguita Communities:Cultural heritage research and protection in the Eastern South Andes, Argentina	Julián Salazar	Professor , National University of Córdoba, Argentina	1,400,000
D16-R-0736	Community Policing in Southeast Asia:Assessing the impact on community security and police reform	Saya Kiba	Assistant Professor, Faculty of Policy Studies, Doshisha University	5,800,000
D16-R-0751	International Comparative Study on the Effect of Philosophical Dialogue in Self-help Groups	Taizo Yokoyama	Graduate student, Graduate School of Advanced Integrated Studies in Human Survivability, Kyoto University	2,800,000
D16-R-0817	Reconstructing Social Responsibility and Sharing Values by Collaboration among Corporates, Governments and NPOs:Comparative studies of corporate social responsibility between Japan and Korea	Toru Oga	Associate Professor , Faculty of Law, Kyushu University	5,000,000
D16-R-0836	A Multi-country Comparative Study on End-of-life Care in Residential Care Facilities for Older People in Japan, Korea, and Thailand:Towards developing an Asia-oriented educational program	Sumie Ikezaki	Associate Professor, Graduate School of Nursing, Chiba University	3,300,000
Sub Total 17				74,200,000
(B) Individual Research Grants
D16-R-0083	Positive Health Outcomes by Environmental Design:The role of spatial configuration in designing physical environment for people experiencing dementia	Farhana Ferdous	Lecturer, School of Architecture, Design & Planning, The University of Kansas	1,200,000
D16-R-0103	Global Biodiversity Analysis Using Open Wildlife Data from Citizen Scientists	Noriyuki Suzuki	JSPS Postdoctral Research Fellow, University of California, Berkeley	800,000
D16-R-0136	Examining the Dialogue Mechanism in Restorative Justice	Masahiro Suzuki	Graduate student, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University	500,000
D16-R-0176	Mitigation of Conflict between Local Community and Fishing Cats in Hail Hanor, Northeastern Bangladesh:Interdisciplinary survey on conflict and possibility of participatory research in conflict mitigation	Ai Suzuki	Graduate student, Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto University	1,400,000
D16-R-0243	From "Burdens" to "Benefits":Exploring refugee-led humanitarian assistance in Kampala and Berlin	Evan Elise Easton-Calabria	Graduate student, Refugee Studies Centre, University of Oxford	1,500,000
D16-R-0259	Digital Nomads and Social Responsibility in Chiang Mai, Thailand	Paul Green	Lecturer, Faculty of Arts, University of Melbourne	300,000
D16-R-0320	The Study of Transferring Events of Negative Memories at the Public and Local Memorial Spaces in Cambodia:Recognition of "the positionality of negative events" and conducting the formation of an active database	Fuyuki Makino	Research Fellow, The Institute of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University	1,400,000
D16-R-0341	Ethnography of Immigration Detention and Migrant Advocacy in Japan and Canada:A comparative analysis of civil society in illiberal and liberal immigration regimes	Kazue Takamura	Faculty Lecturer, Institute for the Study of International Development, McGill University	1,100,000
D16-R-0344	Senses of Field Studies Standing on Peoples' Livelihood:The search for phenotype of interdisciplinary research to take advantage of the video media	Kenichi Sawazaki	Video artist/Film director	1,400,000
D16-R-0397	Impact of Climate Changes and Socioeconomic Factors on Dengue Vulnerability in Peninsular Malaysia	Shafi Mohammad Tareq	Associate Professor, School of Bioscience, The University of Nottingham, Malaysia Campus	600,000
D16-R-0408	Exploring a New Value of Shared Decision-making for Prevention of Breast Cancer in Women with BRCA Gene Mutations	Yeoh Kar See	Graduate student, Faculty of Medicine, University of Malaya	1,300,000
D16-R-0424	On the "Boundary" that Lies between Nature and Human:To open up new possibilities for "image folklore"	Tomoki Imai	Documentary film director, Studio-Garret	1,400,000
D16-R-0439	Living with a "Troublesome" Species:Emerging ways and skills to coexist with yamabiru (mountain leech) in Japan	Satoshi Watanabe	Lecturer, Faculty of Contemporary Management, Aichi Gakusen University	800,000
D16-R-0543	Should "Ikumen" be Ideal Model of Fathers in Japan?:The effect of "ikumen" boom and something that we lost by the boom	Kenji Takehara	Chief, Division of Health Policy Development and Research, Department of Health Policy, National Center for Child Health and Development, Japan	1,300,000
D16-R-0576	How Sexual Minorities Experience Aging:Identifying and tackling challenges toward an inclusive aged society	Ryo Hirayama	Research Fellow, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology	1,400,000
D16-R-0692	Why Protect Nature? Understanding Social-ecological Processes of Relational Values	Kazuaki Tsuchiya	Assistant Professor, Graduate School of Agricultural and Life Sciences, The University of Tokyo	800,000
D16-R-0760	An Emprical Study on Community Gardens as a Step toward Multicultural Inclusive Societies	Naomi Shimpo	Assistant Professor, Faculty of Life and Environmental Sciences, University of Tsukuba	1,400,000
D16-R-0788	Research on Families Formed via Donor Conception	Yukari Semba	Project Research Fellow, Institute for Gender Studies, Ochanomizu University	1,100,000
D16-R-0798	A Socioecomomic Analysis on Reversed Gender Disparity in Education from Development Studies Perspective:A case from the Philippines	Masayoshi Okabe	Graduate student, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo	1,300,000
D16-R-0799	Multi-level Governance of Agricultural Landscapes:Role of value perspective on farmland tenancy arrangements in Japan	Maiko Nishi	Graduate student, Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation, Columbia University	700,000
D16-R-0806	A Comparative Study on the Bottom-up Initiatives by Local Citizens in Promoting Water Environment Utilization and Preservation in Japan and China	Aiguo Chen	Lecturer, School of Humanities, Shanghai Jiao Tong University	1,300,000
D16-R-0820	Dilemmas for Medical Professionals in Determining the Course of Care for Oldest-Old Patients:Reconsidering "cure-oriented" values in the realm of medicine	Chiho Shimada	Theme Leader, Human Care Research Team, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology	1,300,000
D16-R-0847	Building an Approach to Evaluate Irrigation Ponds Environment by Using Environmental Factors for Biodiversity	Akiko Nakagawa	Representative Director, Nature Restoration & Reserve Fund	1,500,000
Sub Total 23				25,800,000
Total 40				100,000,000

Public Notification Period	May 16 to September 2, 2016
Total Amount of Grants	100 million yen (Joint Research Grants: Approx. 80 million yen. Individual Research Grants: Approx. 20 million yen.)
Amount of Grant per Project	Joint Research Grants: Up to 4 million yen per year Individual Research Grants: Up to 1 million yen per year
Period of Grants	One year or two years, beginning May 1, 2017
Project Proposal Requirements	No limitations are placed on proposals with regard to the nationality or place of residence of the project representative or participants; nor is there any restriction with regard to the their affiliation (or lack thereof) with a university, research institute, NPO/NGO, or other organization.
Grant Categories	(A) Joint Research Grants (B) Individual Research Grants
Selection of Grants	Formal decisions on the awarding of grants will be made at the Toyota Foundation Board of Directors meetings scheduled to be held in March 2017, based on the deliberations of a selection committee composed of outside experts.

• Proposal Guidelines(482KB)
• Project Proposal Form Samples
  (A) Joint Research Grants(228KB)
  (B) Individual Research Grants(215KB)

• Proposal Guidelines(482KB)

The special article Selection Members Talk with a Grantee on the theme of "Exploring New Values for Society" has been uploaded.

• “Selection Committee Members Talk with Grantee”​(596KB)