The Toyota Foundation

This grant program supports projects tackling social issues arising from rapid development of advanced technologies such as AI and IoT. For details, please visit our Japanese site at https://www.toyotafound.or.jp/special/2021/advanced.html 

*"Co-Creating New Society with Advanced Technologies" application forms are only available in Japanese.

Comments by the Selection Committee Chair on the Grant Program 2021

TYTID	Project Title	Project Leader	Position, Organization	Grant Amount（yen）
D21-ST-0003	Creating an "Emotion Mobile Laboratory" for Preventing Burnout of Health Professionals	Osamu Nomura	Graduate School of Medicine, Department of Emergency and Disaster Medicine, Hirosaki University, Assistant Professor	7,000,000
D21-ST-0010	Mental Health Measures for Teleworkers Using XR Technology in the Post-COVID Era	Kiyoaki Arakawa	Michele, Inc., Business Development Manager	5,000,000
D21-ST-0012	Pioneering "Artificial Subject Studies": A New Framework for Advancing Interdisciplinary Studies on the Ideal Form of the Co-Existence Between Human Beings and Artificial Subjects	Katsunori Miyahara	Center for Human Nature, Artificial Intelligence, and Neuroscience, Hokkaido University, Specially Appointed Lecturer	7,000,000
D21-ST-0013	A New Way of Mental Health Care that Utilizes Technology and Leaves No One Behind	Masayoshi Sakurai	General Incorporated Association ZIAI, Representative	6,500,000
D21-ST-0015	Designing Future Personal Data Use through Co-Creation with Citizens	Masako Kitazaki	College of Art and Design, Department of Visual Communication Design, Musashino Art University, Associate professor	7,500,000

Call for Proposals	From October 4 to November 30,2021, 15:00 Japan Standard Time
Total Amount of Grants	40 million yen
Grant Amount per Project	Up to 10 million yen
Length of Grant	One to three years, beginning April 1, 2022
Grant Selection	Formal decisions on the awarding of grants will be made at the Toyota Foundation Board of Directors Meeting scheduled to be held in March 2022, based on the deliberations of a selection committee composed of outside experts.

※The application closed on November 30, 2021. Thank you for your interest.
Japanese document only.
・2021年度の募集要項（PDF)(1201KB)
・2021年度の企画書（PDF)(255KB)