Record and Examples of Grant Programs

● Education	Target:	School, research institutes, educational organizations regarding education
	Expenses to:	Raising the standard of educational system Expanding the educational facilities Having commemorative event and symposium
● Culture	Target:	Association, society, organization regarding culture
	Expenses to:	Publication of the official journal of a scientific society Having commemorative event and symposium
● Art	Target:	Institute, association, organization regarding art
	Expenses to:	Publication of the official journal of a scientific society Having art exhibition

＊ Condition of the grant application:	Only Non-profit organizations No profit-making enterprises or private businesses
＊ Deadlines:	End of January and September (twice a year)
＊ Period of a supported project:	A project or middile-term duration (for several years) Not including the operating cost of organization
＊ Decision:	By contribution committee in March and October
＊ Quallification	By recommendation only

Grant-Making Programs from Fiscal Year 2001 to 2010

Areas / Year	2010	2009	2008	2007	2006	2005	2004	2003	2002	2001
■Education	8	11	8	14	12	12	14	15	16	17
■Culture	9	7	8	8	8	10	10	8	12	11
■Art	6	15	13	10	11	12	9	9	9	10
TOTAL	23	33	29	32	31	34	33	32	37	38


The Grantees in 2010
■Education
Grantees		Expenses Purposes
Japan Oral School for the Deaf		Repairing the school building for earthquake as of the 90th anniversary of the school
Japan Braille Library		Produce DVD with sub-voice explanation for visual handicapped people
Research Institute on Emotional Disabilities		National conference of the study of emotional disabilities
National Research Group on Moral Education at Junior High School		National conference of research and publish reserch
Association For Japanese - Language Teaching		Creataing materials for teaching Japanese to foreign trainees
NPO Tokyo Shure		Support of integrated education at a free school
The Japan Return Programme		Holding the Nihongo Summit
Japan Culture Association		Issuance of the 25th anniversary commemoration catalog of Photo Exhibition by visual disabilities

■Culture
Grantees		Expenses Purposes
Kurume Cultural Development Foundation		Support to operation and maintenance of Ishibashi Culture Center
La Maison Franco-Japonaise		Research on Japanese and French culture, holding symposiums
Kurume Municipal Office		Operation and maintenance of the Ishibashi Museum of Art
Association of Art in the Meiji era		Issurance of the academic journal "Kindai Gasetsu"
Japan Industrial Designer's Association		Issurance of the catalogue of "JIDA Design Museum Selection"
NPO GADAGO		Issurance "Tokyo Art Map" linked with Web"Tokyo Art Beat"
The Museum of Modern Japanese Literature		Producing audio visual materials
Oral History Archives of Japanese Art		Data collection of Japanese art history by interview from speaker's memories
Kurume-Kasuri Preservation Society		Publishing the catalog of the 50th anniversary for important intangible cultural assets of "Kurume Kasuri"

■Art
Grantees		Expenses Purposes
Societe Franco-Japonaise D'Art et D'Archeologie		Issuance "Bulletin De La Societe Franco-Japonaise"
The Society for the Study of Japonisme		Issuance "Studies in Japonisme"
Collegium Mediterranistarum		Issuance of the "Report by the Society of the Mediterranean" and holding lectures
Internationalo Ukiyo-e Society		Issuance "Ukiyo-e Art" and publishing book of Ukiyo-e
University Heidelberg, Institute for East Asian Art History		Inviting guest professors of Japanese art history for lecturing
Biennale of Sydney		Inviting Japanese artists for the 17th Biennale of Sydney Exhibition

・Records and examples of our grant programs