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Current Program Guidelines

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Criteria for Support

The Commission will uphold the principles of nationwide eligibility, benefit and impact in establishing its grant programs in both the United States and Japan. Grants may be made to individual universities or local organizations, but only in consideration of their contribution to national resources and needs.

Awards will be made on the basis of academic or professional excellence evaluated in relation to: (1) national and cultural needs for certain professional fields; (2) existing gaps in understanding; and (3) availability or lack of other sources of support.

Programs supported by the Commission are open to citizens and permanent residents of the United States or of Japan, without regard to race, creed, sex, handicap, sexual orientation, marital status, parental status or national origin.

Grants to individuals normally will be made through academic, professional, artistic or other appropriate organizations in the United States and Japan that will examine, recommend, and in most instances select, the individuals to be supported financially by the Commission. Information on criteria, application dates and procedures should be obtained directly from the organizations involved.

Full freedom of investigation and expression will be the condition for all grants. The Commission does not necessarily endorse the conclusions or other contents of its grantees' work.

While not discouraging research on matters where Japanese and Americans may differ, the Commission itself will refrain from advocating any particular policies that may be at issue temporarily between the two countries.

The Commission places high priority on co-funding of projects from other appropriate sources. This will be taken as evidence of broad interest and support for any given proposal.

The Commission sets a limit of fifteen (15) percent for the "indirect costs" or "overhead" portion of its grants. Questions in this regard should be directed to the Commission staff.

The Commission works with non-profit organizations in carrying out its programs.