Grants Approved for FY 2020

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Arts & Culture

  • Columbia University, The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture – The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature, $20,000
  • Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission/Arts Japan 2020 Campaign, $30,000
  • Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission/National Endowment for the Arts/International House of Japan – U.S.-Japan Creative Artists Exchange Fellowship Program, $199,857
  • National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS) – Richard J. Wood Art Curator Series, $34,932
  • New York International Children’s Film Festival 2020 – Japanese Film Showcase, $10,000
  • Smithsonian Institution, Museum of Asian Art – Chiura Obata: American Modern, $10,000
  • The Davis Museum at Wellesley College – Komatsu Hiroko: Creative Destruction, $20,000
  • Theater Breaking Through Barriers, $30,000

Education & Public Affairs

  • American Association of Teachers of Japanese – Professional Development, Advocacy, and Collaboration Support for Japanese Language Educators, $33,000
  • American Studies Association – Transnational America: Past, Present and Future, $20,000
  • International Student Conferences, Inc. (ISC) – The 72nd Japan-America Student Conference (JASC), $20,000
  • Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA) – U.S. Congressional Staff Exchange Program in Japan, $70,000
  • Japan Society – The Road to Tokyo 2020 Series Passing the Torch 2020, $25,000
  • Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission/National Endowment for the Humanities – JUSFC-NEH Social Science Fellowships, $197,000
  • Mansfield Foundation – 2020 JUSFC-Foley Legislative Exchange Program, $134,917
  • U.S. Association of Former Members of Congress – Study Tour for District Directors, $75,000
  • U.S. JET Alumni Association (USJETAA) – Developing Next Generation Leaders in the U.S.-Japan Relationship, $25,000

Exchanges & Scholarships

  • American Association of Teachers of Japanese – The Bridging Project Clearinghouse to Encourage and Support Study Abroad in Japan by American Undergraduate Students, $27,251
  • Association of Asian Studies/NEAC – NEAC/AAS Grant Programs for Japanese Studies, $124,717
  • George Washington University – JLive Talk 2020, $20,000
  • North American Coordinating Council for Japanese Library Resources (NCC) – NCC Infrastructural Support for Resource Sharing Across the Field, $105,000
  • Organization of American Historians – OAH/JAAS Japan Historians’ Collaborative Project, $36,243
  • Pacific Forum International – Reinforcing the US-Japan Alliance through Next Generation Dialogue, $25,000
  • U.S.-Japan Bridging Foundation, $50,000