Grants Approved for FY 2017

Arts & Culture

  • George Washington University – JLive! Japanese Learning Inspired Vision and Engagement 2017 , $20,000
  • Global Film Network – Japanese Subtitling of the Film Cocktail Party, $3,000
  • Harvard University – Japanese Art Workshop for Students (JAWS), $50,000
  • Japan U.S. Friendship Commission/National Endowment for the Arts – Creative Artist Exchange Fellowship Program, $150,000 ¥5,403,760
  • Media Bridges Inc. – The Mineta Legacy Project, $10,000
  • National Association of Japan-America Societies (NAJAS) – Richard J. Wood Art Curator Series, $25,000
  • New York International Children’s Film Festival – Japanese Film Showcase, $10,000
  • Organization of American Historians OAH/JAAS – Japan Historians’ Collaborative Project, $28,000
  • Smithsonian American Art Museum – Isamu Noguchi Archaic/Modern, $10,000
  • The Donald Keene Center of Japanese Culture, Columbia University – The Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission Prize for the Translation of Japanese Literature, $20,000
  • Third World Newsreel – Fall Seven Times Get Up Eight, $10,000
  • Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art – Utamaro and the Lure of Japan, $10,000

Education & Public Affairs

  • American Association of Teachers of Japanese – Professional Development, Advocacy, and Collaboration Support for Japanese Language Educators, $33,000
  • American Association of State Colleges and Universities (AASCU) – Japan Studies Institute-Japan Seminar, $63,000
  • American Studies Association – Framing the “American Century”: Wars, Migration, Social Justice, $15,000
  • International Student Conferences, Inc. (ISC) – The 69th Japan-America Student Conference (JASC), $10,000
  • Japan-U.S. Friendship Commission/National Endowment for the Humanities – Advanced Social Science Research Fellowship Program on Japan, $115,800
  • Northeast Asia Council of the Association for Asian Studies (NEAC) – NEAC/AAS Grants for Japanese Studies, $110,000
  • Pacific Forum CSIS Pacific Bridges: A Next Generation U.S.-Japan Partnership, $25,000
  • S. Association of Former Members of Congress – The Congressional Study Group on Japan-JUSFC Transpacific Women’s Initiative, $10,000

Exchanges and Scholarship

  • American Association of Teachers of Japanese – The Bridging Project Clearinghouse to Encourage and Support Study Abroad in Japan by American Undergraduate Students, $28,627
  • Japan Center for International Exchange (JCIE/USA)U.S. – Congressional Staff Exchange Program in Japan, $65,000
  • Kapi’olani Community College – Kaiyama: A Student and Faculty International Exchange that Focuses on Cross-Cultural and Environmental Science Relationships, $45,000
  • Mansfield Foundation – JUSFC-Foley Legislative Exchange Program, $129,622
  • National Performance Network (NPN) – S.-Japan Connection, Building a Community, $45,000
  • U.S.-Japan Bridging Foundation – 2020 Scholarship $100,000 at $25,000/year for four years.

Global Challenges

  • National Bureau of Asian Research – Pacific Trilateralism: A New Narrative of Cooperation Phase II, $20,000