Daiwa Foundation funds projects ranging from a stage adaption by Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Shakespeare Company of Studio Ghibli’s 1988 animated feature film My Neighbour Totoro to scientific research on the formation of exomoons

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (www.dajf.org.uk) has published details of its Small Grants and Awards awarded to support UK-Japan projects in its latest funding round (March 2022).

Academics from Durham University and Niigata University will use a grant to facilitate reciprocal visits, resulting in workshops, collaboration, and research into the materials used in anime production for a future exhibition in Durham.

Open City Documentary Festival has received a grant to support a retrospective and conference on filmmaker Noriaki Tsuchimoto in September 2022.

Scientists from the University of Lincoln and University of Tsukuba will visit each other’s institutions to research pollutant anions from agricultural and industrial products in order to help control water quality and prevent environmental damage.

Professor Eugen Giddens from Anglia Ruskin University will travel to Japan to conduct textual research on the Caroline dramatist James Shirley using archives contained in Meisei University Library.

A grant will support Ainu tonkori musician Oki Kano and collaborators in a UK tour organised by record label Mais Um which will include concerts, talks, and a live radio session with BBC Radio 3.

Among larger institutional collaborations, researchers from the University of Central Lancashire and Kyoto University will undertake reciprocal visits to conduct research into the formation and evolution of exomoons around giant planets. By studying the properties of circumplanetary discs around gas giants and the related evolution of moons, they aim to further understanding of these moons’ potential for harbouring life and consequently the development of life in the Universe.

Joe Hisaishi and the Royal Shakespeare Company (RSC) are bringing a landmark new adaptation of Studio Ghibli’s 1988 animated feature film My Neighbour Totoro (by Hayao Miyazaki) to the stage in collaboration with Improbable and Nippon TV. In August, Joe Hisaishi, composer of the original score and Executive Producer of the production, will visit Stratford-upon-Avon where the production will be in rehearsals. A Daiwa Foundation Award will support the RSC’s costs relating to this visit, before the production starts a strictly exclusive run at the Barbican from 8 October 2022.

March 2022 Grants and Awards list, PDF

Background information:

The Foundation particularly encourages applications for science-related projects, in addition to our usual strong support for the arts and humanities.

In light of rising ticket prices the Foundation has updated its maximum allocation for a return flight between the UK and Japan to £1,000 per person (from the previous figure of £750).

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is a UK charity, established in 1988 with a generous benefaction from Daiwa Securities Co Ltd. The Foundation’s purpose is to support closer links between Great Britain and Japan. It does this by awarding grants and scholarships in all fields of activity; by supporting educational exchanges and other bilateral initiatives between British and Japanese academics and students; and by organising a year-round events’ programme at Daiwa Foundation Japan House in London to increase understanding of Japan in the UK. The Foundation is represented in Japan by its Tokyo office. Further information about the Foundation and its activities is available at www.dajf.org.uk

 

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