{"id":54,"date":"2011-03-07T11:26:45","date_gmt":"2011-03-07T11:26:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dajf.org.uk\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2022-05-25T19:00:33","modified_gmt":"2022-05-25T19:00:33","slug":"daiwa-foundation-awards","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/daiwa2\/daiwa-foundation-small-grants-and-awards\/daiwa-foundation-awards","title":{"rendered":"Daiwa Foundation Awards"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Awards of \u00a39,000-\u00a318,000 are available for collaborative projects that enable British and Japanese partners to work together \u00a0in the context of an institutional relationship.<\/p>\n<p>In order to fund as many applications as we possibly can, given our limited budget, we typically award an average of \u00a39,000 to successful Award applications. Our funding rarely covers an application&#8217;s budget in full, but is meant to be a &#8220;contribution&#8221; to the proposed project.<\/p>\n<h2>What kind of project is eligible?<\/h2>\n<p>Daiwa Foundation Awards can cover projects in academic, professional, arts, cultural, scientific and educational fields. Awards seek to encourage the development and sustainability of UK-Japan partnerships between such organisations as museums and art galleries, theatres and performing arts groups, schools and universities, and grassroots and professional bodies. Any project which involves a significant level of collaboration between British and Japanese partners can be considered. New initiatives are especially encouraged.<\/p>\n<h2>What kind of project is not eligible?<\/h2>\n<p>Daiwa Foundation Awards cannot be used for:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>any project that does not involve both a British and a Japanese partner<\/li>\n<li>general appeals<\/li>\n<li>capital expenditure (eg, building refurbishment, equipment acquisition, etc)<\/li>\n<li>school, college or university fees<\/li>\n<li>research or study by an individual school\/college\/university student<\/li>\n<li>salary costs or professional fees<\/li>\n<li>commissions for works of art<\/li>\n<li>retrospective grants<\/li>\n<li>replacement of statutory funding<\/li>\n<li>commercial activities<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>How to apply<\/h2>\n<p>There are two application deadlines each year, 31 March (for a decision by 31 May) and 30 September (for a decision by 30 November). However, the Foundation encourages applicants to submit their application as early as possible. The Foundation is also happy to provide advice about possible applications \u2013 please contact <a href=\"mailto:grants@dajf.org.uk\">grants@dajf.org.uk<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Applicants are invited to apply\u00a0using our online application form.<\/p>\n<p>Please read the online application notes:<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/dajf.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/Online-Grant-Application-Notes.pdf\" class=\"btn\">Online application notes<\/a>\n<p>before beginning the online application form:<\/p>\n<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dajf-applications.org.uk\/form1\/init.pl\" class=\"btn\">Daiwa Foundation Small Grants and Daiwa Foundation Award application<\/a>\n<h4>Important<\/h4>\n<p><em>The application form cannot handle special characters\/symbols. If you are having problems with the application, it may be due to extraneous symbols. Sometimes characters can be hidden (when copying and pasting into the application form). In this case, please copy the text into \u201cnotepad\u201d, clean any strange encoding and copy back from notepad into the application text box.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>The application form cannot handle Japanese characters, macrons and symbols such as \u00a0~ .<\/em><br \/>\n<em>Hyphens and questions marks are fine, but try and avoid bullet points. Please feel free to indicate new paragraphs using \/\/.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Completed (submitted)\u00a0 \u00a0applications are imported into our system as word documents and reformatted in-house so please do not worry unduly about the appearance of the text you are importing.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/armanios.co.uk\/dev\/daiwa2\/wp-content\/uploads\/Grant_Application_Form.doc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Please click here to see what questions will be asked on the form &#8211; this is for reference only<\/a><\/p>\n<h2>Decision<\/h2>\n<p>All applicants are notified by letter from the Foundation. The decision of the Trustees is final and the Foundation is unable to discuss unsuccessful applications.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Awards of \u00a39,000-\u00a318,000 are available for collaborative projects that enable British and Japanese partners to work together \u00a0in the context of an institutional relationship. In order to fund as many applications as we possibly can, given our limited budget, we typically award an average of \u00a39,000 to successful Award applications. 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