Toyota Foundation Research Grants

Grant Amount (Total): 50 million yen (per project, up to around ８ million yen/two years)

Grant Periods: Two years (Nov 1, 2023 to Oct 31, 2025)

Requirements

Project representatives must be 45 years old or under on the day of the beginning of the grant.

Project representatives must have a contact address in Japan.

Projects must be Joint research conducted by two persons or more.

No limitations are placed on proposals with regard to the nationality of the project representative or participants; nor is there any restriction with regard to the their affiliation (or lack thereof) with a university, research institute, NPO/NGO, or other organization.

Proposal Submission Period: April 5 to June 9, 2023, 15:00 Japan Standard Time

Grant SelectionFormal decisions on the awarding of grants will be made at the Toyota Foundation Board of Directors meetings scheduled to be held in September 2023, based on the deliberations of a selection committee composed of outside

Program Guidelines and Application Form

Program Guidelines and Application Form will be disclosed on April 5th.

Online Briefing Sessions

• April 13, 2023 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM (JST)  
• April 21, 2023 from 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM (JST)  
• May 9, 2023 from 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM (JST)  

Registration for briefing sessions will open on April 5th.
* The maximum participants is 100 for each session.
* The online briefing sessions will be held in Japanese only.
* Registration deadlines for each briefing settion is set at noon of the preceding day. Therefore, the Zoom information will be sent to the registered emails on the preceding day. 

Aside from the briefing session, applicants can make an appointment of consultation with the program officers of the Toyota Foundation. Please refer to the program guidelines for the details.

Comments by Selection Committee Chair

• Comments by the Selection Committee Chair on the Research Grant Program 2022
• Previous comments are available in the Annual Report.

Grant List

List of Grants for Research Grant Program 2022

Recommended Workshop Films

We held a grantee's workshop on August 21, 2022. You can watch the whole program of the workshop on YouTube Toyota Foundation Channel. * The workshop is in Japanese.