Project Grant JUSFC1406

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded International Student Conferences Inc. a $345,311 project grant to organize the 73rd Japan-America Student Conference (JASC). The grant was awarded on July 30, 2021 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) to further mutual understanding, friendship, and trust and generate a better understanding of U.S.-Japan relations through the student conference. The JASC aims to advance the goals of the Public Diplomacy...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $55,678.74 Project Grant to Spelman College under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant will provide students with opportunities to learn the Japanese language and better understand Japanese culture, history, and contemporary society through programs delivered in Japan from May 2023 through December 2023. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to support U.S. foreign policy goals and...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $199,774.98 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) cooperative agreement to Pacific Forum International. Through this award, Japanese print media journalists will travel to the United States from September 1, 2022 to August 31, 2023 to enhance their understanding of the Sino-Russian approach to maritime issues and the significance of U.S.-Japan cooperation in maintaining a free and open Indo-Pacific region. The...

This $199,950 Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will support Full Spectrum Features NFP, a Chicago-based non-profit organization, to host a three-week institute for educators on the history of Japanese American resettlement after World War II. The institute will take place both virtually and in-person in Chicago, the largest non-West Coast resettlement site for Japanese Americans....

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $144,544 project grant to Public University Corporation Akita International University under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. The grant funding will support improving the communicative English language teaching skills of Japanese teachers of English from February 1, 2021 through September 30, 2022. The Public Diplomacy Programs aim to advance U.S. foreign policy goals through informing...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $174,862 Project Grant under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) to Arizona State University's Division, doing business as Orspa. The two-week institute focuses on literary and cultural contact between China, Japan, and Korea from the 17th century to the present, using the lens of translation to examine issues in East Asian literary studies. Participants will discuss scholarship on translation...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $105,299 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to support the creation of a U.S.-Japan Young Scholars' Training on Nuclear Policy. The Maureen And Mike Mansfield Foundation will organize a bilateral exchange bringing Masters and PhD students from the U.S. and Japan together from September 2022 to January 2024 to deepen their understanding of nuclear policy and security issues. The exchange is intended to advance...

This $180,567 federal Project Grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163) will enable the Japanese American National Museum to host a program that invites educators from across the country to Los Angeles to examine the history and ongoing impacts on the Little Tokyo neighborhood. The project will study how events and issues like restrictive covenants, World War II incarceration, eminent domain,...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $184,701.87 cooperative agreement to G7 / G20 Youth Japan from September 1, 2022 through May 31, 2023 under the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) federal grant program. Under this cooperative agreement, G7 / G20 Youth Japan will plan and implement a public event leading up to the 2023 G7 Summit in Japan. The event will bring together youth delegates from each of the G7 countries to execute discussions. The funding...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $273,782 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to provide training services in Japan. Through the Women's Startup Lab Impact Foundation, the Project Grant will fund onsite and virtual training for 5,000 women across five Japanese cities from July 2021 through December 2022. The training will target female entrepreneurs, aspiring entrepreneurs, corporate innovators, students, and ecosystem builders to advance the...