Project Grant JUSFC1709

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...

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...

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded a $163,456 project grant to Pax Program of Academic Exchange to provide an exchange experience for 10 high school students in Okinawa, Japan to study for one academic year in the United States. This award supports the Public Diplomacy Programs (CFDA 19.040) which aims to inform and influence foreign publics and expand relationships between foreign people and the United States through educational and cultural exchanges....

The Department of State Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs awarded $105,048.24 under the Public Diplomacy Programs federal grant to Pacific Forum International. The award period is from October 1, 2022 to September 30, 2023. Under this Project Grant, Pacific Forum International will plan and implement a youth virtual program for approximately 15 Japanese, South Korean, and American participants aged 22 to 35. The goal is to foster U.S. engagement with Asian allies and partners. This will...

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 Preservation of Japanese American Confinement Sites Grant Program, administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior's National Park Service (CFDA 15.933), awarded a $2,494,369 Project Grant to Densho, a Seattle-based nonprofit organization. The grant funds the development of the Densho Educational Engagement Platform (DEEP), a comprehensive, AI-assisted digital platform to support educators in effectively utilizing high-quality historical content related to Japanese American incarceration...

This $4,000,000 project grant awarded by the National Science Foundation (CFDA #47.084 - NSF Technology, Innovation, and Partnerships) supports the U.S.-Japan University Partnership for Workforce Advancement and Research & Development in Semiconductors (UPWARDS) for the Future. The partnership between six U.S. and five Japanese universities, along with industry partners, aims to address the demand for a highly trained microelectronics and semiconductor workforce and build global and domestic...

The National Endowment for the Humanities awarded a $177,735 project grant to the Japanese American Citizens League Washington DC Office to support the project "CIVIL LIBERTIES IN TIMES OF CRISIS: THE JAPANESE AMERICAN INCARCERATION" from October 1, 2021 through September 30, 2023. This funding falls under the Promotion of the Humanities Professional Development program (CFDA 45.163), which aims to promote better teaching and research in the humanities for higher education faculty...

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....

This $600,000 project grant award from the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), under the Promotion of the Humanities Public Programs (CFDA 45.164) federal grant program, supports the production of a documentary film titled "Diamond Diplomacy: U.S. Japan Relations Through a Shared Love of Baseball." The film examines how the shared passion for baseball has strengthened the relationship between the U.S. and Japan, even in the midst of military and diplomatic conflicts. The...