Grants for Projects for the Protection, Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Properties Outside Japan
Deadline Date: November 30, 2024
Donor Name: The Sumitomo Foundation
Grant Size: $100,000 to $500,000
https://www.sumitomo.or.jp/e/kaigai/outside.htm
The Sumitomo Foundation is offering this grant program so that cultural properties outside Japan, which are the common heritage of humankind, may be handed down to future generations.
Funding Information
- Total budget for Fiscal 2024 ¥35,000,000.
- Duration of Grant One year, March 2025-March 2026
Eligible Projects
- Projects for the protection, preservation & restoration of cultural properties (i.e., fine arts or archaeological sites) outside Japan, which are tangible, old and artistically or academically valuable, and ought to be handed down to future generations.
- Preliminary surveys immediately linked up with the projects.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicant shall be the owners or administrators of the cultural properties or researchers, who will actually conduct preliminary surveys.
Ineligibility Criteria
- The following are not eligible:
- Profit-Making Corporations,
- Individuals who own cultural properties for profit or whose cultural properties are for private use only.
Selection Criteria
- Applications for this grant will be reviewed for selection by the Selection Committee of the Sumitomo Foundation. The Board of Directors of the Sumitomo Foundation, scheduled to meet in March 2025, will give the final approval in the selection of the projects eligible for this grant. Results of the selection will be reported to applicants by e-mail. Please note that The Sumitomo Foundation is unable to respond to any inquiries regarding the reasons for selection. In some cases, The Sumitomo Foundation’s staff may make inquiries in person, by e-mail or facsimile concerning applications during such review for selection.
For more information, visit The Sumitomo Foundation.
