Grant for Projects for the Protection, Preservation & Restoration of Cultural Properties outside Japan

Purpose of the Program:
The program is offered so that cultural properties outside Japan, the common heritage of human, be handed down to future generations.

Eligible Projects for Application:
(1) Projects for the protection, preservation & restoration of cultural properties (i.e., fine arts or historical monuments) outside Japan, which are tangible, old and artistically or academically valuable, and ought to be handed down to future generations.
(2) Preliminary surveys immediately linked up with the projects as mentioned in (1) above.

Qualification of Applicant:
(1) Applicant shall be the owner(s) or administrator(s) of the cultural properties or researcher(s), who will actually conduct preliminary surveys.
(2) The following are not eligible:
(ⅰ) profit-making corporations,
(ⅱ) individuals who own cultural properties for profit or whose cultural properties are for private use only.

Fiscal 2020 Program:
– Application period : October 1 ～ November 30, 2020
– Grant period : One year (March 2021 through March 2022)
– Grant budget : 35 million yen in total, with approx. 15 projects to be selected

Application:
The Application Form dully filled in and signed shall be submitted together with other necessary documents by registered mail.
The Application Form, Application Guide and the Instruction Sheet for Fiscal 2020 are attached below for your reference only.

Application Guide and Instruction Sheet (PDF)
Application Form (PDF) (WORD)
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Language for Application:
English or Japanese

Selection:
The selection of applications will be made by the Foundation’s Selection Committee. Based on such determination, the Foundation’s Board of Directors will approve the grant.

For more information : http://www.sumitomo.or.jp/e/kaigai/outside.htm