U.S. and European Museum Infrastructure Support Program
Deadline: 1-Dec-21
Applications are now open for the U.S. and European Museum Infrastructure Support Program to provide financial support for U.S. and European museums to further promote constant and effective use of their Japanese art collections and thereby assist the establishment of an infrastructure to exhibit Japanese art.
Funding Information
The maximum amount of grants to be paid within one year to the grantee is also US $ 100,000 in total regardless of the number of the approved projects.
Eligible Projects
Increasing Specialized Staff Members: Support for creating new positions or increasing the number of positions for staff specialized in Japanese art (curators, assistant curators and researchers) in charge of the preservation, storage, management, research and exhibition, etc. of Japanese art collections.
Research, Survey, and Publication of List of Japanese Art Collections: For the purpose of promoting research and survey on Japanese art collections, ie Invitation of instructors from Japan, Study or training tours to Japan for Japanese art specialists of applicant institutions, Holding of research conference on Japanese art, and Publication of list of Japanese art collections.
Exhibitions of Japanese Art Collections: Support for displaying Japanese art collections owned by applicant institutions and for holding other exhibitions that take advantage of the collections.
Eligible Countries
Institutions located in the following areas can submit applications.
United States of America, Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Austria, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, Republic of North Macedonia, France, Georgia, Germany, Greece , Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Kosovo, Kyrgyz Republic, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxembourg, Malta, Moldova, Monaco, Montenegro, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, San Marino, Serbia, Slovakia , Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, United Kingdom, Uzbekistan, Vatican
Eligibility Criteria
Any museum in the US or Europe is eligible to apply for this program as long as it satisfies both of the following two requirements:
It has Japanese art collections and has a permanent space specifically for Japanese art collections; and
It has already employed a Japanese art curator or plans to employ one.
In the case of a joint project by multiple museums, the following two requirements must be met:
One of the museums that satisfies the application requirements is capable of submitting an application as a representative of all of the
museums, receiving a grant from the Japan Foundation, and appropriately using the grant; and
All of the museums are located within the same country or region (in the case of a joint project in the US, all museums must be located in the US In the case of a joint project in Europe, all museums must be located in Europe) .
For more information, visit https://www.jpf.go.jp/e/program/culture.html