Japan: Organization and Project Grants Program
Deadline: 3-Feb-22
The Asian Cultural Council’s (ACC) Organization and Project Grants Program is now open to support cultural exchange opportunities for specific project participants who will benefit from the experience as individual fellowship recipients do – through cultural immersion, research, specialized training, exchange of knowledge among peers, and other process-oriented activities.
Project participants must be practicing artists, scholars, and/or arts professionals. Touring, performance, exhibition, and public-facing activities are not eligible, though these activities might make up the larger context in which ACC-eligible exchange activities take place.
Artist-led projects involving collaboration between three or more individuals are also considered in this category.
Funding Period: June 1, 2022 – December 31, 2023
Eligible Fields
Archaeology
Architecture*
Art History
Arts Administration
Arts Criticism
Conservation
Crafts
Curation
Dance
Ethnomusicology
Film/Video/Photography
Literature**
Museum Studies
Music
Theater
Visual Art
*for design, aesthetic theory, and/or aesthetic history only; projects with an economic, social, scientific, or technological focus are not eligible
**for travel to/from Japan only
Eligibility Criteria
Applications for this program are currently only accepted for applicants who are citizens or residing in Japan.
To be selected, applicants must:
Be a registered nonprofit organization/NGO, or have fiscal sponsorship through a registered nonprofit/NGO
Describe how project participants will benefit from their involvement and the importance of their participation to the larger goals of cultural exchange
Please note the following restrictions:
ACC funding cannot be used for artist fees or production expenses
Production, creating new work, and audience-driven outcomes are not a priority
Applications that do not name individual project participants and include their biographies and work samples will not be considered
For more information, visit https://www.asianculturalcouncil.org/our-work/programs/fellowships-and-grants/organization-and-project-grants