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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:
(@) profit-making corporations,
(A) individuals who own cultural properties for profit or whose cultural properties are for private use only.

Fiscal 2009 Program:
Application period : October 1 ` November 30, 2009
Grant period : One year
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Grant budget :
Approx. \35 million in total, with approx. 15 projects to be selected
Application:
The Application for Fiscal 2009 was closed. 

The Application Form, the Application Guide and the Instruction Sheet for Fiscal 2009 are attached for reference only.
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Application Guide and Instruction Sheet      (PDF)       (html) 
Application Form                                     (PDF)       (WORD)
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Language for Application: 
English or Japanese 
Selection:
The selection of applications will be made by the Foundationfs Selection Committee. Based on such determination, the Foundationfs Board of Directors will approve the grant.

Numbers of Past Applications/Awards:
Fiscal Year@ 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009
Applications 20 19 25 23 22 19 25 15 37 24 36 34 33 22
Awarded 7 10 9 9 10 8 9 8 8 10 10 13 16 15
                                          
Subjects of Past Grants:  

Fiscal 2009 Subjects of Grants

Fiscal 2008 Subjects of Grants

Fiscal 2007 Subjects of Grants

Fiscal 2006 Subjects of Grants

15th Anniversary Subjects of Grants

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Fiscal 2002 Subjects of Grants

Fiscal 2001 Subjects of Grants

Fiscal 2000 Subjects of Grants


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