Research Grant Program
Applications are accepted regardless of nationality, place of residence, professional affiliation, academic background, gender, etc.
Since its establishment in 1975, the Toyota Foundation Research Grant Program has provided support to pioneering research carried out on the basis of flexible ideas not limited by conventional frameworks, reflecting the independent standpoint of a private foundation. In fiscal 2011, we are seeking ambitious projects with important social significance in line with our new theme, "Pursuing Knowledge to Build a Better Future," based on the "Toyota Foundation Vision 2010" unveiled last year.
Our program has consolidated previous frameworks corresponding to research areas into a total of three frameworks in two categories, A and B, in line with the stages and characteristics of each research project.
2. Value-creation research aimed at forging a new society
Category B: Individual Research: This project framework is aimed at promising researchers, particularly young researchers or those whose outside the establishment. We target projects from any field or topic provided that the researcher has adopted an innovative perspective and approach, and that the project can contribute positively to the researcher’s own future.
1. Practical research that contributes to addressing challenges facing society
Category A: Joint Research
Submit an Application form, available on website or send completed application by registered courier mail.
Application form includes:
- Project title
- Previous grants received from the Foundation
- Project length
- Issues to be addressed
- Type of research
- Primary area of the project
The grant does not cover the indirect costs of the organization to which the recipient is affiliated or general administrative costs ("overheads").
Individual research: Up to ¥2 million per project
Joint research: Up to ¥8 million per project