News category: Grants

26 June 2026

Daiwa Foundation funds projects ranging from a reciprocal cultural exchange between two UNESCO Cities of Literature to collaborative research into temporomandibular joint osteoarthritis

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (www.dajf.org.uk) has published details of its Small Grants and Awards awarded to support a total of 31 UK-Japan projects in its latest funding round: March 2026. A Daiwa Foundation Small Grant will support the travel of 11 explorer scouts and 2 leaders from the 83rd Fife Scout Group to attend the

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22 January 2026

Daiwa Foundation funds projects ranging from a comparative historical study of monetary systems in pre-modern Afro-Eurasia to a knowledge exchange in inclusive coaching methods in disabled football

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (www.dajf.org.uk) has published details of its Small Grants and Awards awarded to support a total of 24 UK-Japan projects in its latest funding round: September 2025. A Daiwa Foundation Small Grant will support the travel to Japan of five cast and team members from Raw Material Arts Limited to tour the

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19 June 2025

Daiwa Foundation funds projects ranging from a taiko performance at the 50th Japan Week in Manchester to an analysis of multispectral images of asteroid samples

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (www.dajf.org.uk) has published details of its Small Grants and Awards awarded to support a total of 32 UK-Japan projects in its latest funding round: March 2025. A Daiwa Foundation Small Grant will support the travel of 35 pupils and 4 teaching staff from Gosforth Academy, Newcastle, to a Tokyo school, where

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21 February 2025

The Daiwa Foundation funds projects ranging from an exploration into 'Katsuben Benshi' performance work, to shared learning and communication between Cancer Caring Centres in Japan and the UK.

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (www.dajf.org.uk) has published details of its Small Grants and Awards awarded to support a total of 32 UK-Japan projects in its latest funding round: September 2024. A Daiwa Foundation Small Grant supported travel by two Plymouth Marine Laboratory (PML) staff, Professor Stephen Widdicombe – PML’s Director of Science and Deputy Chief

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21 September 2024

Daiwa Foundation funds projects ranging from the legal implications of deepfake technology, the work-life balance of doctors and a day devoted to the shakuhachi

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation (www.dajf.org.uk) has published details of its Small Grants and Awards awarded to support a total of 32 UK-Japan projects in its latest funding round: March 2024. A Daiwa Foundation Small Grant will support a free one-day event exploring the culture of the shakuhachi, consisting of a film screening, talks, and performances.

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19 July 2024

Relationships between Architecture, Art & Nature on Naoshima, Japan: First Encounter 15 Jul 2024 – 1 Aug 2024

This exhibition presents part of a research project still in progress by Dr Danilo Di Mascio, Senior Lecturer in Architecture, researcher and registered architect. The study was supported by a Daiwa Foundation grant to enable Danilo’s travel to Japan in order to meet academics in Tokyo and Osaka, and document the relationships between architecture, culture,

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16 July 2024

Space and Us Symposium & Reception - UCL-Japan Youth Challenge 2024 - 2 August 2024 from 1pm

The Daiwa Anglo-Japanese Foundation is delighted to be supporting this year’s UCL-Japan Youth Challenge, a prestigious summer school programme for pre-university students from both the UK and Japan. Students will attend a series of university-style lectures on a wide range of subjects by academics from leading UK universities including UCL (University College London), and engage

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12 June 2024

Japan-Britain Contemporary Theatre Exchange June 2024 - with Yudai Kamisato

Japan-Britain Contemporary Theatre Exchange June 2024 14-29 June 2024 In this second edition of the  Japan-Britain Contemporary Theatre Exchange,  the theme of encounters in theatre will be considered. What happens when we encounter the other in theatre?  What are the linguistic and political implications? Just like when we cross borders, misunderstandings, misinterpretations, mistranslations and mis-deliveries

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