CGP Grant Program - Intellectual Exchange

Grants of up to $50,000 per year to USA nonprofit organizations and universities for projects that promote partnerships and foster dialogue between the USA and Japan. Funding is intended for projects that explore policy-oriented issues. Emphasis is placed on projects that yield tangible outcomes, as well as effective dissemination plans that have broad policy impact.

CGP supports projects that develop policy solutions through a collaborative U.S.-Japan partnership to current global issues in social science fields.

• Personal, Societal, and International Security: Issues include climate change; disaster preparedness, mitigation, and recovery; pandemics; non-proliferation; terrorism; cyber security; food, water, and energy security; environmental challenges
• Global and Regional Economic Issues: Issues include trade agreements; financial stability; sustainable development; poverty and inequality
• Societal Trends and Concerns: Issues include aging and other demographic change; migration; social disparities; sustainable urbanization; community resilience; robotics/automation

CGP is open to topics outside of these in the “Current Issues of Interest” provided they meet the goals of this grant program.

Projects are required to have the following elements: 

• Japan-based collaborative partners involved throughout the entirety of the project, from the planning stage to dissemination;
• A strong U.S.-Japan collaborative partnership as a core of the project; 
• Contemporary policy-oriented topics relevant to both the United States and Japan;
• Ideas and/or participants that include a broad range of viewpoints;
• Clear and concrete articulation of project design including methodology, participants, events, goals of the project, and outcomes;
• At least 1 event each year such as a symposium, conference, or workshop to support dialogue and networking as well as dissemination of outcomes;
• Tangible project outputs such as a publication, academic paper, etc.;
• Effective dissemination plan for outcomes including the method of dissemination and intended audience.

Priority is given to projects that exhibit the following qualities:    

• Participation from countries other than the U.S. and Japan relevant to the issue, especially Asian countries;
• Inclusion of a broad spectrum of participants, including ethnicity, gender, geography, and fields of expertise relevant to the project;
• Long-term commitment to the issues;
• Innovative concepts or approaches to project topic;
• Cost-effective budget plan which includes cost-sharing from collaborating institution;
• Results that contribute effectively to the existing body of knowledge and/or shape policy and are widely shared and disseminated.

For a list of eligible project costs, see: https://www.cgp.org/docs/cgp_regular_grant_2020_guidelines.pdf#page=10