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The Search for the Richness of Human Life and Activity: "Revitalizing Local Communities Under Globalization" Amount: Up to ¥20,000,000 (for both one- and two-year projects) per project In 2008, the Toyota Foundation Research Grant Program will focus on "Revitalizing Local Communities Under Globalization." The Foundation solicits proposals for cross-disciplinary survey and basic research projects that are firmly oriented toward problem resolution and have the potential to posit answers to the question of whether, amid the tide of globalization, local communities can harness their latent vitality by flexibly restructuring themselves while actively reevaluating their relationships with the state and the international community. Rather than short-term prescriptions, the Toyota Foundation hopes to receive proposals that take a broad perspective by addressing key questions for the near future, such as the direction in which communities should seek to move Japan and the international community and, at the same time, how communities can redefine their relationships with the Japanese state and the world at large. This is based on the foundation's belief that it is almost impossible for a closed or isolated community to survive in today's world. |
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