Local Project Support Program - Arts and Culture 2024/2025

Calling for applications for fiscal year 2024/2025. The guidelines and application documents have been updated, so be sure to read them thoroughly before applying!

This program is designed to provide partial assistance for implementing projects related to Japanese culture and arts, with the aim of enhancing cultural exchange between Japan and Hungary and other Central and Eastern Eurpean countries.

From 2018, film screening projects fall under the grant program Local Project Support Program - Film Showing, which has different guidelines and application form. For futher information, please visit the link below:

https://japanalapitvany.hu/en/lpsp-film-showing-202425

General Information:

Eligibility

- Non profit-making projects/events that help to promote the international cultural exchange between Japan and the applicant country.

- Institutions which have enough capability for execute the grant project according to the plan.

- The applying projects should fall in the arts and culture category (e.g. exhibition, performing arts, film screenings, music, dance, and literature), and the content should be wholly or for the most part related to Japan.

- Projects implemented online are eligible.

- Religious and political activities are not eligible.

- Solo exhibitions, solo performances or recitals may be given lower priority.

Projects should commence on or after April 1, 2024 and be completed by March 10, 2025 in consideration of the end of the Japanese fiscal year (JFY) 2024, which is March 31, 2025.

Grant coverage

Only specific items such as travel expenses, honorarium and cost to cover hire of venue, printing/publicity costs, publishing costs etc. We can not fund preliminary project research or development. We cannot support travel expenses to Japan.

The grant will be paid by bank transfer after the project has been completed and all the necessary documents have been submitted. The required documents are the Final Report (which must include the Financial Report and the Project Report) and the invoices or copies of invoices covering the grant.

Before making a formal application, please carefully read the General Guidelines (you can download below). If you require any further information, please contact our staff in charge.

Number of grants

Only a certain number of grants can be provided in JFY 2023.

Grant sizes vary according to project, with an upper limit of 1000 EUR per grant, in principle. The grant amount applied for can not exceed the half of the total budget.

Application Deadlines

In JFY 2024 we evaluate applications in multiple rounds that have set deadlines:

- Application deadline for projects which take place between April 1, 2024 and September 30, 2024: June 1, 2024

- Application deadline for projects which take place between October 1, 2024 and November 30, 2024: August 1, 2024

- Application deadline for projects which take place between January 1, 2025 and March 10, 2025: November 1, 2024

＊ These are the final deadlines. You can submit your application to an earlier round even if the final deadline for the date of your event falls in a later round.

＊For projects taking place in April and May, please contact our colleagues to discuss the deadlines and the details of the procedure.

Method of application

All documents shall be submitted in English! We only accept applications submitted electronically, however scanned copies of the original signed documents are neccessary.

Other conditions

Please carefully study the General Guidelines document available to download below!

An essential condition of the grant is that The Japan Foundation must appear on all printed materials and other media appearances.

Other required information/documents

Together with the Application Form, the entire preliminary budget must be attached, as well as information about the applicant organization.

Please read the General Guidlines thoroughly. Before applying please do not hesitate to contact to our program staff in charge if you have further questions.