The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation

The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation

Funding to Promote Cultural Collaboration Between the UK and Japan

The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation is offering grants of up to £5,000 for cultural and educational activities that foster good relations between the UK and Japan by advancing the education of the people of both nations in each other’s culture, society, and achievements.

Funding is available to support activities in the following fields:

• Arts and culture.
• Science, technology, and the environment.
• Humanities and social issues.
• Japanese language.
• Medicine and health.
• Youth and education.
• Sport.

Grants can be used to pump-prime a range of projects, such as:

• Visits between the UK and Japan by academics, professionals, creative artists, teachers, young people, journalists, and representatives of civic and non-governmental organisations
• Research and collaborative studies, seminars, workshops, lectures, and publications in academic and specialist fields.
• Teaching and development of Japanese language and cultural studies in schools, Further Education colleges and universities.
• Exhibitions, performances and creative productions by artists, musicians, filmmakers, writers, and theatre groups.

Priority will be given to projects in the fields of science and technology, medicine and health, environment and social issues, Japanese studies, and the Japanese language.

Applications originating from the UK and Japan are considered separately at different meetings by the Foundation’s London and Tokyo offices respectively.

The next deadline for applications to the UK office is 15 September for consideration in November 2026.