Deadline: May 30, 2026
Applications are now open for the Toyota Foundation International Grant Program 2026. The grant program focuses on deepening mutual understanding and knowledge-sharing among people on the ground in East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia who are finding solutions to shared issues. Through promoting direct interaction among key players, the grant program aims to survey and analyze situations in target countries, obtain new perspectives, and expand the potential of future generations.
With multinational teams comprised of participants from diverse backgrounds, projects can avoid conventional linear relationships, such as “supporter and supported” or “instructor and trainee,” and instead form cooperative and creative alliances that consider, act on, and construct solutions to shared issues. The grant program anticipates that these partnerships, which extend beyond such factors as nationality, age, and organizational affiliation, will produce significant social change through fostering a process of mutual learning.
Eligibility
- Open to applicants from East Asia, Southeast Asia, and South Asia
- Diverse team based in multiple target countries:
- East Asia: Japan, China, Hong Kong, Macau, Taiwan, South Korea, Mongolia
- Southeast Asia: Brunei, Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines, Singapore, Thailand, Timor-Leste, Vietnam
- South Asia: Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan, Sri Lanka
- Team members could include those with practical experience and knowledge on addressing issues in the target countries, such as practitioners, researchers, creators, policy makers, and journalists and other media representatives.
Projects are required to;
- identify issues and conduct a review by surveying and analyzing the situation in target countries;
- carry out activities aimed at providing solutions to issues;
- produce and disseminate tangible output
Application
Formal decisions on the awarding of grants will be made by the Toyota Foundation Board of Directors at a meeting to be held in late September 2026, based on the deliberations of responsible Selection Committee consisting of external experts.
For more information, visit Toyota Foundation.
