Toyota Environmental
Activities Grant Program
June 02, 2005 — By Toyota Motor Corporation
TOKYO, Japan — Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) began accepting applications
today for the FY2005 Toyota Environmental Activities Grant, a program designed
to support environmental revitalization and conservation activities, both in
Japan and overseas, for the purpose of sustainable development.
The program was established in commemoration of TMC's receipt of the Global 500
Award* in 1999 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and has been
implemented every year since FY2000, as part of TMC's environmental
philanthropic activities. FY2005 marks the sixth year of its implementation.
In addition to general grants, which will continue to support practical projects
in the areas of environmental education and environmental technology conducted
by NPOs and other non-profit private groups, with no restriction regarding the
implementation sites and the limit of the grant amount per project, newly
offered small-scale grants will, in FY2005, initially target activities in
Japan. These small-scale grants, with a limit on the grant amount per project
and with simpler application procedures, are intended to expand the Toyota
Environmental Activities Grant program to reach more of society and to encourage
more applications from small organizations and groups. In total, approximately
200 million Japanese yen is to be awarded in grants for FY2005.
For application guidelines and an overview of FY2004 recipients, please see the
"Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Summary" below.
Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Summary
Grant Categories
Basic Theme: "Environmental Technology and Human Resource Development
Contributing to Environmental Revitalization and Conservation"
- General Grants
There is no restriction regarding project implementation site(s) and the
limit of the grant amount per project. This grant targets projects aimed at
environmental education activities and experience-based learning, or
creating/providing the opportunities for such activities, and also projects
aimed at the localization of experiment-based environmental technology at
the community level.
- Small-scale Grants
Projects should be implemented in Japan only for FY2005, with the maximum
grant amount of two million Japanese yen (approx. 18,000 U.S. dollars) per
project. This grant targets pilot projects that have the promise and
potential to develop into a project large enough to be supported by a
general grant in the future, and also targets practical, community-based
grassroots activities aimed at protecting the local environment.
Grant Period
Up to three years for general grants, and up to one year for small-scale grants,
beginning December 2005.
Application Period
From May 31 to July 8, 2005.
Applications must be postmarked no later than July 8, 2005.
Notification of Decision
The Selection Committee, consisting of seven experts from Japan and overseas,
will review the applications and select grantees. Applicants will be notified in
writing by mid-October 2005.
Detailed information is available online at:
www.toyota.co.jp/en/environment/ecogrant
(English)
www.toyota.co.jp/jp/environment/ecogrant (Japanese)
Inquiries on application procedures and further details about the program
should be addressed to:
Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Secretariat
MBE Box 363, 2-3-6 Otemachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-0004 JAPAN
Phone: +81-3-3272-1925 Fax: +81-3-3272-1926
E-mail: toyota-ecogrant@mri.co.jp