2014-2015 IPS Small Grant Program Awardees

Institution	Project Title
East Carolina University	Growing a North Carolina Classical Japanese Network through Distance Education
University of Indianapolis	Japanese Studies at the University of Indianapolis: Understanding Japan through its Peace Culture
Trinity University	Trinity University Japan Program

Grantee	East Carolina University
Project Title	Growing a North Carolina Classical Japanese Network through Distance Education
Grant Period	2015/01/05-2015/12/18
Outline	This grant assists in the establishment of a hybrid-distance education course focusing on Classical Japanese (Kobun) that will target students at four universities in North Carolina (ECU, Duke, UNC at Chapel Hill, North Carolina State University).

Grantee	University of Indianapolis
Project Title	Japanese Studies at the University of Indianapolis: Understanding Japan through its Peace Culture
Grant Period	2015/01/12-2015/12/31
Outline	This grant supports a “Peace Culture in Japan” course (in which students study the cultural effects of the atomic bombings in Japan during WWII and travel to Japan over Spring Break) and a Peace Exhibit, “70 years After the Atomic Bombs: Hiroshima and Nagasaki.”

Grantee	Trinity University
Project Title	Trinity University Japan Program
Grant Period	2015/01/14-2015/06/01
Outline	This grant supports the creation of a class on contemporary Japanese politics and society with guest lecturers and an embedded study tour to Japan. The trip includes a visit to the National Diet, cultural landmarks in Kyoto and Nara, companies in Shizuoka and Osaka, and the Peace Memorial in Hiroshima. Kinki University and Aoyama Gakuin University will host academic lectures.

* Project Cost Totals and JF Grant Totals are estimated at the time of The Japan Foundation’s initial award. The actual figures may change throughout the course of the project’s implementation.