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FY2023 U.S. Embassy Tokyo: The U.S.-Japan Diplomacy Academy for University Students in Northern Japan
The U. S. Consulate General in Sapporo’s Public Affairs Section announces an open competition for organizations to submit applications to carry out The U.S.-Japan Diplomacy Academy for University Students in Northern Japan.Youth in predominantly rural, agricultural communities throughout northern
Japan are less likely to graduate from university and study in foreign countries than their peers elsewhere in the country.
However, with rising geopolitical tensions involving the Northern Territories, DPRK missile launches, and PRC and Russian naval activity in the waters around Hokkaido and Tohoku, as well as increasing economic reliance on international trade, it has never been more important for the future leaders of northern Japan to be equipped with the knowledge and skills to help navigate these and other critical issues in the decades ahead.
This project will arrange fictional but realistic, diplomatic scenario-based “Diplomacy Academy” seminars for students at major universities in Hokkaido and the four northernmost prefectures of Tohoku.
Participants will assume the role of U. S. and Japanese diplomats to study, negotiate and solve fictional but realistic issues in the realms of at least one of the following; 1. security/defense, 2. trade/economic security, 3. energy security/climate solutions, and 4. human rights.
Preferably the applicant attaches a sample scenario of one of the 4 categories above.
The amount $40,000 should cover the travel costs for facilitators/teachers.
The applicant must identify and arrange the participants and the venue(s).The program can be conducted in Japanese and/or English.Expected participants will be university students who are interested in international politics, diplomacy, negotiation, or SDGs in northern Japan (defined as Hokkaido, Aomori, Akita, Iwate, and Miyagi Prefectures).
However, with rising geopolitical tensions involving the Northern Territories, DPRK missile launches, and PRC and Russian naval activity in the waters around Hokkaido and Tohoku, as well as increasing economic reliance on international trade, it has never been more important for the future leaders of northern Japan to be equipped with the knowledge and skills to help navigate these and other critical issues in the decades ahead.
This project will arrange fictional but realistic, diplomatic scenario-based “Diplomacy Academy” seminars for students at major universities in Hokkaido and the four northernmost prefectures of Tohoku.
Participants will assume the role of U. S. and Japanese diplomats to study, negotiate and solve fictional but realistic issues in the realms of at least one of the following; 1. security/defense, 2. trade/economic security, 3. energy security/climate solutions, and 4. human rights.
Preferably the applicant attaches a sample scenario of one of the 4 categories above.
The amount $40,000 should cover the travel costs for facilitators/teachers.
The applicant must identify and arrange the participants and the venue(s).The program can be conducted in Japanese and/or English.Expected participants will be university students who are interested in international politics, diplomacy, negotiation, or SDGs in northern Japan (defined as Hokkaido, Aomori, Akita, Iwate, and Miyagi Prefectures).
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U.S. Embassy Tokyo Grants
Additional Information of Eligibility:
Eligible Organizations: Eligible organizations that can apply for this funding opportunity are listed below: Nonprofits with 501(c)(3) IRS Status (Other than Institutions of Higher Education) Faith-based or Community-based Organizations Indian/Native American Tribally Designated Organizations Health departments, non-profit organizations without 501(c) (3) IRS status, for profit organizations, and colleges/universities are not eligible to apply for this funding because its primary purpose is to target minority communities through CBOs that can enhance efforts to prevent the acquisition or transmission of HIV infections in racial and ethnic minority communities.
State and local governments are not eligible because they are already funded to implement these activities (among others) through another funding opportunity announcement.
Furthermore, this program seeks to complement and augment health department activities by utilizing the expertise of outside entities to reach populations that health departments have traditionally had difficulty reaching.
Competition for this FOA is limited to community-based organizations (CBOs), public nonprofit, private nonprofit, faith-based organizations, tribal organizations, and hospitals with 501(c) (3) IRS status that are located in and provide services in the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico or the U. S. Virgin Islands because of their credibility and capacity to reach persons living with HIV and at high risk for acquiring HIV infection.
Nonprofit CBOs have proven their ability to access hard to reach populations that have traditionally suffered exclusion from mainstream interventions and other agencies.
Full Opportunity Web Address:
https://jp.usembassy.gov/education-culture/grants/
Contact:
Agency Email Description:
Tokyo PAS Grants Management
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Date Posted:
2022-12-21
Application Due Date:
Archive Date:
2023-03-21
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