In late October, the JICUF Grants Committee reviewed proposals submitted by ICU faculty and students. After a rigorous selection process, the committee approved the following eighteen projects: ten from faculty, eight from ICU students. JICUF provided a total of ¥6,375,350 in funding for these projects. Congratulations to all!

STUDENT ACTIVITIES FUND

Project Title: ICU Food-Loss Cooking Battle
Grantee: Haruka Koizumi (Undergraduate Student)
Award Amount: ¥23,250

Project Title: Family @ ICU
Grantee: An Kuninaka (Undergraduate Student)
Award Amount: ¥72,000

Project Title: Start Up ICU: Entrepreneurship Symposium
Grantee: Taiga Ogusu (Undergraduate Student)
Award Amount: ¥365,500

Project Title: Nepal Cultural Night
Grantee: Chandrika Pandit (MA Student)
Award Amount: ¥155,000

Project Title: ICU Honey Project (Pending ICU Approval)
Grantee: Yuki Tamaki (Undergraduate Student)
Award Amount: ¥551,000

STUDENT TRAVEL FUND

Project Title: Linguistics Research in Taiwan: Perception of the Retroflex Consonant in Taiwan Mandarin
Grantee: Audrey Lai (Undergraduate Student)
Award Amount: ¥339,000

Project Title: Exploratory Thesis Fieldwork at Mt. Kōya
Grantee: Philip Reed (MA Student)
Award Amount: ¥69,000

Project Title: Chamoru Music: Cultural Research and Survey
Grantee: Hanako Shirata (Undergraduate Student)
Award Amount: ¥120,000

FACULTY PROGRAM GRANTS

Project Title: Voices from Ryukyus: Music, Language and Everyday Practice
Grantee: Sachiyo Fujita-Round (Associate Professor – Media, Communication and Culture, Global Studies)
Award Amount: ¥627,200

Project Title: Sustainable University Development with Focus on Education and Management
Grantee: Eckhard Hitzer (Senior Associate Professor – Physics) 
Award Amount: ¥600,000

Project Title: JICUF Entrepreneur Development Program
Grantee: Allen Kim (Associate Professor – Sociology)
Award Amount: ¥1,000,000

Project Title: 2020 JICUF Undergraduate Research Day
Grantee: Seunghun Lee (Associate Professor – Linguistics)
Award Amount: ¥600,000

Project Title: International Active Learning in Law for Peace and Human Rights
Grantee: Hiromichi Matsuda (Assistant Professor – Law, Japan Studies)
Award Amount: ¥400,000

Project Title: ICU Language Passport Project: (Knock-Knock!) Welcome To Language Adventures In ICU World
Grantee: Ikumi Ozawa (Lecturer – Japanese Language Programs)
Award Amount: ¥124,000

Project Title: International Education through Gagaku (Traditional Japanese Court Music)
Grantee: Nozomi Sato (Professor – Music)
Award Amount: ¥TBD

Project Title: Workshop at Alliance Institute: Cultivating Student Community Engagement and Activism
Grantee: Kana Takamatsu (Senior Associate Professor – International Relations, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Politics, Development Studies, Peace Studies)
Award Amount: ¥900,000

Project Title: ICU Language Tables
Grantee: Yukako Ueno (Lecturer – English for Liberal Arts Program)
Award Amount: ¥152,200

Project Title: International Symposium: The Past & Future of Farming in Liberal Arts Program
Grantee: Tomiko Yamaguchi (Professor – Sociology)
Award Amount: ¥277,200

The FY2020-2021 Grant Cycle will open in January. 

For more information on faculty grants, click here.
For more information on student funds, click here.