In early November, the JICUF Grants Committee reviewed proposals submitted by ICU faculty and students. After a rigorous selection process, the committee approved the following fourteen projects: five from faculty, nine from ICU students. JICUF provided a total of ¥4,450,820 in funding for these projects.

STUDENT ACTIVITIES FUND

Project Title: Diverse Nepal
Grantee: Roshan Aryal (PhD Student)
Award Amount: ¥195,000

Project Title: 28th ICU Tournament
Grantee: Masayo Ijichi (Undergraduate Student)
Award Amount: ¥300,000

Project Title: Discussing Future ICU -Graduation Project by Volunteers from ID 19 Students-
Grantee: Yuki Moritani (Undergraduate Student)
Award Amount: ¥75,000

Project Title: Itadakimasu! Cultural Exchange through Japanese Language and Food
Grantee: Akiyo Sasaki (MA Student)
Award Amount: ¥78,000

Project Title: TEDxICU
Grantee: Miki Takahashi (Undergraduate Student)
Award Amount: ¥100,000

STUDENT TRAVEL FUND

Project Title: Okinawa Campus Spring
Grantee: Momoka Fukuyama (Undergraduate Student)
Award Amount: ¥315,600

Project Title: Rainbow Peace Project
Grantee: Mugi Iwamoto (Undergraduate Student)
Award Amount: ¥600,000

Project Title: House Building Camp in a Nepal Village
Grantee: Hotaka Omata (Undergraduate Student)
Award Amount: ¥424,000

Project Title: Educate For ICU Ambassador Program
Grantee: Kazuna Yamamoto (Undergraduate Student)
Award Amount: ¥510,000

FACULTY PROGRAM GRANT

Project Title: Organizing the 2019 JICUF Undergraduate Research Day (JICUF-URD)
Grantee: Seunghun Lee (Associate Professor, Psychology and Linguistics)
Award Amount: ¥600,000

Project Title: ICU Language Tables / Speech Contest
Grantee: Gerard O’Connell (Director, English for Liberal Arts Program)
Award Amount: ¥276,220

Project Title: Inclusive PE Workshop Part II : Wheelchair Basketball
Grantee: Mina Takahashi (P.E. Instructor, Health and Physical Activity Program Center)
Award Amount: ¥236,000

Project Title: Dialogues between Philosophy and Theology in the Scottish Enlightenment
Grantee: Naoki Yajima (Professor, Humanities)
Award Amount: ¥610,000

VISITING SCHOLARS PROGRAM

Visiting Scholars: Myriam Watthee-Delmotte and Bertrand Gervais
Host: Olivier Ammour-Mayeur (Associate Professor, Humanities)
Grant Amount: ¥131,000

Congratulations to all grantees!