JICUF Grants for Students

JICUF Grants for Students

Purpose: To provide direct support for activities and research planned and executed by ICU students.

Award Categories: Two categories available

Program grants

Research grants

Example Projects Funded

#### Winter 2017 Cycle

ICU Students' Skill-Building Workshop: Presentation & Business Communication Skills (Jennifer Fajardo): ¥140,000

ICU UNESCO Club Study Tour (Tsuzumi Ino): ¥500,000

Fiestas sa Pinas (Eleazar Puguon): ¥75,000

TechRise – Empowering Youth through Code (Robyn Shinozaki): ¥800,000

#### Spring 2017 Cycle

Development and Validation of a TPACK-integrated Instructional Design Model (Jiwak Bajracharya): ¥208,000

Participation Problems and Possibilities with Handicapped in Higher Education: A Case Study in Nepal (Bhuwan Shankar Bhatt): ¥300,000

Human Security for All: Persecuted Indigenous Christians in Mexico (Silvia Luz Gonzalez Marquez): ¥309,000

Peace Activities Before, During and After World War II by Missionary E.B. Rhoads of Quaker (Natsuko Godo): ¥380,000

Organizing the First JICUF Undergraduate Research Day (JICUF-URD) in February 2018 (Prof. Lee): ¥520,000

Bhutan Study Tour (Ryo Usukubo): ¥350,000

The Structure of Japanese Mental Lexicon: A Study of Chinese Learners of Japanese (Jing Xiao): ¥160,000

Japanese Novelist Akutagawa Ryunosuke and his Impact on 1920s China (Yinping Xie): ¥132,000

Selection Process

• Grant proposals reviewed by JICUF Grants Committee
• Multiple application cycles throughout the year

Background

Launched in 2016 to directly support ICU community activities. Program was revamped in 2017 to more effectively support ICU's strategic initiatives.

Contact

Japan ICU Foundation 475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1844 New York, NY 10115 212-870-3386 information@jicuf.org