We administer several types of grant programs to promote Japanese-language education in the United States. These include training programs for teachers and specialists as well as grant programs for educational institutions. Please see the list below for more informaiton.
This program brings Native Japanese Language Assistant Teachers (ATs) to K-12 educational institutions in the U.S. for up to two years for the purpose of strengthening their Japanese language programs as well as create opportunities to nurture a new generation of qualified Japanese language teahcers.
Fiscal Year 2025
Click here and use the form to contact us with any questions or to inform us of your intention to apply to one of these programs (Select Anything Related to Japanese Language Education).
Teacher Training Programs (Basic (Long-term) / Japanese Language / Comprehensive Japanese Teaching Methods)
Deadline: Apply Through Online Portal* by 1 p.m., December 3rd, 2024 (JST) [8PM, December 2nd, 2024 PST]
Japanese Language Program for Specialists in Cultural & Academic Fields (Six Month Course)
Deadline: Apply Through Online Portal* by 1 p.m., December 3rd, 2024 (JST) [8PM, December 2nd, 2024 PST]
Fiscal Year 2024-25 (4/1/24 - 3/31/25)
Grants for Individual Schools/Universities:
(1) Japanese Teaching Material Purchase Grant
Deadlines: 3/15/2024, 9/15/2024
(2) Salary Assistance Grant for Japanese Language Courses
Deadline: 4/10/2024
Grants for Nationwide, Statewide or Regional-Level Projects/Events:
(NOT for individual single institutional project)
(3) Japanese Language Learners Event Grant
Deadlines: 3/1/2024, 9/1/2024
(4) Japanese Language Education Project Grant
Deadline: Two months prior to the project start date
5700 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 100
Los Angeles, CA 90036-
jflainfo@jpf.go.jp
323.761.7510
