Program List (Annual)
Basic Human Needs
Africa
Asia
Europe
Latin America
North America
Oceania
| Program Name | Development and Promotion of Quality Protein Maze in Sub-Saharan Africa |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center |
| Explanation | This project aims to improve maternal and child health in Sub-Saharan Africa by generalizing the use of high yielding, stress tolerant quality protein maze. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 417,200 |
| Countries Reached | Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Cote d'Ivoire, Tanzania, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Malawi, Mali, South Africa, Mozambique, and other African countries. |
| Program Name | Global Buruli Ulcer Initiative |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | World Health Organization |
| Explanation | This project promotes research efforts and public education about Buruli Ulcer with the aim of finding a reliable cure/vaccine, achieving early detection, and providing care to a wide population. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 480,000 |
| Countries Reached | Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Gabon, Cameroon, Guinea, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Malawi |
| Program Name | Impact Assessment of SAA/SG 2000 activities in Ethiopia and Uganda |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center |
| Explanation | This project collects and organizes data concerning the financial effect of the SG 2000 program on the countries of Ethiopia and Uganda, posting this data on the internet for agricultural specialists and researchers at universities to use. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 297,600 |
| Countries Reached | Ethiopia, Uganda |
| Program Name | Onchocerciasis Control Project in Africa |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Helen Keller International |
| Explanation | This program aims to control Onchocerciasis (river blindness) in Sub-Saharan African countries through community-directed treatment and the reinforcement of education, information and communication |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 450,000 |
| Countries Reached | Guinea, Sierra Leone, Cote d'Ivoire, Nigeria, Niger, Burkina Faso, Mali, Cameroon |
| Program Name | SG2000 Agricultural Program in Africa |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Sasakawa Africa Association |
| Explanation | This project aims to help Africa achieve food security by increasing production levels of staple crops through the introduction of modern agricultural techniques. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 6,500,000 |
| Countries Reached | Africa |
| Program Name | AFLA Esophageal Speech Training Center in Thailand |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Laryngectomees Association in Thailand |
| Explanation | This project provides training to esophageal speech instructors at Sirijaj Hospital in Bangkok. In addition to members of the Laryngectomees' Association in Thailand, esophageal instructors from neighboring Asian countries are also invited to participate in the training courses. The courses enable participants to provide better care to patients in their respective countries. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 82,900 |
| Countries Reached | Thailand |
| Program Name | Bomb disposal project in Laos |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Japan Mine Action Service (JMAS) |
| Explanation | Under the direction of the Japan Mine Action Service (made up of ex-self-defense force personnel, a Lao Ministry of Labor and Welfare division known as UXO Lao is working in Xian Khoang province, removing unexploded land mines. It is hoped that the governmental body will thus develop the ability to clear mines on its own. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 117,900 |
| Countries Reached | Laos |
| Program Name | Community Development through School Construction in Asia |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Asian Education and Friendship Association (AEFA) |
| Explanation | This project provides support for the construction of primary schools in the mountainous/minority regions of Asia. Beneficiary Regions: Northern Thailand/Laos and Vietnam. Construction to be undertaken for each school : Three to five classrooms, teacher's office, basic sanitary installations (bathrooms, well etc.). Construction: Construction will be undertaken by the local community in collaboration with local NGOs. Operation: In principle, the project will aim to help communities fund the operation of the school themselves, but will also be make efforts to invite support from primary and junior high schools in Japan. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | JPY 66,000,000 |
| Countries Reached | Viet Nam, Laos, Thailand |
| Program Name | Community Development through School Construction in Myanmar |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Saetanar |
| Explanation | This project supports the construction, extension, and/or rehabilitation of 100 school buildings in five years, as well as other activities that facilitate the operation of these schools, with the aim of improving the accessibility and quality of basic education in rural Myanmar. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 425,000 |
| Countries Reached | Myanmar |
| Program Name | DAISY for ALL |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | The DAISY Consortium |
| Explanation | This project works to spread DAISY, the digital talking book standard, throughout the developing countries of Asia. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 617,300 |
| Countries Reached | Human Resources Development |
| Program Name | Developing WHO monographs on medicinal plants commonly used in the NIS |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | World Health Organization |
| Explanation | This project provides support for the development of monographs for medicinal plants commonly used in Black Sea-Central Asia region. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 297,200 |
| Countries Reached | Armenia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Ukraine, Uzbekistan, Bulgaria, Romania, Iran, Turkey |
| Program Name | Development for P&O Society in Thailand |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | The Prostheses Foundation of H.R.H. The Princess Mother |
| Explanation | This project organizes seminars on Prostheses and Orthoses in Thailand for P&O technicians and physicians with the aim of improving both their theoretical knowledge and practical skills. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 172,600 |
| Countries Reached | Thailand |
| Program Name | Establishment of a Network for massage therapy instructors in Asia |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Tsukuba University of Technology |
| Explanation | This program is building a network of massage instructors with the ability to train blind masseuses in the developing countries of the Asia-Pacific region. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | JPY 18,728,000 |
| Countries Reached | Human Resources Development |
| Program Name | Improving Livelihoods of Smallholder Upland Farmers in Lao PDR |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Centro International de Agriculture Tropical |
| Explanation | This project aims to enhance the living standards of Lao hill tribes by introducing them to a new sustainable and participatory farming method that involves the introduction of a new variety of cassava and soil conservation techniques. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 280,500 |
| Countries Reached | Vietnam ,Thailand, China, Laos |
| Program Name | Opening University Education to Deaf People in Viet Nam |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Dong Nai Department of Education and Training |
| Explanation | This project aims to empower deaf people in Vietnam by developing programs that will enable them to obtain a university education. More specifically, the project will establish university certificate programs in sign language analysis and teaching, a high school equivalency program, and BA degree program for deaf people. A sign language interpretation program for people who are not hard of hearing will also be created. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 56,830 |
| Countries Reached | Viet Nam |
| Program Name | Overbrook-Nippon Network on Educational Technology-ON-NET |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Overbrook School for the Blind |
| Explanation | This program assists blind persons and the organizations that serve them make full use of the latest developments in the field of information technology, in order to improve educational and employment opportunities for blind persons, and establish a regional network of individuals/organizations that work together to achieve shared objectives. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 170,000 |
| Countries Reached | Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar ,Philippines, Thailand, Viet Nam |
| Program Name | Practical Dictionaries for Asian-Pacific Sign Languages |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Chinese University of Hong Kong |
| Explanation | This project supports the development of dictionaries for sign languages used in Vietnam, Hong Kong, Cambodia, and the Philippines with the aim of facilitating communication between deaf, hard-of-hearing, and hearing people. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 209,000 |
| Countries Reached | Hong Kong, Philippines, Cambodia, Vietnam |
| Program Name | Promotion of Traditional Medicine in Mongolia |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Vansemberuu-Mongolia |
| Explanation | This project aims to supplement public health services in Mongolia by training practitioners/experts of traditional medicine and providing a traveling medical service that utilizes traditional medicine instead of expensive Western medicine that many people cannot afford. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | JPY 49,660,000 |
| Countries Reached | Mongolia |
| Program Name | Prosthetist and Orthotists Training Program |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Cambodian School of Prosthetics and Orthotics |
| Explanation | CSPO builds human resource capacity in physical rehabilitation by training and educating prosthetists/orthotists so that they are able to assess, prescribe, fit, align and maintain comfortable and cosmetically acceptable prostheses and orthoses. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 283,700 |
| Countries Reached | Cambodia |
| Program Name | Provide Prosthetics and Orthotics in North East of Sri Lanka |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Tamils Rehabilitation Organisation |
| Explanation | This project supports rehabilitation services at White Pigeon Rehabilitation Center in Northeastern part of Sri Lanka with the aim of improving the quality of prosthetics and orthotics services. The Cambodian graduates from the Cambodian School of Prosthetics and Orthotics who were supported by The Nippon Foundation during their studies at this school are sent to this rehabilitation center. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 73,200 |
| Countries Reached | Sri Lanka |
| Program Name | Provide Prosthetics and Orthotics to Disabled Vietnamese |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Viet-Nam Assistance for the Handicapped |
| Explanation | This project provides prosthetics and orthotics to disable persons in Central and North Vietnam to promote their economic independence and social participation. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 241,100 |
| Countries Reached | Vietnam |
| Program Name | Provincial Development Project for the Blind and Visually Impaired |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | The Association of the Blind in Cambodia |
| Explanation | This project develops and promotes provincial strategies and development programs aimed at increasing the social, economic, and political status of blind and visually impaired people in rural Cambodia. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 34,500 |
| Countries Reached | Cambodia |
| Program Name | Scholarship program for the teacher trainee in Cambodia |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Punleu Preah Atit |
| Explanation | This project provides scholarships to teacher trainees in financial need with the aim of improving the education environment in Cambodia. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 26,300 |
| Countries Reached | Cambodia |
| Program Name | Shipping Used Hospital Beds to Cambodia |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | The Oversea Medical Facilities Assistance Association |
| Explanation | This project sent 150 beds obtained from a Japanese hospital to Cambodia with the aim of improving medical services in the country. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | JPY 2,831,650 |
| Countries Reached | Cambodia |
| Program Name | Sri Lanka School of Prosthetics and Orthotics New Building |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | The Sri Lanka School of Prosthetics and Orthotics |
| Explanation | This project supports the establishment of a new office, classrooms, and workshops for The Sri Lanka School of Prosthetics and Orthotics with the aim of improving the quality of services for the people with disabilities. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 650,000 |
| Countries Reached | Sri Lanka |
| Program Name | Thai Prosthetic and Orthotic Bachelor's Degree Program |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Faculty of Medicine Siriraj Hospital, Mahidol University |
| Explanation | This project established and operates a college for training highly skilled prosthetists and orthotistists in Thailand to promote the social participation of orthopedically-impaired persons. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 428,600 |
| Countries Reached | Thailand |
| Program Name | Training Program for Prosthetist/Orthotists |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | The Sri Lanka School of Prosthetics and Orthotics |
| Explanation | This project established and operates a school for training highly skilled prosthetists and orthotists in Sri Lanka. The school strives to recruit students from the Northeast region of the country, which was under the control of anti-government forces during the civil war, with the aim of supporting disabled persons in the regions most affected by civil strife, as well as contributing to the peace and development of the entire country. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 746,900 |
| Countries Reached | Sri Lanka |
| Program Name | Postsecondary Education Network International |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) |
| Explanation | This project aims to enhance deaf education and increase employment opportunities for deaf/hearing impaired people around the world by creating an international network of higher education institutions for deaf/hearing impaired people under the leadership of NTID. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 1,125,100 |
| Countries Reached | Thailand, China, Philippines, Japan, Czech Republic, Russia, Korea |
| Program Name | WFAS International Symposium of Acupuncture |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Portuguese Association of Electric Acupuncture |
| Explanation | This program supports the International Symposium of the World Federation of Acupuncture and Moxibustion Societies, held in Portugal |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | JPY 2,000,000 |
| Countries Reached | Portugal |
| Program Name | Establishment of Care Facility for Needy Argentina Nikkei |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Federacion de Associaciones Nikkei en la Argentina |
| Explanation | Argentinean Nikkei living in impoverished environments are seen as being desperately in need of reliable emergency care. This project aims to help improve the state of their medical care through the construction of a care facility. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 231,000 |
| Countries Reached | Argentina |
| Program Name | Provision of Mobile Medical Units in Brazil |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Beneficencia Nipo-Brasileira de Sao Paulo |
| Explanation | This project replaces the worn-out medical unites used to aid Brazil's nikkei community and works to improve the health services proved to these people. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 80,000 |
| Countries Reached | Brazil |
| Program Name | Agricultural project and various operational activities in Africa |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | The Carter Center |
| Explanation | This project seeks to improve food security in Sub-Saharan Africa by teaching resource poor farmers to be self-reliant through the use of the best available agricultural production and post-harvest technologies |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 350,000 |
| Countries Reached | U.S.A. |
| Program Name | Global Buruli Ulcer Initiative |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | World Health Organization |
| Explanation | This project promotes research efforts and public education about Buruli Ulcer with the aim of finding a reliable cure/vaccine, achieving early detection, and providing care to a wide population. |
| Fields | Basic Human Needs |
| Grant Size | USD 480,000 |
| Countries Reached | Papua New Guinea, Ghana, Gabon, Cameroon, Guinea, Republic of Congo, Democratic Republic of Congo, Sudan, Cote d'Ivoire, Togo, Nigeria, Burkina Faso, Benin, Malawi |
Human Resources Development
Africa
Asia
Europe
Global
Latin America
North America
Ocean
Russia
| Program Name | Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE) Program |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Sasakawa Africa Fund for Extension Education (SAFE) |
| Explanation | The dissemination of agricultural extension technology is vital to improving food security in Africa. To that end, there is a need to improve the skills of agricultural extension workers who are responsible for teaching farmers about new farming technologies/techniques. This project aims to improve the agricultural extension system in Africa by providing agricultural extension workers with opportunities to attend university and further expand their knowledge in the field. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 1,990,000 |
| Countries Reached | Uganda, Ethiopia, Ghana, Tanzania, Mali |
| Program Name | BSC Scholarship Program |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Bangladesh Scholarship Council |
| Explanation | This project aims to promote higher education in Bangladesh by awarding scholarships to university students in the medical, engineering, agriculture, science, technology, commerce and humanities fields through the Bangladesh Scholarship Council. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 75,700 |
| Countries Reached | Bangladesh |
| Program Name | Dispatching Japanese Senior Volunteers |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Nippon Skilled Volunteers Association |
| Explanation | This program sends Japanese senior volunteers (focusing particularly on people with a high level of skill and experience) to developing countries in Asia. 1) Target: 50 to 70 years old 2) Host institutions: Private companies, professional organizations, NGOs, local governments etc. in developing countries 3) Time Span: 6 months to a year 4) Method: 1) Identify needs of developing countries, 2) identify individuals that fit those needs, 3) identify host institutions, 4) provide preparatory training/send volunteers to host country |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | JPY 65,000,000 |
| Countries Reached | Asia |
| Program Name | Donation of Used Emergency Vehicles to Myanmar |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Tokyo Myanmar Association |
| Explanation | Donation of used Japanese fire engines and ambulances to Myanmar. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | JPY 7,520,000 |
| Countries Reached | Myanmar |
| Program Name | Graduate Program in International Relations for Peking University |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | School of International Studies, Peking University |
| Explanation | This project aims to foster global-minded International Relations experts in China by supporting the operation of a MA course at the School of International Studies at Peking University, and joint doctoral course at Peking University and the Graduate School of Asia-Pacific Studies at Waseda University |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 741,200 |
| Countries Reached | China |
| Program Name | Performance of the Brazilian Junior Taiko Team in Japan / Dispatch of Japanese Taiko Instructors to Brazil |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Associacao Brasileira de Taiko |
| Explanation | This project provides the winning team in the junior category of the First National Taiko Championships in Brazil with the opportunity to visit Japan to participate in a tournament and various exchange activities. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | JPY 27,000,000 |
| Countries Reached | Japan |
| Program Name | Postsecondary Education Network International |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) |
| Explanation | This project aims to enhance deaf education and increase employment opportunities for deaf/hearing impaired people around the world by creating an international network of higher education institutions for deaf/hearing impaired people under the leadership of NTID. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 1,125,100 |
| Countries Reached | Thailand, China, Philippines, Japan, Czech Republic, Russia, Korea |
| Program Name | Studies on the History of Taiwan Under Japanese Rule |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | The Association for Taiwan Historical Materials Studies |
| Explanation | This project supports the cataloguing of official documents of the Taiwanese government during the period that the country was under Japanese rule. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | JPY 40,000,000 |
| Countries Reached | Taiwan, Japan |
| Program Name | The Nippon Foundation Fellowships for Asian Public Intellectuals |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Institute of Asian Studies, Chulalongkorn University |
| Explanation | This project selects Asian public intellectuals to conduct research in another Asian country on a predetermined theme of importance for the region with the aim of creating a framework of cooperation between Asian public intellectuals that transcends existing networks of individuals and organizations. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 1,965,000 |
| Countries Reached | Indonesia, Thailand, Philippines, Malaysia, Japan |
| Program Name | The Easter Festival Salzburg |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | The Easter Festival Salzburg |
| Explanation | Each year approximately 18000 people from around the world attend the Easter Festival Salzburg, which features classical music performances of the highest standard. The Easter Festival Salzburg 2005 will present the very best of classical music including two performances of Mozart's "Cosi fan tutte." Moreover, the Nippon Music Foundation and the Easter Festival Salzburg will perform the "Stradivarius concert" as a matinee. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | EUR 255,000 |
| Countries Reached | Austria |
| Program Name | Support for Activities by Former JOCV Participants |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | The supporting organization of JOCV |
| Explanation | This project provides support for Japanese Overseas Cooperation Volunteers undertaking development assistance activities with the aim of contributing to the development of beneficiary countries as well as nurturing development specialists in Japan. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | JPY 12,000,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | Exchange Scholarship for Nikkei Students to Study in Japan |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | The Association of Nikkei and Japanese Abroad |
| Explanation | This project provides scholarships to Latin Americans of Japanese ancestry with a strong desire/clear plan to carry out activities that either promote mutual understanding between Japan and their home country or contribute to the development of their home country. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | JPY 81,290,000 |
| Countries Reached | Latin America All |
| Program Name | The Nippon Foundation Ryoichi Sasakawa/Norman Borlaug Scholarship Program |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Escuela Agricola Panamericana |
| Explanation | This project aims to foster future leaders in the agricultural sector in Latin America by providing scholarships to students from low-income families in the region. The scholarships provide full support for four years of study at Zamorano, during which time students receive a comprehensive education on sustainable rural development and agricultural improvement. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 793,300 |
| Countries Reached | Latin America All |
| Program Name | Nippon Foundation Scholarship Program for the Deaf Studying Abroad |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | International Leprosy Association (Japan) |
| Explanation | This project provides deaf Japanese persons who have completed compulsory education with opportunities to study abroad. The aim of the project is to empower the participants and nurture leaders of deaf communities at both domestic and international levels. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | JPY 19,427,950 |
| Countries Reached | U.S.A. |
| Program Name | The Nikkei Legacy Project |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Japanese American National Museum |
| Explanation | This project conducts research into the current status of documentation related to Nikkei communities, record their oral history, and creates a comprehensive website for the purpose of sharing this information with the wider public. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 400,000 |
| Countries Reached | U.S.A. |
| Program Name | International Association of Maritime Universities (Capacity Building) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | International Association of Maritime Universities |
| Explanation | This project is aimed at standardizing and improving education at maritime universities around the world to respond to the increasing internationalization of the shipping industry. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 312,100 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | International Association of Maritime Universities (Capacity Building) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | International Association of Maritime Universities (Japan) |
| Explanation | This project is aimed at standardizing and improving education at maritime universities around the world to respond to the increasing internationalization of the shipping industry. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 244,700 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | International Association of Maritime Universities (Network Development) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | International Association of Maritime Universities |
| Explanation | This project supports the activities of the International Association of Maritime Universities, which operates a network of leading maritime universities around the world. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 463,500 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | International Association of Maritime Universities (Network Development) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | International Association of Maritime Universities (Japan) |
| Explanation | This project supports the activities of the International Association of Maritime Universities, which operates a network of leading maritime universities around the world. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 437,300 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | NF-GEBCO Training Project |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) |
| Explanation | This projects provides seven students each year, primarily from developing countries, with scholarships to pursue a postgraduate degree in Ocean Bathymetry at a leading European or North American University (currently the University of New Hampshire), with the aim of training young scientists and bathymetrists that can contribute to the further development of the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 502,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | NF-GEBCO Training Project |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans (GEBCO) (The United Kingdom) |
| Explanation | This projects provides six students each year, primarily from developing countries, with scholarships to pursue a postgraduate degree in Ocean Bathymetry at a leading European or North American University (currently Center for Coastal and Ocean Mapping at the University of New Hampshire), with the aim of training young scientists and bathymetrists that can contribute to the further development of the General Bathymetric Chart of the Oceans. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 510,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | NF-IMLI Scholarship Program |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | International Maritime Law Institute |
| Explanation | The project provides scholarships to government officials and maritime specialists in developing countries so that they can pursue a Masters degree at the International Maritime Law Institute, and obtain the necessary knowledge and skills to help their countries implement UNCLOS and relations international instruments. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | EUR 291,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | NF-IMLI Scholarship Program |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | International Maritime Law Institute (Malta) |
| Explanation | The project provides scholarships to government officials and maritime specialists in developing countries so that they can pursue a Masters degree at the International Maritime Law Institute, and obtain the necessary knowledge and skills to help their countries implement UNCLOS and relations international instruments. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | EUR 313,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | NF-POGO Visiting Professorship |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans |
| Explanation | This project sends visiting professors to research institutions in developing countries to conduct training programs for young researchers, with the aim of enhancing the nation's capacity to collect and analyze data on the ocean. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 241,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | NF-POGO Visiting Professorship |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Partnership for Observation of the Global Oceans (Canada) |
| Explanation | This project sends visiting professors to research institutions in developing countries to conduct training programs for young researchers, with the aim of enhancing the nation's capacity to collect and analyze data on the ocean. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 281,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | NF-SIRC Fellowship |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Seafarers International Research Centre, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University |
| Explanation | This project provides five two-year fellowships annually to students pursuing a postgraduate degree at the Seafarers International Research Center at Cardiff University, with the aim of fostering a new generation of leaders in the maritime community with expertise in the social sciences. Each year one outstanding student will be given the option to go onto a doctorate. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | EUR 414,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | NF-SIRC Fellowship |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Seafarers International Research Centre, School of Social Sciences, Cardiff University (The United Kingdom) |
| Explanation | This project provides five two-year fellowships annually to students pursuing a postgraduate degree at the Seafarers International Research Center at Cardiff University, with the aim of fostering a new generation of leaders in the maritime community with expertise in the social sciences. Outstanding students will be given the option to go onto a doctorate. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | GBP 356,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | The Nippon Foundation Chairs |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | World Maritime University (Sweden) |
| Explanation | Three Chairs (in Maritime Administration, Marine Environment Management, and Maritime Technology) were established at the World Maritime University with the aim of increasing the variety of courses available to students as well as laying down the foundation for creating a doctoral program at the university. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 300,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | The Nippon Foundation Chairs |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | World Maritime University |
| Explanation | Three Chairs (in Maritime Administration, Marine Environment Management, and Maritime Technology) were established at the World Maritime University with the aim of increasing the variety of courses available to students as well as laying down the foundation for creating a doctoral program at the university. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 300,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | Postsecondary Education Network International |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | National Technical Institute for the Deaf (NTID), Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) |
| Explanation | This project aims to enhance deaf education and increase employment opportunities for deaf/hearing impaired people around the world by creating an international network of higher education institutions for deaf/hearing impaired people under the leadership of NTID. |
| Fields | Human Resources Development |
| Grant Size | USD 1,125,100 |
| Countries Reached | Thailand, China, Philippines, Japan, Czech Republic, Russia, Korea |
Leprosy Elimination
Africa
Asia
Global
Latin America
North America
| Program Name | Strategies for Eliminating the Stigma Associated with Leprosy |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement |
| Explanation | This project organizes workshops and develops/produces a wide range of media related to leprosy with the aim of eliminating the stigma associated with leprosy and help people affected by the disease regain their dignity. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 203,500 |
| Countries Reached | U.S.A., Paraguay, Bolivia Mozambique |
| Program Name | WHO Leprosy Elimination Project |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | World Health Organization |
| Explanation | This project supports leprosy elimination activities in the remaining leprosy endemic countries with the aim of achieving global elimination of the disease by 2005. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 3,477,000 |
| Countries Reached | India, Nepal, Brazil, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mozambique and other Asian and African countries |
| Program Name | National Conference of Leprosy Colonies in India |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Leprosy colony Project Secretariat |
| Explanation | The conference enables the people affected by leprosy in India to work together involving the like-minded people supportive to their cause, to fight against discriminations and violations of human rights in the lives of persons affected by leprosy. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 67,500 |
| Countries Reached | India |
| Program Name | WHO Leprosy Elimination Project |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | World Health Organization |
| Explanation | This project supports leprosy elimination activities in the remaining leprosy endemic countries with the aim of achieving global elimination of the disease by 2005. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 3,477,000 |
| Countries Reached | India, Nepal, Brazil, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mozambique and other Asian and African countries |
| Program Name | Global Project on the History of Leprosy |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | International Leprosy Association |
| Explanation | This project provides support for creating a database on the medical and social history of leprosy in order to preserve this information for future generations. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 150,000 |
| Countries Reached | Global |
| Program Name | Strategies for Eliminating the Stigma Associated with Leprosy |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement |
| Explanation | This project organizes workshops and develops/produces a wide range of media related to leprosy with the aim of eliminating the stigma associated with leprosy and help people affected by the disease regain their dignity. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 203,500 |
| Countries Reached | U.S.A., Paraguay, Bolivia Mozambique |
| Program Name | Telehansen (Toll free telephone hotline for Hansen's Disease) |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | Morhan (Movimento de Reintegracao das pessoas Atingidas pela Hanseniase) |
| Explanation | This project provides a toll free telephone hotline for leprosy with the aim of eliminating leprosy and the stigma associated with it from Brazil. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 80,000 |
| Countries Reached | Brazil |
| Program Name | WHO Leprosy Elimination Project |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | World Health Organization |
| Explanation | This project supports leprosy elimination activities in the remaining leprosy endemic countries with the aim of achieving global elimination of the disease by 2005. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 3,477,000 |
| Countries Reached | India, Nepal, Brazil, Tanzania, Madagascar, Mozambique and other Asian and African countries |
| Program Name | Strategies for Eliminating the Stigma Associated with Leprosy |
| Year | 2005 |
| Organization | International Association for Integration, Dignity and Economic Advancement |
| Explanation | This project organizes workshops and develops/produces a wide range of media related to leprosy with the aim of eliminating the stigma associated with leprosy and help people affected by the disease regain their dignity. |
| Fields | Leprosy Elimination |
| Grant Size | USD 203,500 |
| Countries Reached | U.S.A., Paraguay, Bolivia Mozambique |