2023 Japan Textbook Research Center Grants
for Graduate Student Monographs on Textbooks
Application Procedures
In order to raise the quality of and enrich textbooks, supplementary readers,teacher’s guides and digital educational materials, the Center awards grants
to graduate students to assist them in the writing of research papers with theaim of promoting studies and research related to the improvement oftextbooks and cultivating research on textbooks in Japan.
We are now accepting applications for monographs that are eligible for grants
in FY2023 as follows:
1. Monographs eligible for grants
Monographs in Japanese or English on textbooks, supplementary readers,teacher’s guides, and digital educational materials (hereafter, “Textbooksetc.”) which are used in the primary or secondary curriculum in schools inJapan and abroad and which comply with any of the conditions stated below
are eligible for grants. The grants are restricted to unpublished monographs.
(1) Studies and research papers on the contents, functions, usage,editing and writing processes, and format of Textbooks, etc.
(2) Studies and research papers on the relation between Textbooks, etc.
and teaching/learning methods and educational aids(3) Studies and research papers on the attitudes of teachers,
schoolchildren, and their parents and guardians toward Textbooks,etc.
(4) Studies and research papers on systems for, policies on, the historyof, and international comparisons of Textbooks, etc.
(5) Other practical studies and research papers or academic basic
research papers that contribute to raising the quality of and enriching
Textbooks, etc.
In addition, the following matters should be borne in mind.
※ Monographs that contribute to improving future Textbooks.
※ Monographs that do not constitute the evaluation of Textbookspublished by particular textbook publishers.
12. Applicant qualifications
A student, or group of students, in a master’s program or doctoral program(or an equivalent thereto) at a graduate school in Japan who is/are about towrite a monograph on any of the above topics and has/have received therecommendation of the supervisor at the graduate school with which
he/she/they is/are affiliated.
※ A recommendation (not more than 1000 Japanese characters; Form2) from the supervisor at the graduate school with which thegraduate student/students is/are affiliated is required.
※ If the graduate student/students is/are residing in Japan at the timeof application, he/she/they may apply regardless of nationality etc.
3. Period of time for writing the monographNot more than one year after the proposed monograph has been selected fora grant.
4. Application method
Fill in the research topic, research objective, research plan and methodology
on the Application Form (Form 1); affix your seal; and send the application
along with your supervisor’s recommendation (Form 2) and a certificate ofstudent status to the address below 【Contact for Inquires/Where to submiteach document】.
※ Applications submitted by email or Fax will not be accepted.
※ Please write “Grant application form” in red on the envelope.
※ One application per person (or one per group).
※ In the event of a group application, a representative for the groupshall apply. In the “Research Plan and Methodology” section of theApplication Form, please make clear that the work is coauthored anddescribe the compositionof the group and the roles andresponsibilities of its members.
※ An Application Form (Form 1) in English is acceptable.
5. Deadline for applications
The deadline for applications is no later than Monday, July 31, 2023.

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6. Screening and selection
After screening by the Center’s Research Planning Committee, grant recipients
will be selected by the Board of Directors. Applicants will be informed of theresults at the end of October 2023. Screening results are also scheduled to beposted on the Center’s website.
7. Grant amount
100,000 yen per monograph※Grants will be paid after the recipients have been selected (aroundNovember 2023).
Grant recipients shall submit a grant payment request (Form 3).
※ Authors of monographs of exceptional quality will be awarded asupplementary prize and given the opportunity to present their work.
※Grant recipients who do not submit a monograph will be asked toreturn their grant.
※The submission of receipts or the itemization of expenses incurred inwriting the monograph is not required.
However, grants shall not be used for the purchase of computers orother general-purpose items.
※Awards for 2023 will be made for about 10 monographs.
8. Responsibilities of the grant recipients
A. Items to be submitted upon completion of the monograph
1) Monograph and outline
Grant recipients will submit a monograph of 6,000–9,000 words (10,000–
15,000 Japanese characters) in length and an outline of no more than 600
words (1,000 Japanese characters) including text, charts, tables,photographs, etc., in each of the following two formats:※ Please prepare the monograph and outline in accordance withthe monograph-writing guidelines given separately.
※ In the event that the monograph is a master’s degree thesis
or a doctoral dissertation, please indicate this in the upper lefthand corner of the first page of the monograph.
2) Supervisor’s evaluation (Form 4)
Along with the monograph, please submit an evaluation of it (no more3than 1000 Japanese characters) by the supervisor who submitted therecommendation at the time of application.
Although the evaluation is confidential, we will make known the name ofthe supervisor at the time the monograph and outline are published.
B. Submission Methods
Please submit these documents to 【Contact for Inquires/Where to submit
each document】 in the following methods.
１) Monograph① Send one printed version (the bound monograph) by post.
② Submit an electronic Word file (Windows version only) by email.
２) Supervisor’s evaluation (Form 4)
Submission by post or email※If submission by email is not possible, submission by CD-R etc. shallalso be acceptable.
３) Final deadline for submission
Thursday, October 31, 2024
※ Please submit the monograph, upon completion, at any time before
the final deadline.
C. Quotations from other works
When citing another person’s work in the monograph, make it clear that it
is a quotation and state the source plainly in a footnote or other form ofannotation. In cases that do not involve direct quotations, the monographauthor/s must obtain the copyright holder’s consent in advance for the useof his/her work and shall bear full responsibility should any problems arise.
D. Duplicate submission and ethics violations
Please be very careful about duplicate submission of a monograph and otherethics violations. As with the quotation of copyrighted material, themonograph author(s) shall bear full responsibility should any problems arise.
9. OtherA. The outline of the monograph will be published in the Center’s newsletter
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Center Tsushin, and a collection of monographs will later be compiled.
B. The copyright of the monograph belongs to the author of the monograph.
When a grant recipient submits a monograph, it shall be deemed that thegrant recipient has given prior permission for the Center to post, publish orutilize the monograph (including outline) in a collection of monographs,
public relations magazines, the Center’s website, etc., for non-profit
purposes, and within the scope of academic and educational purposes. The
editorial copyright of the collection of monographs, public relations
magazine, etc. published by the Center belongs to the Center.
When the grant recipient posts, publishes or utilizes the submitted
monograph in a bulletin, journal, or website, etc., the grant recipient shallclearly state that the monograph was funded by a grant provided by the“Japan Textbook Research Center.”C. The necessary forms for submitting the application for the monograph(Forms 1–4) may be downloaded from the Center’s website.
https://www.textbook-rc.or.jp/en-GB/grants/
D. Personal information recorded when submitting an application will be usedin selection, in notification of selection results, and in communication
related to the publication of monographs.
E. For any other matters, please contact the office (in Japanese only).
【Contact for Inquires/Where to submiteach document】
Japan Textbook Research Center Office9-28 Sengoku 1-chome, Koto-ku, Tokyo, 135-0015
Tel: 03-5606-4311

Fax : 03-5606-3044
URL : https://www.textbook-rc.or.jp/
email : josei@textbook-rc.or.jp

Japan Textbook
Research CenterGRANTS

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Timeline from the opening of applications for 2023 until grant payment
2023
April

Opening of applications[Application documents]
1. Application (Form 1)
2. Supervisor’s recommendation(Form 2)
3. Certificate of student status

July

September

October

Deadline for applications (no later than July 31)

Screening (Research Planning Committee)

Grant selection (Board of Directors)
Notification of screening results (end of October)

NovemberGrant payment[Documents to be submitted]
1. Grant payment request (Form 3)

2024
October 31

Submission of monograph etc.

[Documents to be submitted]
1. Monograph
2. Supervisor’s evaluation (Form 4)
2025
January

Publication of outline of monograph (Center Tsushin and elsewhere)

February

Publication of monograph collection (tentative)

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