THE SUMITOMO FOUNDATIONFISCAL 2023 GRANT FOR PROJECTS FOR
THE PROTECTION, PRESERVATION & RESTORATION OF CULTURAL PROPERTIESOUTSIDE JAPAN

Application Guide
The Sumitomo Foundation offers this grant program so that cultural properties outside Japan, which are thecommon heritage of humankind, may be handed down to future generations.
Subjects of Grant
1. Contents of Projects(1)Projects for the protection, preservation &restoration of cultural properties (i.e., fine arts orarchaeological sites) outside Japan, which aretangible, old and artistically or academicallyvaluable, and ought to be handed down to future
generations.
(2) Preliminary surveys immediately linked up withthe projects as mentioned in 1(1) above.
Notes）-Above (1) include cultural properties constituting apart of structures/buildings, such as murals andsculptures.
-As for archaeological sites, our scope for grant islimited to the projects for the protection,preservation & restoration of historical materials
constituting a part of archaeological sites orexcavated, or preliminary surveys directly linked up
with them. Please take note projects for theprotection, preservation & restoration of wholearchaeological sites and preliminary surveys linked
up with them are out of our scope.
-Digital preservation projects are out of our scope forgrant.
Subjects of Grant for Fiscal 2022 are listed onPage 4.
2. Qualifications of Applicants(1) Applicants shall be the owners or administrators of
the cultural properties or researchers who will
actually conduct preliminary surveys.
(2)The following are not eligible in principle:(i) profit-making corporations(ii)individuals who own cultural properties for profit
or whose cultural properties are for private use
only.
3. Applicable Expenses(1) For 1(1) above; expenses directly required for theprojects-1-(2) For 1(2) above; expenses are applicable only tothe extent that they fall under the items set forthin the table on page 3. Applicants should be
reminded that the following are not applicable:(i)Remuneration for services rendered byapplicants and/or their collaborator(s). The term“collaborators” here refers to any researcher whoconducts preliminary surveys in collaboration
with applicants and may be considered
co-author(s) in the event that the results ofpreliminary surveys are published.
(ii)Administrative expenses of universities,
research institutes, or other organizations towhich applicants and/or their collaborator(s)belong.
(iii)Expenses for procurement of any instrument,
apparatus, or equipment for general use such as
facsimile machines, copying machines, and thelike.
Note: The submission of parallel applications for
grants from The Sumitomo Foundation and fromgovernments and/or other private organizations
is acceptable.

Outline of Grant Program
1. Grant Budget(1)Total budget for Fiscal 2023
¥35,000,000.(2)Number of projects to be selected:
Approximately 15
2. Duration of Grant
One (1) year, March 2024-March 2025
3. Conditions of the Grant(1) (i)Grantees are required to submit a “ConsentLetter” to The Sumitomo Foundation. In
addition, after completion of the projects,grantees are requested to submit a “ProjectCompletion Report” and a“Financial Report” toThe Sumitomo Foundation.

(ii)The results of the projects mentioned inSubjects of Grant 1 (1) above, shall also bereported in a“Restoration Report”by the restorer
and/or conservator.
(2) Concerning fine arts or archaeological sites
mentioned in 1(1) above, grantees are requested toannounce to the public that the project has been
funded by a grant received from The Sumitomo
Foundation after the completion of the projects.
(3) The results of preliminary surveys mentioned in 1
(2) above, shall also be published in the form ofacademic papers or by other means. It must beclearly indicated therein that preliminary survey
has been supported with a grant received from TheSumitomo Foundation. In this case, please submit
a copy of these papers, etc. to The Sumitomo
Foundation.
(4) In the case that governmental approval is required
to receive the funds from this grant and/or toconduct the proposed projects, grantees shallcomplete all necessary formalities.

Selection Procedure
Applications for this grant will be reviewed forselection by the Selection Committee of The
Sumitomo Foundation. The Board of Directors of
The Sumitomo Foundation, scheduled to meet in
March 2024, will give the final approval in theselection of the projects eligible for this grant.
Results of the selection will be reported to applicantsby e-mail. Please note that The Sumitomo
Foundation is unable to respond to any inquiries
regarding the reasons for selection. In some cases,The Sumitomo Foundation’s staff may makeinquiries in person, by e-mail or facsimile
concerning applications during such review forselection.

Application Procedures
From FY2022, applications should be submitted throughthe website of The Sumitomo Foundation.

(2) Accompanying materials which include;(i)Letter of recommendation regarding the
proposed project and the cultural property to
be preserved and/or restored in any format
from a person of high academic standing
required as a 3rd party independent from theapplicant and its affiliation.
(ii) Digital images that show the state of thecultural property or areas of the surveys.
(iii) Other materials.
For details, please refer to “Procedure &Instruction for Application”.

Notes(1) Personal information provided in the application
is to be used strictly for the purpose of selection
as well as notification of the results of selection
to the applicants. Please note, however, that thename of grantees (successful applicants), his/heraffiliation, title, project name and grant amountwill be announced to the public in due course.
(2) Application and accompanying materials shall bewritten in English and/or Japanese.
(3) Amount applied for shall be in Japanese yen or inU.S. Dollars. (The grant will be transmitted toyour account either in Japanese yen or U.S.
Dollars as applied for.)(4) None of application and accompanying materials
submitted will be returned to applicants.
(5) A registration number will be notified to theapplicant’s e-mail address. If it is not notified
within next business day, please contact The
Sumitomo Foundation immediately at the e-mailaddress for inquiry, or it will result in the failureof registration.

Contact:
The Sumitomo Foundation
1-12-16 Shibadaimon
Minato-ku, Tokyo 105-0012
JAPAN1.Application Deadline
30th November, 2023
2. Application Documentation
Please make an application process and prepare thefollowing application documents subject to “Procedure& Instruction for Application”.
(1) Application form prescribed by The Sumitomo
Foundation filled out by the applicant:-2-

Phone: 81-3-5473-0161
Fax: 81-3-5473-8471
E-mail: kaigai.bunkazai@sumitomo.or.jp
URL http://www.sumitomo.or.jp/e/Applicable Expenses(For Preliminary Surveys)

Remarks

Applicable Expenses
Transportation

Transportation for business trips (*)

Accommodation

Accommodation for business trips

Communication &Transportation
Rentals① Communication (e.g., telephone, mail)② Transportation (e.g., couriers)
Rental of:① Instruments/apparatus/equipment (including lease/rental of computer hardware, licensing of computer
software use, data handling, etc.) (**)
② Materials (e.g., books, databases)
Procurement of:① Consumables and special purpose instruments/apparatus/
equipment (e.g., stationery, facsimile paper, copierpaper, custom-made goods) (**)
② Materials (e.g., books, databases)
Remuneration for:① Cooperation/advice rendered by third parties otherthan Applicants and their collaborator(s)② Assistant work rendered by temporarily-employed thirdparties③ Other services rendered by third parties contracted for
non-essential parts of the preliminary surveys forApplicants or their collaborator(s) (e.g., interpretation,translation, stenographing, filling-in of prescribed
questionnaires)

Procurements

Remuneration:① Survey Cooperators② Survey Assistants③ Other Third Parties

Printing and Dissemination

Printing, including copying services, and publication of survey results

Meetings

Rental fee and refreshments for meetings

Other Expenses

Admission fees for research symposia and other expenses,
which are to be specified(*) Limited to round-trip economy-class actual fare for shortest routes between nearest airports.
(**) May include expenses for upkeep of equipment and goods, if any.

-3-Fiscal 2022 Subjects of Grants
AreaCountry

Americas USANO

Subjects of Grants

GranteesAmounts ofGrants

1

Conservation of "Mountains,
Stream and Houses" by GakuokFreer Gallery of Art,
Smithsonian Institute$24,000

2

Conservation of JapaneseArchaeological Paintings

University of Pennsylvania
Museum of Archaeology andA hl$14,500

3Europe UK

Switzerland
Germany

PolandAsia/MiddleEast/Africa

Conservation of Itsukushima
Portland Art Museumand Hie Shrine Sanno Festivalb b(In Progress)$22,700

4

Conservation of "North Wind,
Point Lobos" by Chiura Obata

Monterey Museum of Art

5

Conservation of a set of threeornamental Japanese 12thll fh

Memorial Art Gallery of theUniversity of Rochester

6

Conservation of a set of three
painted handscrolls, SumiyoshiM
i E kiThe Bodleian Libraries,
University of Oxford

7

Conservation of the Six-Panels
Screen "Gion Festival"

Museum Rietberg Zurich

8(In Progress)
Restoration of the Buddhist
Museum of East Asian Art,Cologne
Painting: Juichimen Kannon¥2,630,0009(In Progress)
Conservation of Buddha Amida
The National Museum inStatue
Poznan¥3,200,000

Conservation of the lacquered
10 box with oshi-e decoration

The Museum of King Jan III's
Palace At Wilanów
Nagoya University

Uzbekistan

Conservation of the wall
11 paintings from the site ofEgypt

Mural Painting in Burial
12 Chamber of Idout

Turkey(In Progress)
Conservation of the Trenches
Japanese Institute of
13 on Kaman-Karehoyuk
Anatolian Archaeology The
Middle Eastern Culture Center(In Progress) in Japan(In Progress)

Total

13

Kansai University$18,059$17,500¥3,990,000¥4,660,000¥1,490,000¥1,500,000¥2,690,000¥2,000,000¥22,160,000$96,759