THE SUMITOMO FOUNDATIONFISCAL 2024 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 2023 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 2024
¥35,000,000.(2)Number of projects to be selected:
Approximately 15
2. Duration of Grant
One (1) year, March 2025-March 2026
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 2025, 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
Applications should be submitted through the website ofThe 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 be
written in English and/or Japanese.
(3) Amount applied for shall be in Japanese yen or in
U.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, 2024 17:00 (JST)
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 https://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 2023 Subjects of Grants
AreaCountryAmericas USAEuropeUKNO

Asian Art Museum Foundationof San Francisco$25,000

2

Conservation of a Folding Screen with Six Smithsonian Institution-National
Fan Paintings by Tawaraya Sōtatsu
Museum of Asian Art (NMAA)$16,000

3

Conservation of “Birds and Flowers,” apair of six-fold screens

4

Conservation of a set of three ornamental Memorial Art Gallery of theJapanese 12th-century sutra scrolls from University of Rochester
the Chūson-ji

57

Germany

8

Poland910

ChinaAmounts ofGrants

Conservation of "Bugaku dancers"
handscroll

HollandUzbekistan

Grantees

1

6

Asia/
MiddleEast/
AfricaSubjects of Grants

1112

Turkey13

Mongolia

14

Portland Art Museum(In progress)
The Bodleian Libraries,
Conservation of a set of three painted
handscrolls, Sumiyoshi Monogatari Emaki University of Oxford(In progress)
Collaborative Project for the Conservation The British Museumof Japanese Paintings(In progress)
Conservation of Japanese Prints
Van Gogh MuseumConservation of a buddhist scroll painting: Museum of East Asian Art,
Yakushi and the Twelve Divine Generals Cologne
Conservation of Buddha Amida Statue

The National Museum inPoznan(In progress)
Conservation of the lacquered box with The Museum of King Jan III'soshi-e decoration
Palace At Wilanów(In progress)
Conservation of the wall paintings from Kageyama Etsuko, Associate
the site of Zartepa
Professor Graduate School of(In progress) Humanities, Nagoya University
Restoration of glasswares from the tomb Mukai Yusuke, Associateof the Empress of the Liao dynasty inProfessor Institute for Research
Chinain Humanities, Kyoto UniversityConservation of the Trenches on Kaman- Omura Sachihiro, Director
Japanese Institute of Anatolian
KarehoyukArchaeology The Middle(in progress)
Eastern Culture Center in Japan
Restoration and study of theHakubi Center, Kyoto
lacquerwares excavated from Xiongnu
University
tombs in Mongolia
Grand Total 14 Subjects$19,400$16,600¥3,390,000¥2,400,000$21,900¥3,080,000¥3,400,000¥2,110,000¥1,000,000¥1,250,000¥2,000,000¥1,920,000¥20,550,000
US$98,900