Grant for Protection, Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Properties Outside Japan
Grant for Protection, Preservation and Restoration of Cultural Properties Outside Japan supports owners, administrators and researchers in conserving cultural heritage and related surveys for future generations.
Funder: The Sumitomo Foundation
Due Dates: October 1, 2026 (Applications open) | November 30, 2026, 17:00 JST (Application deadline)
Funding Amounts: ¥35 million total for approximately 15 projects; one year, March 2027–March 2028
Summary: Supports conservation of tangible cultural properties outside Japan and preliminary surveys directly linked to that work.
Key Information: Applicants must be cultural-property owners or administrators, or researchers who will actually conduct preliminary surveys.
Description
The Sumitomo Foundation offers this program to protect cultural properties outside Japan as the common heritage of humankind and pass them on to future generations. It supports protection, preservation and restoration of tangible, old cultural properties with artistic or academic value, together with preliminary surveys immediately linked to those projects.
Eligible work includes fine arts and cultural properties forming part of buildings or structures, such as murals and sculptures. For archaeological projects, support is limited to historical materials forming part of a site or excavated from it, and directly related preliminary surveys. Selection considers cultural significance, project urgency, feasibility and need for funding. A project’s relationship to Japan may also be considered.
