Themes
- Reconstruction Initiative
- Security, Regional and International Relations
- Economics and Trade
- Education and Science
- Society and Culture (including Community Grants)
- Communication, Information and Advocacy
Recipients
| Recipient | Purpose | Value * | Approval |
|---|---|---|---|
| Reconstruction Initiative | |||
| University of Queensland | $15,000 | 11/08/2014 | |
| Support Our Kids | To support the visit to Australia of ten young people from Minami-Sanriku to participate in educational, recreational and cultural activities. | $10,000 | 11/08/2014 |
| DasShoku Project | To support the cross-cultural project DasSHOKU Shake involving a mixture of performance skills involving both Osaka and Melbourne based artists which will be conducted in Osaka, Minami-Sanriku and Tokyo in December 2014. | $10,000 | 11/08/2014 |
| Polyglot | To support the visit to primary schools in Minami-Sanriku by Polyglot who will conduct an interactive performance/installation event in 2015 entitled 'Kodomo Tachi Ga Sikiru - Kids are the Boss'. Website - www.polyglot.com.au | $33,000 | 26/08/2014 |
| NHK Enterprises | To support the tour of a trio of Australian jazz musicians to participate in the Tokyo Jazz Festival and to undertake workshop classes and performances with school students of Iwate as a Reconstruction Initiative project. | $30,000* | 8/08/2014 |
| NPO Iwaki World Tambo Project | To support a joint project between the Japanese city of Iwaki, the Burdekin Shire Council and Queensland State Government in the growing of Kochi rice on land at Burdekin Shire as a Reconstruction Initiative project to support communities of Tohoku to recover from the 2011 tsunami/earthquakes. | $12,217 | 15/08/2014 |
| Australia-Japan Society (ACT) Inc | To support the visit to Canberra of children from Ishinomaki following the March 2011 tsunami/earthquake. | $15,000 | 3/10/2014 |
| University of Sydney | To enable surveying of marine habitats and environment in Fukushima using advanced Australian marine robotic technology and imaging in order to allow public and fishery authorities to manage the re-introduction of fishing to the community. | $16,500 | 21/11/2014 |
| Security, Regional and International Relations | |||
| Kokoda Foundation | To enable participation by Japanese representatives at the Kokoda Foundation's 2014 Strategic Dialogue in September 2014 in Canberra and Bowral, NSW. Website - www.kokodafoundation.org | $22,000 | 17/08/2014 |
| Griffith University | To support the 4th annual Griffith Asia Institute workshop in Tokyo in September 2014 entitled 'The 4th Australia-Japan Dialogue: Australia-Japan Relations and Asia's Altered Security Landscape'. Website - www.griffith.edu.au/business-government/griffith-asia-institute/partnerships-collaboration | $16,500 | 22/07/2014 |
| Economics and Trade | |||
| Queensland Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry Inc | To support the promotion in Australia and Japan of the Australia-Japan Business Matching (AJBM) website by the Queensland Japan Chamber of Commerce and Industry. Website - www.qjcci.asn.au | $7,700 | 10/10/2014 |
| Education and Science | |||
| Australasian Plant Pathology Society Inc | To enable two post-graduate Australian students to study aspects of plant pathology in Japan. | $6,600 | 29/07/2014 |
| Australian Science Teachers Association | To enable six Australian science teachers to travel to Japan to conduct science classes in Japanese schools in Tokyo and Osaka as part of the Australian Science Teachers Association (ASTA) Teacher Exchange Japan program. Website - asta.edu.au and media release - asta.edu.au/programs/asta-japan | $16,500 | 11/08/2014 |
| Australian International Studies Association of Australia, University of Melbourne | To enable recruitment of the Visiting Professor of Australian Studies at the Centre for Pacific and American Studies at the University of Tokyo, Japan for 2016-17 and 2017-18. Website - www.inasa.org.au | $23,100 | TBA |
| University of Tokyo, Japan | To support the Visiting Professor of Australian Studies, Associate Professor Anna Johnston, at the Centre for Pacific and American Studies, University of Tokyo, Japan in 2014-15 and supplement the University's resource materials about Australian studies. Website - www.cpas.c.u-tokyo.ac.jp | $40,422* | 3/10/2014 |
| Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering | To enable Japanese mid-career researchers to undertake a science research exchange to Australian cities in 2015 under the management of the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering. Website - www.atse.org.au | $26,400 | 20/08/2014 |
| Otemon Gakuin University | To enable the acquisition of resource materials for the Australia Library at the Otemon Gakuin University. | $20,000* | 8/10/2014 |
| University of New South Wales | To enable the collection of research, background and contextual material in the area of social robotics in both Australia and Japan in preparation for a future major bilingual publication on robots entitled 'Cross Cultural Aspects of Social Human Robot Interaction in Australia and Japan'. Website: www.cofa.unsw.edu.au | $22,000 | 3/10/2014 |
| Japanese Educational Clinical Cardiology Society | To enable five Japanese nurses to visit Melbourne to study Australian models of palliative care and support. | $15,000* | 5/11/2014 |
| CSIRO | To enable a visit to high schools in Tokyo and the Tohoku area in November 2014 to conduct scientific information sessions on aspects of pulsar research and other scientific outreach activities. Website - pulseatparkes.atnf.csiro.au | $13,750 | 13/10/2014 |
| Society and Culture (including Community Grants) | |||
| Jacques Sheard | To create a documentary film entitled 'Solid State of Flux' for use at tertiary level about the influence of Japanese architectural practices on the Australian urban landscape in the 1930s. | $16,500 | 17/07/2014 |
| University of Melbourne | To enable Australian participation at a cross-cultural dialogue event at the 2nd International Mokuhang Conference Satellite Program in Tokyo in September 2014. | $5,500 | 25/07/2014 |
| Gateball Australia | To support Australia's participation in the 2014 World Gateball Championship in Japan in September 2014. | $550 | 29/07/2014 |
| Matt Crosby | To support the collaborative theatrical performances by the Melbourne-based ensemble group Auto Da Fe in Melbourne and in Japan. | $18,000 | 8/08/2014 |
| Kyle Page | To support the set construction and transport costs for a theatrical collaborative project entitled 'Engi' which will be held as part of the OzAsia Festival in Adelaide in 2015. | $12,000 | 9/08/2014 |
| Australian Baseball Federation | To support the visit to Osaka of the Australian Women's Baseball team which will participate in a series of friendly games against Riseisha College of Medicine and Sport in Osaka in 2014. Website - www.baseball.com.au | $22,000 | 27/08/2014 |
| Asialink | To support Asialink's annual arts residency program in Japan. Website - asialink.unimelb.edu.au | $29,700 | 28/08/2014 |
| Peter Kaufmann Film/Media | To support the translation into Japanese of the film Fallout and to enable screenings and workshop briefings by the producer, Mr Peter Kaufmann, in Tokyo, Hiroshima and Osaka. | $17,000 | 6/10/2014 |
| Amatelas Inc, Japan | To enable the Tropfest short film festival to take place in Japan in May 2015. | $38,000 | 5/11/2014 |
| Gendaikikakushitsu Publishers | To support the translation into Japanese of the Kate Grenville book 'The Secret River' as part of the Masterpieces of Contemporary Literature - a program to promote contemporary Australian literature in Japan. The grant will also support a launch event to promote the writer and book in Tokyo with relevant industry representatives. | $25,000* | 11/11/2014 |
| Guide Dogs Queensland | To support the gifting and transportation of Labrador pups to the Japan Service Dogs Association in Aichi, Nagakute City. Website - www.guidedogsqld.com.au | $16,500 | 17/07/2014 |
| Communication, Information and Advocacy | |||
| The Australian National University (College of Asia and the Pacific) | To support the ANU's one-day 'Japan Update 2014' conference featuring panel discussions by leading Japanese commentators and Australian political economists. Website - https://crawford.anu.edu.au/research_units/ajrc/ | $20,000 | 10/10/2014 |
| The Australian National University (College of Asia and the Pacific) | Parliamentary Fellowship Exchange between Japan and Australia | 29/05/2014 | |
| National Federation of Australia-Japan Societies | To enable participation by delegates to the biennial National Conference of the National Federation of Australia-Japan Societies in Brisbane on 5-6 September 2014 entitled 'C the Future'. Website - www.ausjapanfed.org.au | $11,000 | 11/08/2014 |
| Media and Communications Department, University of Sydney | To enable one media/communications student to undertake media internships at the Japan Times and Agence France Presse in Tokyo in January 2015. | $6,600 | |
| RMIT University | To enable two post-graduate media/communications students to undertake media internships at Japanese media outlets in 2015. | $11,000 | 15/10/2014 |
| Bunkamura Museum of Art | To support an exhibition at Bunkamura Museum of Art in Tokyo of the museum's engravings of the Banks' Florilegium collection together with ethnographic artefacts from the Pacific; maritime instruments; and books relating to the voyages of Captain Cook to inform and educate Japanese audiences about aspects of Australia's history. | $15,360* | 21/10/2014 |
| Dr Yoichi Funabashi, Rebuild Japan Initiative Foundation | To support a series of roundtables in Canberra, Sydney and Melbourne about Japan's 'Lost Decades' to promote economic and strategic policy management issues between Australian and Japanese academics and stakeholders. | $10,000* | 5/11/2014 |
| Australian Studies Association of Japan | To enable a symposium to be held on Australian Studies on the topic: Politics in Australia: What Can Japan Learn? | $20,000* | |
* Includes the Government's Goods and Services Tax (GST) of 10%