The following are grants from the period since April 1, 2006. This list is updated on a regular basis. For more information about past CGP grants, please browse our online Grants Database or the Grant Listings Page. 

 

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Project Director: Mr. Bob Clavelle, Program Director, Hartford Area Career and Technology Center

$12,700

A project to promote development of a long term partnership between technical schools, students and faculty in the US and Japan.  The program prepares and takes secondary vocational technical education students from Vermont and New Hampshire to Japan for a two week technology/technical education study program at the Fukuoka School of Technology.  Japanese students and teachers will also travel to the US for study, research and technical education at the Hartford Area Career and Technology Center. 

$57,663

 

 

Project Director: Hoyt Peckham, Conservation Scientist

$46,000

A delegation of U.S., Japanese and Mexican fishers, conservationists and scientists will follow the transpacific migration route of the loggerhead turtle, learning and understanding the perspectives and challenges unique to each country.  The trilateral team will develop a tri-national conservation strategy through international exchange and capacity building, with the ultimate goal of saving the endangered loggerhead turtle.

 

 

Project Director: Dr. Tooru Nemoto, Associate Professor, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies, Department of Medicine

$87,775

A two-year project to open a dialogue to clarify current issues and problems in HIV/AIDS care and prevention in Japan and the US.  The project will provide frontline service providoers and researchers with the opportunity to examine the adaptability of the existing evidence-based HIV prevention programs for the targeted high risk populations in both countries.  The project will also provide frontline HIV/AIDS care and prevention service providers and researchers an opportunity to develop a network for exchanging technologies and resources between the two countries, and will disseminate HIV prevention curricula through meetings at national and international conferences.

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Visitor: Sharon Milberger, SC.D.

$4,711

A project to establish relationships between U.S. and Japanese researchers in the area of childhood obesity prevention.  Dr. Milberger will visit key Japanese scientists to examine cross-cultural perspectives on childhood obesity in youth with and without disabilities. 

Visitors: Mr. Bill Watanabe, Executive Director; Ms. Yasuko Sakamoto, Director of Social Services 

$5,000

A project to address the need to engage a rapidly aging Baby Boomer population in the coming years.  The project will explore the mutually beneficial arrangement between non-profit organizations and retirement age seniors who will become an important resources as NPO volunteers.

Visitor: Dr. Terry Weidner, Director

$4,800

A project to initiate ongoing dialogue on global issues with NGO and educational institutions in Kumamoto, Japan, focusing on comparison of the human and institutional response to environmental degradation in Libby, Montana and Minamata, Japan.  A documentary on the two communities will be produced for public attention by television station KPAX in Missoula, Montana. 

Visitor: Dr. Judy Rollins, Member of the Board of Directors

$5,000

A project to explore the possibilities for developing a mutually beneficial grassroots exchange research project between Japan and US healthcare practitioners to further inform the field and enhance psychological care of children in hospitals in both countries. 

Visitor: Ms. Eriko Kobayashi, Human Resources Associate

$4,742

A project to strengthen connections between Relief International, a U.S. - based nonprofit international relief and development agency, and two of its counterparts in Japan, as well as a Japanese academic institution, in the areas of youth philanthropy, online connectivity, and international relief work.  In Japan Ms. Kobayashi will meet with Schools Online Japan, a Japanese NGO, JEN, a Japanese relief and development agency, as well as members of Nagoya University's Graduate School of International Development. 

 

Visitor: Mr. Brian Caouette, Program Associate

$5,000

A project to establish relationships important to the development of an international network of scientists, commercial fish cooperatives, conservationists, local citizens groups, and private sector stakeholders interested in research and conservation of wild salmon ecosystems.  The project strives to facilitate improved dialogue and information sharing about wild salmon and ecosystem status and trends in Japan and the U.S.