Grant Recipients in the U.S

Fiscal Year 2016-2017 Japan Foundation Programs Grant Recipients in the U.S.

Programs by The Japan Foundation – Japanese Language Institute, Urawa （日本語国際センタープログラム）

 Short-term Training Program for Teachers of the Japanese Language

海外日本語教師短期研修

Participant’s Name and Affiliation City State

Ms. Madeleine Graham – Odyssey Middle School San Mateo CA

Ms. Kristin Wingate – Cranford Public Schools Cranford NJ

Program by The Japan Foundation – Japanese Language Institute, Kansai （関西国際センタープログラム）

 Japanese Language Program for Specialists (in Cultural and Academic Field) 専門日本語研修（文化・学術専門家）

< 2-month Course >

Participant’s Name and Affiliation City State

Ms. Lin Li – University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison WI

Mr. Samuel Timinsky – University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison WI

< 6-month Course >

Participant’s Name and Affiliation City State

Ms. Elizabeth McDonald – University of California, Riverside Riverside CA

Grant Programs by The Japan Foundation, Los Angeles （ロサンゼルス日本文化センタープログラム）

 Japanese Language Learners Event Grant (Maximum of $600 grant support per event) 日本語学習者イベントグラント

Institution Project Alaska Association of Teachers of Japanese (AKATJ) Alaska Japanese Speech Contest Arizona Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) Arizona Japanese Speech Contest Aurora Foundation-Japanese Language Scholarship Foundation All-USA High School Japanese Speech Contest Broward Virtual School Tomodachi Haiku Contest Brown University Japan Week Colorado Japanese Language Education Association (CJLEA) Colorado/Wyoming Japanese Speech Contest George Washington University J-Live Talk DePauw University Japanese Olympiad of Indiana (JOI) Academic Challenge & Japanese Speech Georgia Association of Teachers of Japanese (GATJ) Contest Guam Nihongo Teachers Association (GuNTA) Guam Nihongo Challenge Bowl Hyogo Business and Cultural Center Washington Japanese Speech and Skit Contest Japan-American Association of Northern California Japanese Language Speech Contest Japan-America Society of Central Ohio Japanese Language Speech Contest Japan-America Society of Colorado Colorado Japan Cup Japan Wizards Statewide Academic Team Japan-America Society of Hawaii Competition Japan-America Society of Houston Texas State Japanese Speech Contest Japan-America Society of Minnesota J-Quiz Japan-America Society of Oregon 2017 Pacific Northwest Japan Bowl Japan-America Society of Pennsylvania Speech Contest for High School Students Japan-America Society of Southern California Japan Bowl of California Japan-America Society of Tennessee Tennessee Area Japanese Speech Contest Japan Society of New York – Toyota Language Center Nihongo Chat Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana J-CAP Competition Japanese Teachers Association of Michigan (JTAM) Michigan Japanese Language Speech Contest Mid-Atlantic Association of Teachers of Japanese (MAATJ) Haiku Contest North Carolina Japanese Speech Contest for North Carolina Association of Teachers of Japanese (NCATJ) High School Students -NECTJ Japanese Speech Contest Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese (NECTJ) -Boston Japan Day Oak Park River Forest High School Japan Fest Salinas High School J-Art Exhibition Southern Nevada Japanese Teachers Association (SNJTA) Japanese Language Speech Contest Japanese Language Achievement & Speech United Japanese Society of Hawaii Award Ceremony University of Massachusetts, Amherst Five-College Speech Contest University of North Carolina, Greensboro Japanese Speech Contest University of Texas at San Antonio Japanese Play Contest University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee Japanese Language Speech Contest Utah Association of Teachers of Japanese (UATJ) Utah Japan Bowl Washington Association of Teachers of Japanese WATJ Japanese Immersion Camp Wisconsin Association of Teachers of Japanese (WiATJ) Wisconsin Japan Bowl

 Japanese Teaching Material Purchase Grant (Maximum of $1,000 grant support per institution) 日本語教材購入グラント

Institution State Arcadia High School CA Baylor University TX Boston Latin Academy MA Brackenridge High School MA Brooklyn Japanese American Family Association NY California State University, East Bay CA Colorado State University CO Desert Oasis High School NV Drexel University PA Dublin Scioto High School OH E.E. Waddell Language Academy NC Fiorello H. LaGuardia High School of Music & Art and Performing Arts NY Fort Hayes Arts and Academic High School OH Fox Mill Elementary School VA Frederick Douglass Academy NY Hawaii Baptist Academy HI High Point University NC International School OR Laguna Creek High School CA Loara High School CA Mainland High School FL Marist Catholic High School OR Mirai Nihongo Gakuin CA Mount Holyoke College MA Mt. Eden High School CA Niji-Iro Japanese Immersion Elementary School MI Old Dominion University VA Roosevelt High School OR Saginaw Valley State University MI Sakura Gakuen CA San Jose City College CA Santa Barbara Japanese Heritage Language School CA Japanese Cultural & Community Center of Washington (Seattle Japanese Language School) WA Shakopee High School MN Silver Creek High School CA Skyline High School TX Sunset High School OR Technology Access Foundation (TAF) Academy WA Torrance High School CA University of Alabama at Birmingham AL University of Arizona AZ University of California, Riverside CA University of Vermont VT Vanderbilt University TN Waipahu High School HI Washington High School AZ

 Salary Assistance Grant for Japanese Language Courses (Maximum of $30,000 grant support per institution) 日本語講師給与グラント

Institution State Arizona State University AZ

Arkansas School for Mathematics, Science and the Arts AR

Asia Pacific Language School WA

Brooklyn College / Research Foundation of CUNY NY

Charles P. Steinmetz College Prep High School IL Cranford Public School District NJ (Orange Avenue School / Hillside Avenue School) Cuyahoga Community College OH

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania PA Fayette County Schools KY (Picadome Elementary, Stonewall Elementary, Jesse Clark Middle School, Lafayette High School) JHL Courses (Japanese as a Heritage Language) Japanese Language School of Philadelphia PA Jefferson County Public Schools KY (Atherton High, Eastern High, Ballard High) Paint Branch High School MD

Parkway School District (Southwest Middle School) MO

PS 147 - Isaac Remsen NY

Sakura Kai OR

Sheridan Japanese School OR

Skyridge High School UT

Snowden International School MA

Thomas Jefferson High School VA

University of Memphis TN

University of St. Thomas TX University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee WI

Windsong School WA

 Japanese Language Education Project Grant (Maximum of $3,000 grant support per project) 日本語教育プロジェクトグラント

Institution Project ACTFL: American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages ACTFL "Lead with Japanese" Advocacy Campaign

AFTJ: Association of Florida Teachers of Japanese AFTJ Articulation Day: Technology and Community Building AKATJ Workshop: AKATJ: Alaska Association of Teachers of Japanese What is Tadoku - Fundamentals and Applications ATJO: Association of Teachers of Japanese in Oregon ATJO Lecture Series 2016-17

CAJLS: California Association of Japanese Language Schools 2017 CAJLS Annual Lecture/Workshop

CAJLT: California Association of Japanese Language Teachers CAJLT Advocacy Project CJLEA Fall Workshop: CJLEA: Colorado Japanese Language Education Association Building 21st Century Skills-Tapping Technology Clark High School Advocacy Project: Las Vegas Lecture Series

CLTA: California Language Teachers' Association CLTA Summer Seminar Advocacy Project: Promotion/Development of Japanese Everett Community College Foundation Language and Culture through JAMAF Event Japanese Language Advocacy Project in Southwestern Franklin County Public Schools Virginia HATJ: Hawaii Association of Teachers of Japanese HATJ Lecture/Workshop & Advocacy Project

IATJ: Illinois Association of Teachers of Japanese IATJ Spring Workshop for Japanese Language Teachers

IATJ: Illinois Association of Teachers of Japanese IATJ Advocacy Project

JTAM: Japanese Teacher's Association of Michigan JTAM Assessment Workshop for Teachers of Japanese JTAT Summer Workshop: Maximizing Students' JTAT: Japanese Teachers Association of Texas Performance-Integrated Performance Assessment (IPA) MAATJ: Mid-Atlantic Association of Teachers of Japanese FLAVA/MAATJ Annual Conference & MAATJ Advocacy Project

Massachusetts Institute of Technology Teacher-sourcing for the Development of AI Tutor

Middle Tennessee State University SEATJ Annual Conference

NCJLT: North Carolina Japanese Language Teachers North Carolina Articulation Project (Phase 1)

NECTJ: Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese NECTJ PD Workshop/Conference & Advocacy Project

Ocean Charter School Development of a Digital Supplementary Reading Material Journal of Japanese Linguistics Special Section: Morphology San Francisco State University and Japanese-Language Education University of Northern Colorado Advocacy Project: Japanese Festival & Cosplay Contest WATJ Annual Conference: Differentiated Instruction to Meet WATJ: Washington Association of Teachers of Japanese the Needs of Diverse Learners Wellesley College JLTANE Annual Conference