International Teaching and Travel/Study Opportunities

Japan Foundation Center for Global Partnerships places emphasis on innovative educational outreach projects that are aimed at promoting effective education about the United States at all school levels in Japan. This goal could be carried out through the development of curricula or teaching methods by actual teachers or professors in Japan or through the building of networks with each other. Such projects should incorporate concrete plans to widely disseminate the project results beyond specific schools or institutions.

US-Japan Foundation supports innovative new programs at the pre-college level in both the US and Japan. The Foundation seeks to respond to perceived needs at the pre-college level as identified by experts in US-Japan education and practitioners in the field, rather than relying on preconceptions and assumptions. While proud of successful models of past and present projects (please see the recent grants section for some examples), USJF continually encourages innovation and creativity in the development of new ways to effectively involve Japanese and American young people in the life-long process of learning about and from each other.