Grants Program

Japan Fund for Global Environment (JFGE) provides grant to Non Governmental Organization (NGO)/Non Profit Organization (NPO) engaged in environmental activities.

If you consider applying for our grant program, please kindly follow the guidance page below carefully.

Eligibility Quiz
At first, if you are Non-Japanese organizations, please check this quiz!

1. Procedural Flow of JFGE operation

Application period for FY2021 is from November 5, 2020 to December 2, 2020.
Please apply within this period through internet. Otherwise the application cannot be reviewed nor examined.
Also be aware every document must be submitted in Japanese using official Japanese forms.

Procedural Flow of JFGE Operation for the Fiscal Year 2020

2. Guides and Forms

JFGE Grant Policies and Procedures (Excerpts)

The JFGE Management Council deliberates and examines the applied projects, then decides on the projects to receive the grants along with the amount to be awarded. The grant is awarded only after performing the scheme of the JFGE Grant Policies and Procedures.

FY2021

Guide Book of Grant Request 2021 (Application period: Nov 5 to Dec 2, 2020)

A Guide to JFGE Grant Request (PDF 1.52MB)
SDGs guide (PDF 504KB)
Japanese Guide(PDF 7.38MB)

Grant Request Forms

Official Japanese Grant Request Forms

Guide book of JFGE Grant Policies and Procedures 2019

Release in May 2021

Grant Project Final Report

Note: Every grantee is required to submit final report both in word(Part1-4) and excel(Part 5). For excel, please use either Part 5-1 or Part 5-2.

Release in March 2022

FY2020

Guide Book of Grant Request 2020 (Application period: November 5, 2019 to December 3, 2019)

A Guide to JFGE Grant Request (PDF 1.78MB)
Japanese Guide

Guide book of JFGE Grant Policies and Procedures 2020

Guide book of JFGE Grant Policies and Procedures 2020 (PDF 3.92MB)

Other forms

Report of Change in Application Particulars（Word 19KB）
Application for Change in Grant Project（Word 20KB）
Official Japanese forms

Notice:

All Request forms for JFGE should to be written in Japanese.
Japanese agent is necessary when applicants apply for JFGE Grant, so please find the agent by applicant. Fluent oral and written Japanese skill is needed to act as agent. The agent's main role is to act as interpreter between grant recipient and JFGE, and transfer grant to the recipient.

3. Eligibility Quiz

Are you a nonprofit organization implementing environmental conservation activities in developing countries*?

developing countries* : countries which are listed as DAC ODA recipients ;
http://www.oecd.org/dac/financing-sustainable-development/development-finance-standards/DAC_List_ODA_Recipients2018to2020_flows_En.pdf

Yes

We are sorry, but you are not eligible for JFGE grant.

Do you have any agent (organization or individual) that has a bank account in Japan and can communicate with JFGE about the project both verbally and writtenly in Japanese?

Yes

We are sorry, but you are not eligible for JFGE grant.
Find an agent by yourself and come back here again.

Congratulations!
you are eligible for JFGE grant.
See our Grant program and detailed application procedure Here. (A Guide to JFGE Grant Program Request (PDF 1.52MB))