Asahi Glass Foundation

The Asahi Glass Foundation strives to contribute to the creation of a society that can transmit the genuine wealth of human civilization by supporting advanced research in the fields of science and technology and by recognizing efforts to solve environmental issues that call for global solutions.

The Asahi Glass Foundation was established in 1933 as the Asahi Foundation for Chemical Industry Promotion in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary (1932) of the founding of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. Over most of its first half-century, the foundation focused primarily on fostering research in the field of applied chemistry.
In 1990, the foundation undertook the overall redesign of its programs, expanding the scope of its activities and establishing its commendation program. At the same time it was renamed the Asahi Glass Foundation. The foundation has since sustained a variety of activities under its grant-making and commendation programs.

Research Grant Program

  • Research grants for natural science
    (Research encouragement grants, research continuation grants for young researchers, and “step up” grants)
  • Research grants for human and social science
    (Research encouragement grants, research continuation grants for young researchers, and “step up” grants)
  • Task-oriented research grants
  • Overseas research grants (in Thailand and Indonesia)
  • Research grants-related activities (award ceremonies, research result presentation sessions, etc.)

Commendation Program

(1)The Blue Planet Prize

  • Award ceremony
  • Commemorative lectures by the winners

(2)Environment-related activities

  • Conducting annual survey on global environmental issues
  • Holding events and dispatching information about the global environment, including the Asahi Glass Foundation Special Round Table Conference on Global Environment Problems, which comprises the directors and councillors of the Foundation

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