2026 Innovation Challenge Grant Application
Deadline Extended: March 30, 2026
- Want to implement a novel project with your ikebana talent and expertise?
- Can you introduce ikebana to new artistic infrastructures?
- Can you create enduring partnerships with other disciplines?
The Innovation Challenge Grant will provide a
single award up to $5,000 annually to a person or organization.
Program Objective:
The objective of the Innovation Challenge Grant is to support the creation of novel avenues for the practice and dissemination of ikebana through non-traditional disciplines.
We have established an Innovation Challenge Grant for up to $5,000 to jump start new pathways for ikebana. The projects should be innovative, practical and concrete. Ideas that are replicable by others and sustainable overtime are encouraged.
Ikebana Iwaya Fund is encouraging the spirit of exploration to benefit a broad constituency.
We encourage ikebana practitioners and teachers to rise to this challenge as we broaden the audience and the practice of ikebana.
Characteristics of the Innovation Challenge:
single award up to $5,000 annually to a person or organization.
Program Objective:
The objective of the Innovation Challenge Grant is to support the creation of novel avenues for the practice and dissemination of ikebana through non-traditional disciplines.
We have established an Innovation Challenge Grant for up to $5,000 to jump start new pathways for ikebana. The projects should be innovative, practical and concrete. Ideas that are replicable by others and sustainable overtime are encouraged.
Ikebana Iwaya Fund is encouraging the spirit of exploration to benefit a broad constituency.
We encourage ikebana practitioners and teachers to rise to this challenge as we broaden the audience and the practice of ikebana.
Characteristics of the Innovation Challenge:
- Facilitate cross-sector collaborations with other disciplines.
- Contribute to novel ecosystems and arts infrastructures.
- Contribute to leadership in non-traditional sectors.
- Integrate ikebana’s intrinsic meditative benefits to other disciplines.
- Build capacity to incorporate ikebana to a broad public through creative practices across all artistic disciplines and forms.
- Develop ikebana entrepreneurial opportunities.
- Create novel mediums to promote ikebana.
- Applying ikebana concepts to new disciplines.
- Develop capacity and partnerships for innovative avenues.
- Explore and develop sustainable and ecological ikebana practices.
2026 Innovation Challenge Grant Application
Deadline Extended: March 30, 2026
Information required for your grant application.
Please complete application form below or go to Innovation Challenge Grant Form: .
Further Information
For further information: [email protected]
Important Note - Applicants seeking support for more mainstream programs and activities: demonstrations, workshops, exhibitions, “art and bloom”, anime, anniversary celebrations, etc. should apply for a standard Iwaya Fund Grant. Applicants seeking support for education should apply through the Midori Tanimune Memorial Educational Scholarship.
- Project start/end date
- Location(s)
- Project administrators and their backgrounds
- If an Organization, information regarding IRS status, mission statement, previous years financials
- Project Objectives
- A Budget
- Partners and sponsors
- Publicity and promotion
- Rubric for measuring your success
- Providing work samples, if applicable
Please complete application form below or go to Innovation Challenge Grant Form: .
Further Information
For further information: [email protected]
Important Note - Applicants seeking support for more mainstream programs and activities: demonstrations, workshops, exhibitions, “art and bloom”, anime, anniversary celebrations, etc. should apply for a standard Iwaya Fund Grant. Applicants seeking support for education should apply through the Midori Tanimune Memorial Educational Scholarship.
