Innovation Challenge Grant
- 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.
The finalist will be required to fill out a more detailed application/information package upon award.
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.
The finalist will be required to fill out a more detailed application/information package upon award.
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.
2025 Innovation Challenge Grant Application
Deadline: December 31, 2024
Project Title (25 word limit)
Project Description ( 250 word limit)
Major Project Activities: (750 word limit) Please be specific about the activities related to your project. Include outreach opportunities or educational components of the proposed project. Include a brief description of your plan to promote and publicize your project.
Objective (750 word limit)
Briefly discuss how your project addresses the Innovation Challenge.
In addition, please indicate your intended project objective. Select the objective that best describes the intent of your project.
Measurable Results (750 word limit)
Briefly describe performance measurements you will use to assess and provide evidential feedback/data demonstrating your objectives were achieved. Include plans for documenting and reporting of project results.
Submission
Please send your application to [email protected]
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 Description ( 250 word limit)
Major Project Activities: (750 word limit) Please be specific about the activities related to your project. Include outreach opportunities or educational components of the proposed project. Include a brief description of your plan to promote and publicize your project.
Objective (750 word limit)
Briefly discuss how your project addresses the Innovation Challenge.
In addition, please indicate your intended project objective. Select the objective that best describes the intent of your project.
- Creation: The creation of an alternate partnership or outlet for ikebana art
- Engagement: Public engagement with alternate or diverse fields
- Learning: Novel collaborations or mediums to encourage Lifelong learning in the art of ikebana
- Connection/community: Facilitating strengthening of community through Ikebana
Measurable Results (750 word limit)
Briefly describe performance measurements you will use to assess and provide evidential feedback/data demonstrating your objectives were achieved. Include plans for documenting and reporting of project results.
Submission
Please send your application to [email protected]
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.
Final Grant Application
We will be selecting three proposals from which we will be requesting further detailed information.
Hence, we encourage you to think about the additional information you may need to provide such as::
Hence, we encourage you to think about the additional information you may need to provide such as::
- 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
