Supporting Pediatric Doctors and Community Collaboration: Up to 700,000 Yen Grant for Solving Social Issues Affecting Children
The Kawano Foundation for Pediatric Medicine will begin accepting applications for the 2026 'Doctor-Community Collaboration Child Support Grant' on May 1st. This program supports advocacy activities where doctors collaborate with local communities to solve social problems such as abuse and mental health issues, providing up to 700,000 JPY per project.
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The Kawano Foundation for Pediatric Medicine (Location: Kawagoe City, Saitama; Chairman: Yukio Kawano), which provides research grants to pediatric researchers and scholarships to medical students to promote pediatric medicine, will start accepting applications for the 2026 'Doctor-Community Collaboration Child Support Grant - Advocacy Activities Beginning with the Voices of Children' from Friday, May 1, 2026.
■ Overview
With the wish for children to grow up healthy in mind and body, the Foundation launched the 'Doctor-Community Collaboration Child Support Grant' in fiscal 2025. This project provides grants of up to 700,000 JPY per case for initiatives where pediatricians and other doctors involved with children listen to 'children's voices,' identify issues, and work with local communities to solve them. Details can be found on the official website, including recruitment summaries and past cases.
■ Background of the Project
Since its establishment in 1989, the Foundation has supported medical experts to achieve the vision of 'children growing up healthy.' However, issues surrounding children have become complex and diverse, including truancy, abuse, and mental health challenges that are difficult to handle within traditional frameworks. Solving these requires inclusive support through collaboration across positions such as medicine, education, and welfare. Pediatricians, who directly hear the voices of children and families through daily clinical practice, play a crucial role as 'advocates' for children. Since understanding and support for such advocacy activities are still limited in Japan, the Foundation started this new business in 2025.
■ 2026 Recruitment Overview
● Purpose: To provide grants for advocacy activities (acting as a voice for children) conducted by doctors in collaboration with local communities.
● Targeted Activities: Must meet both: (1) Activities aimed at solving physical, psychological, or social problems identified through children's voices in professional medical practice. (2) Activities conducted in collaboration with the community.
● Grant Details: Up to 700,000 JPY per case and 'Hands-on Support' (regular meetings with the Foundation, opportunities for collaboration and mutual learning).
● Grant Period: October 2026 to March 2028.
● How to Apply: Enter required information and upload documents via the application form on the Foundation's website (https://kawanozaidan.or.jp/advocacy_support/).
● Application Period: May 1, 2026 (Fri) 10:00 to June 15, 2026 (Mon) 17:00.
● Contact: Tsuneki (Tel: 049-247-1717; Mail: info@kawanozaidan.or.jp).
■ Reference: 2025 Selected Activities
- Madoka Family Clinic (Pediatrician Daichi Maruyama): 'VOICE' project to visualize the thoughts of children needing medical care.
- Toyokawa City HPV Vaccination Review Committee: 'Cancer Talk for Junior High Students' project to provide correct knowledge about cancer and HPV vaccines.
■ Overview
With the wish for children to grow up healthy in mind and body, the Foundation launched the 'Doctor-Community Collaboration Child Support Grant' in fiscal 2025. This project provides grants of up to 700,000 JPY per case for initiatives where pediatricians and other doctors involved with children listen to 'children's voices,' identify issues, and work with local communities to solve them. Details can be found on the official website, including recruitment summaries and past cases.
■ Background of the Project
Since its establishment in 1989, the Foundation has supported medical experts to achieve the vision of 'children growing up healthy.' However, issues surrounding children have become complex and diverse, including truancy, abuse, and mental health challenges that are difficult to handle within traditional frameworks. Solving these requires inclusive support through collaboration across positions such as medicine, education, and welfare. Pediatricians, who directly hear the voices of children and families through daily clinical practice, play a crucial role as 'advocates' for children. Since understanding and support for such advocacy activities are still limited in Japan, the Foundation started this new business in 2025.
■ 2026 Recruitment Overview
● Purpose: To provide grants for advocacy activities (acting as a voice for children) conducted by doctors in collaboration with local communities.
● Targeted Activities: Must meet both: (1) Activities aimed at solving physical, psychological, or social problems identified through children's voices in professional medical practice. (2) Activities conducted in collaboration with the community.
● Grant Details: Up to 700,000 JPY per case and 'Hands-on Support' (regular meetings with the Foundation, opportunities for collaboration and mutual learning).
● Grant Period: October 2026 to March 2028.
● How to Apply: Enter required information and upload documents via the application form on the Foundation's website (https://kawanozaidan.or.jp/advocacy_support/).
● Application Period: May 1, 2026 (Fri) 10:00 to June 15, 2026 (Mon) 17:00.
● Contact: Tsuneki (Tel: 049-247-1717; Mail: info@kawanozaidan.or.jp).
■ Reference: 2025 Selected Activities
- Madoka Family Clinic (Pediatrician Daichi Maruyama): 'VOICE' project to visualize the thoughts of children needing medical care.
- Toyokawa City HPV Vaccination Review Committee: 'Cancer Talk for Junior High Students' project to provide correct knowledge about cancer and HPV vaccines.