2024-2025 Mineta Ambassadors Pilot Program
The Mineta Ambassadors Program had a soft launch with a pilot program for the 2024-25 academic year. The pilot program is funding 25 students from the United States and Japan to participate in an exchange in the other country. This includes high school and college students from Japan and college students from the United States, and both academic study abroad (semester and full year) and a short-term visitation program.
Final Report for the 2024-2025 cycle is here.
Grantees (Academic Year 2024-25)
The United States-Japan Bridging Foundation
- 12 American undergraduate students (profiles can be found online here).
- Semester and full-year academic study abroad beginning in Fall 2024.
- 7 Japanese high school students.
- A short-term visitation program to Washington, D.C. in Summer 2025.
Scholarships awarded directly to students by the U.S.-Japan Council
- 6 Japanese undergraduate and graduate students (profiles can be found online here).
- Semester and full-year academic study abroad beginning in Fall 2024.