JAPAN PRIZE International Contest For Educational Media

Entries & Judging < Proposal Division >

Entry rules for 2019 will be updated around March.

Entry Rules

Purpose

In order to contribute to the development of educational broadcasting around the world, the JAPAN PRIZE supports the realization of ideas for educational television programs in countries/regions with limited budgets and/or technical facilities.

Prize-winning organizations are required to produce and broadcast the proposed program within the year following receipt of the prize, and to report the progress of the production to the organizer.

Entry

All countries and regions other than those listed in the link below are eligible to enter.

Entry Period

April 1 to June 30 at 11:59pm Japan Time, 2018

Entry Fee

There is no entry fee.

Prizes

The Best Proposal PrizeUS$ 10,000

(The Hoso Bunka Foundation Prize)
The most outstanding proposal for a TV program which will contribute to education in an entrant's country/region

Excellent Proposal PrizeUS$ 6,000

(The National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan Prize)
An excellent proposal for a TV program which will contribute to education in an entrant’s country/region and to the promotion of ESD (Education for Sustainable Development)

*Education for Sustainable Development means including key sustainable development issues into teaching and learning; for example, climate change, disaster risk reduction, biodiversity, poverty reduction, and sustainable consumption. It also requires participatory teaching and learning methods that motivate and empower learners to change their behavior and take action for sustainable development.

Details

Entry Eligibilities

(1) All countries and regions other than those listed in the link below are eligible to enter.

(2) Entrants must be established organizations such as the following. Individuals are not eligible.
Broadcasters
TV/Film production companies
Educational research institutions
Established NPOs, etc.

IMPORTANT:
If the entering organization is not a broadcaster, both the broadcaster and the approximate time of broadcast must be determined prior to the entry.

(3) Because of the purpose of the Proposal Division, which is to contribute to the development of educational broadcasting around the world by offering as many producers as possible an opportunity for production, a producer who won the Best Proposal Prize once or the Excellent Proposal Prize (formally called the Special Prize) twice is not eligible to enter the Proposal Division.

Entry Conditions

(1) The entry must be a proposal for a TV program with educational aims. Entering organizations may submit one proposal in each target age group below.
*Children (0 to 12 years old)
*Teens (12 to 18 years old)
*Adults (18 years and older)
(2) The proposal must be realistically producible with the JAPAN PRIZE prize money alone or with any additional funds, and the completed program must be broadcast by September 30, 2019 in the entrant's own country/region, if the proposal wins the prize.
(3) The proposal must appropriately meet the educational needs of the entering country/region.
(4) The length of the program can be up to 60 minutes.
(5) Producers who have been selected as finalists are required to come to Tokyo during the JAPAN PRIZE period (from November 4 to 10) to present their proposal in front of the jurors at the NHK Broadcasting Center. The Secretariat will cover the airfare (economy class, round trip from/to the finalist's country/region and Japan), transportation (from/to the airport and hotel in Tokyo) and accommodation for one person, for each finalist.
(6) Finalists are also required to attend a Preparatory Workshop organized by the JAPAN PRIZE prior to the Presentation. The Preparatory Workshop consists of email correspondence before coming to Tokyo and coaching on the Presentation upon arrival in Tokyo.

How to Enter

Read through the Entry Rules
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Complete and submit an online Entry Form
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Receive an auto-reply email as Entry Form arrival confirmation
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Entry complete

Deadline: June 30, 2018

Flow from the Entry

April 1 (Sun)	Entry site open
June 30 (Sat)	Entry deadline
September 1 (Sat)	Announcement of Preliminary Selection results on the website Finalists will be contacted directly by the Secretariat Preparatory Workshop (by email) begins
Nov2 (Fri) – 9 (Fri)	JAPAN PRIZE 2018 (Final Selection)
November 4 (Sun)	Arrival of the finalists in Tokyo
November 5 (Mon), 6 (Tue)	Preparatory Workshop in Tokyo
November 7(Wed)	Presentation for Proposal Division
November 9 (Fri)	Announcement of winners at the Awards Ceremony, followed by a reception

Production and Broadcast of the Prize-winning Proposal

(1) A memorandum will be exchanged among the organizer of the JAPAN PRIZE, the sponsoring organization and the entering organization regarding the rights and obligations of each party such as payment of the prize money which shall be used to cover the production costs of the proposal and production schedule.
(2) The prize-winning organization must complete and broadcast the proposed program within the organization’s country/region by September 30, 2019 in principle. Master quality movie file of the program for broadcast, along with any documentation verifying the broadcast must be sent to the Secretariat.
(3) Broadcast of the completed program must include credits indicating that the program was produced with the financial support of “The Hoso Bunka Foundation Prize” or “The National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan Prize”, as appropriate.
(4) The prize-winning organization retains copyrights to the completed program.
(5) NHK may use the completed program for broadcast, screenings at events, and for promotional purposes as mentioned in Use of Entry below.

Use of Entry

Entering organization must agree to the following before submitting entries:

(1) Broadcast

A. Domestic broadcast of the completed program
NHK reserves the right to a single broadcast of all of the completed program in NHK JAPAN PRIZE-related programs on its domestic broadcasting service. NHK reserves the right to broadcast parts of the program for promotional purposes.

B. International broadcast of the completed program
NHK reserves the right to a single broadcast of all or part of the completed program on NHK’s international service ‘NHK World Premium’ for Japanese living outside of Japan. NHK will notify the entering organization of the broadcast date/time and content of said program. Additionally, in case NHK wishes to broadcast all or part of the program, in English, on NHK’s international service ‘NHK World TV’ for non-Japanese, the entering organization and all copyright holders shall cooperate to the best of their ability. The conditions of such a broadcast (including broadcast fee, duration and number of broadcasts, possibility of simultaneous online transmission, etc.) shall be determined in good faith through negotiations between NHK, the entering organization and all copyright holders.

(2) Events

Screening of all or part of the completed program for JAPAN PRIZE-related events.

(3) JAPAN PRIZE Library

JAPAN PRIZE reserves the right to archive the completed program. A DVD copy of the program will be archived in the JAPAN PRIZE Library and used by broadcasters, educational organizations, research institutions and universities solely for the purpose of study of educational contents or of training of producers or study in classrooms, and not for commercial use or broadcast. Other uses will be subject to approval by the entering organization.

(4) Promotional activities other than broadcasts

NHK may use part of the completed program for promotional purposes in DVDs, CDs, websites, and print material.

2.The sponsoring organizations of the prizes, namely The Hoso Bunka Foundation and The National Federation of UNESCO Associations in Japan, reserve the right to use all or part of the completed program of its sponsored award winner, free of charge, for the purposes of educational media research and their own promotional activities.

<For inquiries>
JAPAN PRIZE Secretariat
Email: s02703-japan-prize@nhk.or.jp