"Dare to be digital is a unique competition open to undergraduate or postgraduate students to work on a team project in computer games, CD products or animation for ten weeks in Dundee. Thanks to a 3000 pound funding from the Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation, Dare to be Digital was able to invite a team of five students from the Institute of Advanced Media Arts and Sciences in Gifu, Japan. This was the first time in the three year history of the competition that an international team was able to participate."

Dr Martin Solan and Dr Alan Jamieson of the University of Aberdeen’s Oceanlab linked up with Professor Katsumi Tsukamoto and Dr Asako Matsumoto at the University of Tokyo’s Ocean Research Institute to set up joint research in ultra-deep environments. Visits to the National Science Museum gave the opportunity to see some ultra-deep sea specimens and discuss future storage of any new species found as a result of this unique collaboration. The pump-priming grant provided for these initial meetings will lead to new scientific developments not possible elsewhere.

CLEO Pacific Rim is a biannual conference dedicated to the presentation, discussion and dissemination of research in the fields of laser physics and electro-optics from basic science to applied systems engineering. While mainly focusing on the Asia/Pacific Rim region, the conference is attended by researchers from all over the world.
"I would like to express my thanks to The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation for awarding me a grant for this trip. Had I not received this award it is likely that I would have had to considerably limit the scope of my attendance and the valuable laboratory visits in the following week would have been impossible."

The Ecotron Research Team based in Cardiff, the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science and The Centre for Ecological Research at Kyoto University worked together in order to build in Kyoto a facility similar to the Ecotron, the Symbiotron. "The Ecotron controlled environment facility allows the teaching of complex environmental issues (such as acid rain, climate change, extinction) to both school pupils and the general public in a relatively easy-to-understand manner. The Centre for Ecological Research at Kyoto was interested in developing the use of the Symbiotron for these educational purposes and asked the Ecotron Research Team to collaborate with them to develop an education programme in Japan. The grant awarded by The Great Britain Sasakawa Foundation was to support Ecotron personnel in developing the project with Japanese colleagues."