The Asahi Glass Foundation
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Mission
The Asahi Glass Foundation strives to contribute to the creation of a society that can transmit the genuine wealth of human civilization by supporting advanced research in the fields of science and technology and by recognizing efforts to solve environmental issues that call for global solutions.
History
The Asahi Glass Foundation was established in 1933 as the Asahi Foundation for Chemical Industry Promotion in commemoration of the twenty-fifth anniversary (1932) of the founding of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. Over most of its first half-century, the foundation focused primarily on fostering research in the field of applied chemistry.
In 1990, the foundation undertook the overall redesign of its programs, expanding the scope of its activities and establishing its commendation program. At the same time it was renamed the Asahi Glass Foundation. The foundation has since sustained a variety of activities under its grant-making and commendation programs.
| 1933 | Establishment to commemorate the twenty-fifth anniversary of founding of Asahi Glass Co., Ltd. (1932). |
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| 1934 | Recognized as the Asahi Foundation for Chemical Industry Promotion, a non-profit organization of stature, it begins providing research assistance to university researchers in the field of applied chemistry. |
| 1961 | Name changed to the Asahi Glass Foundation for Industrial Technology. Scope of research assistance expanded to include surveys and research related to industry and industrial technology. |
| 1982 | Grants begun for support of overseas research. |
| 1990 | Name changed to the Asahi Glass Foundation. Research grant program expanded and commendation program launched. |
| 1991 | Diversifies its research programs in the natural sciences. |
| 1992 | Begins providing research grants in the fields of humanities and social sciences. First annual Blue Planet Prize awards ceremony held, now annual event. First survey, "Questionnaire on Environmental Problems and the Survival of Humankind;" also conducted annually. |
| 1993 | The first seminar presenting findings from Asahi Glass Foundationassisted research held in Tokyo, now annual event. |
| 1997 | A Better Future for the Planet Earth published, commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Blue Planet Prize. |
| 2002 | Commemoration of tenth anniversary of the Blue Planet Prize. Publication of A Better Future for the Planet Earth, Volume II. Publication of Toward the Future of the Blue Planet: 10-year History of the Blue Planet Prize. Tenth-anniversary commemorative lectures. |
| 2006 | First "Special Round Table Conference on Global Environment Problems" held. |
| 2007 | New grant programs launched. Circulation of Environmental Doomsday Clock poster. |
| 2008 | Commemoration of 15th anniversary of the Blue Planet Prize. Publication of A Better Future for the Planet Earth, Volume III. |
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