Awards and Research Grants

Awards: Suga Weathering Technology Foundation awards those who have made significant and meaningful contributions in the field of weathering technology. Fifty percent of the awards are those involved in; corporations, thirty percent from the educational field, and twenty percent from other fields such as public research institutions.

Research Grants: Suga Weathering Technology Foundation has awarded over 272 grants relating to weathering technology. The field of research that has received the most grants (30%) is metallic materials, which includes painted and coating materials. The remainder of the grants is awarded in fields of biological materials, light and color, polymeric materials and test methods.