Sekisui Chemical Group began the Sekisui Chemical Grant Program for Research on Manufacturing Based on Innovations Inspired by Nature in fiscal 2002 to support the research activities of universities and research institutions utilizing knowledge of fundamental science learned from nature. Over the 10-year period through fiscal 2011, this program collected a cumulative total of 2,733 public placements, ultimately awarding grants to 138 research themes. Of these, the program awarded grants to 33 projects in the field of utilizing natural resources and learning from natural materials, 49 projects in the field of learning from the functions of living creatures, 34 projects in the field of learning from living organism (about the activities of living), and 22 projects in the field of learning from ecology, the growth and development of living creatures, etc. In the future as well, the program will provide continual support to research activities contributing to harmony between nature and human beings.