The United States Institute of Peace (USIP)
The United States Institute of Peace is an independent,
nonpartisan federal institution established in 1984 by Congress to
promote the peaceful resolution of international conflict. Its
function is to expand available knowledge about means and methods
of conflict management. It does so through five major means: a
grant program, a research and studies program; a fellowship
program; development of library resources; and a variety of citizen
education activities. The Institute is governed by a bipartisan,
fifteen-member board of directors including ex-officio members from
federal service and eleven public members appointed by the
President of the United States and confirmed by the Senate. USIP
may provide grant support to non-profit organizations, official
public institutions and individuals -- both U.S. and foreign.
In September 1995, the USIP awarded a grant to the National
Planning Association of Washington, D.C. funding to implement
a U.S.-Japan Policy Forum
project to develop a series of
U.S.-Japan conflict management dialogues on vital issues
confronting the two powers in Asia.