Kwansei Gakuin SDGs Youth Ideas 2025
Crescents Go Sustainable!

Application Guidelines
（Work category）

1 April 2025
Kwansei Gakuin Sustainability Promotion Headquarters Secretariat

1. Overview

In 2019, Kwansei Gakuin established the SDGs Promotion Headquarters (from FY2024, the Sustainability Promotion Headquarters) to promote the development of global citizens who embody our school motto "Mastery for Service" and it has been working on multi-faceted activities to contribute to the SDGs. As part of this effort, we will hold the SDGs Ideas Contest for Kwansei Gakuin students for the third time this year.
In this new Work Category, students are invited to submit creative works on the theme of "sustainable initiatives I wish my school had". We look forward to receiving your submissions!

2. Application period

Monday 30 June 2025 ~ Noon of Friday 5 September 2025

3. Eligibility

Students who are enrolled in one of the following schools in AY2025：Kwansei Gakuin Elementary School, Kwansei Gakuin Junior High School, Senri International School of Kwansei Gakuin (junior high), Osaka International School of Kwansei Gakuin (G1~8)
※ Winners are required to attend the award ceremony on 18 October

4. Screening Process

　【Overall schedule】

【Screening method】

Submitted works will be judged based on the judging criteria.

【Judging criteria】

　① How well is the theme understood in the work?
　② How accurately does the work express its idea?
　③ How unique is the work's idea?

【Date and venue of the award ceremony】

・Date and time：
　Saturday 18 October 2025, 15:30～18:00 (Reception: 16:30~18:00)

・Venue：
　Hikari Hall, Kwansei Gakuin Kaikan (Nishinomiya Uegahara Campus, Kwansei Gakuin University)
　（Japanese address: 兵庫県西宮市上ケ原一番町1−155 関西学院会館）

【Judges】

　Executives and senior officers of Kwansei Gakuin Educational Foundation ※Coming soon

5. Prizes

• • Grand Prize　　　　　　　　　　： Certificate of Commendation + 10,000 yen bookstore gift card
    　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　　（※No award will be given in the absence of a suitable entry）
  • Excellence Prize (second place) ： Certificate of Commendation + 5,000 yen bookstore gift card, for 3 entries
  • Encouragement Prize　　　　　 ： Certificate of Commendation + KG merchandise, for a number of entries

6. How to apply

【Details】

• • We are looking for entries about sustainable activities that you wish your school could do or you yourself could do at your school in order to contribute to creating a better society.
  • Please express your idea using drawings and text on the 【Application Form①】.
    (※If you use pencil or colored pencil, please draw as clearly as possible.)
  • Please provide a detailed explanation on【Application Form ②】 and submit it together with【Application Form ①】.
  • Your work may address, for example, something you would like to work on yourself at your school / something you would like your school to work on / something you would like Kwansei Gakuin as a comprehensive educational institution to work on.

【How to apply】

（Work category）Application Form① ※A3 .pdf
（Work category）Application Form②.pdf

※Details will be announced internally at each school.

A worksheet for lower-grade elementary school students is uploaded below. Please make use of it as needed.
Worksheet_ver1.pdf

【Points to note】　※Please be sure to check before applying.

• One entry per student is accepted.
• Works that have been submitted to similar contests in the past are not eligible for this contest. If it is found that an applicant has already submitted the relevant work to a similar contest, the applicant's participation and award(s) may be revoked.
• Submitted works must be original. If copyright infringement or plagiarism of previous works is found, participation and award(s) may be revoked.
• Please note that application forms will not be returned.

7. Organizational structure

Organizer：
Kwansei Gakuin Sustainability Promotion Headquarters
(Secretariat: Chancellor's Section, General Affairs Department, Kwansei Gakuin Educational Foundation)

Operational support：
NPO Japan Medical Care Association (JMCA)
KG SDGs Campus Supporter (Kwansei Gakuin Sustainability Promotion Headquarters' official student organization)

8. Contact

Kwansei Gakuin Sustainability Promotion Headquarters Secretariat
E-mail：　kg-sust@kwansei.ac.jp

Please feel free to contact us in English!

【Poster】

SDGs Ideas Contest 2025（Poster）_ver3.pdf
SDGs Ideas Contest 2025（Application Guidelines）_ver1.pdf