Not everyone is based at an institution where they have access to a Japan Studies collection, particularly a comprehensive one that may have the specialist materials they need. Fortunately a lot of larger institutions with these holdings sponsor library or archive travel grants to help those who might need to make a short-term visit for research.

The following list is of those grant programs I could find, some of which are Japan-specific and others that are not. There are likely many more, particularly at archives that may seem unlikely to have Asia-related holdings. If there is anything not included below that is relevant, please leave a comment or email shinpai.deshou@gmail.com so it can be added!

• 20th Century Japan Research Awards (University of Maryland)
• Isaac Alfred Ailion Foundation (Leiden University)
• American Geographical Society Library
• ARTstor Travel Awards Program
• Columbia University Libraries Research Awards Program
• Council on Library and Information Resources
• Duke University
• Freer and Sackler Library
• Friends of the Princeton University Library Research Grant Program
• Friends of University of Wisconsin-Madison Libraries
• The Getty Foundation
• Harvard-Yenching Library
• Huntington Library
• India Foundation for the Arts
• Indiana University
• JAHF Clark Center Graduate Travel Grant
• Library of Congress
• National Archives of Australia
• National Library of Australia
• New England Regional Fellowship Consortium
• New York Public Library
• Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland
• Stanford University East Asia Library
• Triangle Center for Japanese Studies
• Truman Library Institute
• University of Chicago
• University of Kansas
• University of Michigan Asia Library
• Western Washington University
• University of Wisconsin-Madison
• The Wolfsonian-Florida International University
• Winterthur Museum, Garden & Library