The Library Support Program is designed to promote research on and understanding of Japan in the United States through donations of books and other materials related to Japan and funding for resource acquisitions. Another goal of the Library Support Program is to promote resource sharing and library cooperation both regionally and nationally. Priority will be given to those libraries willing to share acquisitions including non-print materials through inter-library loan. The library of any American research or educational institution above the high-school level is eligible to apply for support.
Although the Foundation cannot make commitments for more than a single year at a time, long-term planning is welcomed, and subsequent applications may be submitted in consecutive years. In the 2006 Japanese fiscal year, the Foundation awarded 5 grants in the Library Support Program.
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