This grant is a meant to support publication related expenses, outside of subvention, related to Japan by tenured or tenure-stream Pitt faculty, up to $3000.

In addition to filling in the application form, applicants will need to upload:

1. A short description of the book and its scholarly merits

2. Itemized budget of expected project costs.  

You may use the budget template here or create a similar itemized budget and upload it where appropriate. 

3. The Japan Studies Request Form available here. 

Preference will be given to 1) single-authored books, 2) followed by co-authored books, and 3) then edited books of essays and translations. In the case of 2) and 3), at least one of the authors, translators or editors must be an eligible member of the University of Pittsburgh faculty. It can be used by the author to pay for indexing or any other costs of preparing a manuscript for publication.