The support from the following research grants is greatly appreciated.

  1. "National Institute of Informatics Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books", Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results (Database), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) [ No. 248013 ] / Principal Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 2012
  2. "Earth Environmental Information Integration Program", Initiatives on Adaptation Strategies for Climate Change, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) / Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 2011-
  3. "National Institute of Informatics Digital Archive of Toyo Bunko Rare Books", Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results (Database), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) [ No. 238019 ] / Principal Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 2011
  4. "Typhoon Imagination : Development of Online Game for Disaster Reduction with Multiple Evaluation Cycles Synchronizing with the Real World", Research Grants, Hayao Nakayama Foundation for Science & Technology and Culture / Principal Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 2011-2011
  5. "Coastal ocean prediction for Thailand by integrating database technology into simulation", Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results (JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Foreign Researchers), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) [ No. 22-00357 ] / Principal Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 2010-2012
  6. "Bayesian TV : Creation of Emergency Information Media by Automating Information Collection, Aggregation and Editing", Research Grants, JST PRESTO / Principal Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 2009-2012
  7. "Typhoon Memories: A Participatory System for Sharing Memories of Disasters Using Sensible Data Space", Research Grants, Hoso Bunka Foundation / Principal Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 2009
  8. "A Counter-Spam Architecture Based on Internet Immunology", Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) [ No. 19700107 ] / Principal Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 2007-2008
  9. "Marine Earth Observation Exploration System: Data Integration and Analysis System (DIAS)", National Key Technologies, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) / Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 2006-2010
  10. "Establishment of Transdisciplinary Information Infrastructure and the Portal Site Based on the Integration of Earth Environmental Data in the Information Space", Transdisciplinary Integration Project, Research Organization of Information and Systems, Transdisciplinary Research Integration Center / Principal Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 2005-2009
  11. "Multimedia DB of Toyo Bunko's Historical Material on Silk Road", Grant-in-Aid for Publication of Scientific Research Results (Database), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) [ No. 158048, 168048, 178044, 188037, 208025 ] / Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008
  12. "Database Systems for Collaborative and Instantaneous Organization of Disaster Information", Research Grants, The Okawa Foundation for Information and Telecommunications / Principal Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 2004-2005
  13. "The Discovery of Signs on Typhoon Formation Using Data Mining into the Large-Scale Time-Series Image Collection of Typhoons", Grant-in-Aid for Young Scientists (B), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) [ No. 15700142 ] / Principal Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 2003-2004
  14. "Research on Knowledge Discovery about the Typhoon Based on Large-Scale Typhoon Image Databases", Research Grants, Kayamori Foundation of Information Science Advancement / Principal Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 2002-2004
  15. Conference Travel Grants, The Telecommunications Advancement Foundation (TAF), 2002
  16. "The Morphological Analysis of Typhoons Using Meteorological Satellite Images and the Construction of Typhoon Image Databases", Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists (A), Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) [ No. 12780300 ] / Principal Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 2000-2001
  17. "Content-based Image Retrieval of Satellite Image Database Based on the Hierarchical Model of Image Content Elements", Grant-in-Aid for Encouragement of Young Scientists (A), Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture [ No. 10780252 ] / Principal Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 1998-1999
  18. "Research on Sophisticated Academic Information and the Construction of Next Generation Networks", COE Program, Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture / Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 1998-1999
  19. "Development of Distributed Earth Environment Databases over the Internet", Research Projects on the Development of Creative Telecommunication Technologies, Telecommunications Advancement Organization of Japan (TAO) / Principal Investigator: Mikio TAKAGI / Investigator: Asanobu KITAMOTO / Year: 1997-2002