The Program for Forming Japan’s Peak Research Universities (J-PEAKS) supports core regional universities and universities with strengths in specific research fields to assist the international expansion of their distinctive research and to provide solutions for regional socioeconomic issues and problems facing Japan and the world. The program provides support for expanding the universities’ activities by leveraging their strengths, such as having a research center in specific strong fields, and also for the development of consortiums of research universities by promoting effective inter-institutional collaboration. 
This program is operated through the cooperation and collaboration of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) and the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS).