World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI)
Follow-up
The WPI Program Committee meets annually to ascertain the state of project progress and recommend improvements when necessary.
- At Follow-up Meetings, the Program Committee interviews the center directors and the heads of the host institutions and receives a report from the Program Officers assigned to each project.
- When deemed necessary, the Committee prepares a list of aspects that require improvement and conveys it to the subject center(s).
PD, DPD and POs (one for each center) have been assigned by JSPS to conduct the follow-up activities.
as of December 2022
| PD/PO | Name | Position, Affiliation | Assigned center |
|---|---|---|---|
| PD | UKAWA Akira | Director, Center for World Premier International Research Center Initiative, JSPS | — |
| DPD | KAIBUCHI Kozo | Director/Designated Professor, Center for Medical Science, Fujita Health University | — |
| PO | MISHINA Masayoshi | Research Professor, The Research Organization of Science and Technology, Ritsumeikan University | International Research Center for Neurointelligence(IRCN), The University of Tokyo |
| PO | NAKANO Akihiko | Deputy Director and Team Leader, RIKEN Center for Advanced Photonics | Nano Life Science Institute (NanoLSI), Kanazawa University |
| PO | TATSUMI Kazuyuki | Honorary Professor, Nagoya University | Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD), Hokkaido University |
| PO | OKANO Hideyuki | Professor, Department of Physiology, School of Medicine, Keio University | Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi), Kyoto University |
| PO | TSUNETA Saku | Director General, National Astronomical Observatory of Japan, National Institutes of Natural Sciences | International Center for Quantum-field Measurement Systems for Studies of the Universe and Particles (QUP), High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK) |
| PO | KURODA Shinya | Professor, Graduate School of Science, The University of Tokyo | Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine (PRIMe), Osaka University |
| PO | YASHIMA Eiji | Professor, Graduate School of Engineering, Nagoya University | International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter (SKCM2), Hiroshima University |
| PO | TAKAHASHI Ryosuke | Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto University | Human Biology-Microbiome-Qutantum Research Center (Bio2Q), Keio Univercity |
- With the assigned PO as its chair, a working group for each center has been established under the Program Committee.
- Each group comprises about 5-6 specialists in the subject field. As a rule, about half of them are overseas members.