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Contact
Center for World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI Program Center）
Kojimachi Business Building 10F, 5-3-1 Kojimachi, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102-0083, JAPAN
TEL+81-3-3263-0967
FAX+81-3-5214-7812
MAILjspstoplevel@jsps.go.jp
MEXT
Basic Research Promotion Division, Research Promotion Bureau, Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT)
3-2-2 Kasumigaseki, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 100-8959, JAPAN
TEL+81-3-5253-4111(ext.4244)
FAX+81-3-6734-4074
MAILtoplevel@mext.go.jp
The WPI Program Committee meets annually to ascertain the state of project progress and recommend improvements when necessary.
Follow-up Process
- 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).
Program Director(PD) and Program Officers(PO)
One PD and POs (one for each center) have been assigned by JSPS to conduct the follow-up activities.
| PD/PO | Name | Position, Affiliation | Assigned center |
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| PD | Akira Ukawa | Deputy Director, RIKEN Advanced Institute for Computational Science | — |
| PO | Ichiro Sanda |
Professor emeritus, Nagoya University |
Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe(Kavli IPMU), The University of Tokyo |
| PO | Kazunari Domen | Professor,School of Engineering, The University of Tokyo | International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research(I2CNER), Kyushu University |
| PO | Kozo Kaibuchi | Professor, Graduate School of Medicine, Nagoya University | International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (IIIS), University of Tsukuba |
| PO | Shoken Miyama | Professor (Special Appointment), Office of the President, Hiroshima University | Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI), Tokyo Institute of Technology |
| PO | Minoru Yoshida | Chief Scientist, Chemical Genetics Laboratory, RIKEN | Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM), Nagoya University |
Working Group
- 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.
List of Working Group Members(FY2016).
List of Working Group Members(FY2015).
List of Working Group Members(FY2014).
List of Working Group Members(FY2013).
List of Working Group Members(FY2012).
List of Working Group Members(FY2011).
List of Working Group Members(FY2009).
Follow-up Reports
FY2016 (includes the Interim Evaluation report)
FY2015
FY2014 (includes the Interim Evaluation report)
FY2013
FY2012
FY2011 (includes the Interim Evaluation report)
FY2010
FY2009
FY2008
Reference: Procedures for Performing the Interim Evaluation
Progress Reports
The Centers Selected in FY2012
| Host Institution | University of Tsukuba | Tokyo Institute of Technology | Nagoya University | |
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| The target year | Center Name | International institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (IIIS) | Earth-Life Science Institue (ELSI) | Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) |
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The Center Selected in FY2010
| Host Institution | Kyusyu University | |
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| The target year | Center Name | International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research(I2CNER) |
| FY2010 | Progress Report | |
| FY2011 | Progress Report | |
| FY2012 | Progress Report | |
| FY2010-13 | Self Evaluation Report |
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The Centers Selected in FY2007
| Host Institution | Tohoku University | The University of Tokyo | Kyoto University | Osaka University | National Institute for Materials Science | |
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| The target year | Center Name | Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR) | Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (Kavli IPMU) | Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS) | Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC) | International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics(MANA) |
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| FY2007-10 | Self Evaluation Report | |
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Results of questionnaire surveys
- This survey polled scientists around the world with regard to the five research centers selected under WPI Program in FY2007 in connection with the follow-up activities. The results are as follows:
