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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), Deputy Program Director(DPD) and Program Officers(PO)
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 |
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| PD | UKAWA Akira | Director, Center for World Premier International Research Center Initiative, JSPS |
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| 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 |
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(FY2021).
List of Working Group Members(FY2020).
List of Working Group Members(FY2019).
List of Working Group Members(FY2018).
List of Working Group Members(FY2017).
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
FY2021 (includes the Final evaluation and the Interim Evaluation Report)
FY2020
FY2019 (includes the Final evaluation and the Extension Application Screening)
FY2018
FY2017 (includes the Extension Application Screening Report)
FY2016 (includes the Final Evaluation and the Interim Evaluation Report)
FY2015
FY2014 (includes the Extension Application Screening and the Interim Evaluation Report)
FY2013
FY2012
FY2011 (includes the Interim Evaluation report)
FY2010
FY2009
FY2008
Progress Reports
The Centers Selected in FY2018
| Host Institution | Hokkaido University |
Kyoto University | |
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| The target year | Center Name | Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD) | Institute for the Advanced Study of Human Biology (ASHBi) |
| FY2018 | Progress Report |  |
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| FY2019 | Progress Report | |
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| FY2020 | Progress Report | |
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The Centers Selected in FY2017
| Host Institution | The University of Tokyo |
Kanazawa University | |
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| The target year | Center Name | International Research Center for Neurointelligence (IRCN) | Nano Life Science Institute (NanoLSI) |
| FY2017 | Progress Report | |
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| FY2017-20 | Self Evaluation Report | |
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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 Institute (ELSI) | Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM) |
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| FY2012-15 | Self Evaluation Report | |
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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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| FY2014 | Progress Report | |
| FY2015 | Progress Report | |
| FY2010-16 | Progress Report |
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| FY2010-18 | Progress Report and Plan | |
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:
