The World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI) program, launched by Japan’s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) is one of the world’s preeminent research excellence initiatives. It supports Japanese institutions setting up centers that bring together top-level researchers from around the world to advance cutting-edge research, create novel interdisciplinary research domains, internationalize the research environment and reform research organizations. JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science) is commissioned by MEXT to conduct the program’s grant selection and project assessment processes and to perform support functions aimed at maximizing the WPI Program's achievements.
Other WPI Centers
- 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)
- International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research (I²CNER)
- International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine (IIIS)
- Earth-Life Science Institute (ELSI)
- Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules (ITbM)
- Nano Life Science Institute (NanoLSI)
- Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
- Institute for Advanced Synthesis of Human Biology (ASHBi)