{"id":6164,"date":"2018-01-27T09:05:58","date_gmt":"2018-01-27T00:05:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ircn.jp\/?page_id=6164"},"modified":"2025-04-30T14:39:53","modified_gmt":"2025-04-30T05:39:53","slug":"wpi_program","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/ircn.jp\/en\/mission\/wpi_program","title":{"rendered":"WPI Program"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsps.go.jp\/english\/e-toplevel\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI)<\/strong><\/a> program, launched by Japan\u2019s Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) is one of the world\u2019s 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. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jsps.go.jp\/english\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">JSPS (Japan Society for the Promotion of Science)<\/a> is commissioned by MEXT to conduct the program\u2019s grant selection and project assessment processes and to perform support functions aimed at maximizing the WPI Program's achievements.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p><strong>Other WPI Centers<\/strong><br \/>\n<img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/ircn.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/edb39536b5cc026d2c5697bb9646b0dc.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"2000\" height=\"2128\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-23406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ircn.jp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/edb39536b5cc026d2c5697bb9646b0dc.jpg 2000w, 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Advanced Institute for Materials Research <strong>(WPI-AIMR)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ipmu.jp\/en\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The University of Tokyo, Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe <strong>(WPI-Kavli IPMU)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.icems.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyoto University, Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences <strong>(WPI-iCeMS)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.ifrec.osaka-u.ac.jp\/en\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Osaka University, Immunology Frontier Research Center <strong>(WPI-IFReC)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.nims.go.jp\/mana\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics <strong>(WPI-MANA)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/i2cner.kyushu-u.ac.jp\/en\/#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyushu University,International Institute for Carbon-Neutral Energy Research <strong>(WPI-I\u00b2CNER)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpi-iiis.tsukuba.ac.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">University of Tsukuba, International Institute for Integrative Sleep Medicine <strong>(WPI-IIIS)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.elsi.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tokyo Institute of Technology, Earth-Life Science Institute <strong>(WPI-ELSI)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.itbm.nagoya-u.ac.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nagoya University, Institute of Transformative Bio-Molecules <strong>(WPI-ITbM)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/nanolsi.kanazawa-u.ac.jp\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kanazawa University, Nano Life Science Institute <strong>(WPI-NanoLSI)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.icredd.hokudai.ac.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hokkaido University, Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery <strong>(WPI-ICReDD)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Kyoto University, Institute for Advanced Synthesis of Human Biology <strong>(WPI-ASHBi)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.kek.jp\/qup\/en\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">High Energy Accelerator Research Organization (KEK), International Center for Quantum-field Measurement Systems for Studies of the Universe and Particles <strong>(WPI-QUP)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/prime.osaka-u.ac.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Osaka University, Premium Research Institute for Human Metaverse Medicine <strong>(WPI-PRIMe)<\/strong><\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/wpi-skcm2.hiroshima-u.ac.jp\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Hiroshima University,International Institute for Sustainability with Knotted Chiral Meta Matter 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