World Premier International Research Center (WPI) Initiative – positions opened for researchers from around the world.

In 2007, the WPI Program was lunched by Japan's Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in a drive to build within Japan »globally visible« research centers that outstanding research environments of a top world level.

Five very highly promising project proposals were selected for grants by the Program Committee. These research centers currently have positions opened for researchers and are recruiting applicants from around the world.

For more details about the WPI Program, please visit the websites of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) and the five WPI research centers:

• Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS)
• Advanced Institute for Materials Research (AIMR)
• Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe (IPMU)
• Institute for Integrated Cell-Material Sciences (iCeMS)
• Immunology Frontier Research Center (IFReC)
• International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA)