About the Strategic Innovation Promotion Program
SIP is a Japanese government initiative aimed at fostering innovation through cross-ministerial collaboration and collaboration between industry, academia, and government. This program is designed to address critical societal issues and promote economic growth through science and technology. SIP focuses on projects that have the potential for high social impact, and it has been worked on 11 issues in the first phase since 2014 and 12 issues in the second phase since 2018. Each SIP project is led by a Program Director (PD) who is an expert in the relevant field, manages the program's research and development efforts, having a mission to advance the project from basic research to practical application and commercialization, focusing on the social implementation.
Outline and structure of SIP
- The Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation (CSTI) will identify key issues for addressing social challenges and enhancing the Japan’s economy and industrial competitiveness, with a focus on achieving Society 5.0. It will make top-down decisions regarding program directors (PD) and budget allocations for these initiatives.
- To promote the project from basic research to practical application and commercialization, focusing on the social implementation.
- Coress-ministerial efforts through industry, academia and government cooperation.
- Social implementation, perspective of technology, business, system, social acceptability, and human resources.
- Strengthen the stage gate and exit strategies (promotion system after SIP) to support social implementation.
- Actively encourage startup participation
Implementation Structure
The list of SIP 14 Projects in Phase 3
- No.
- Name of the project
- 1
- Building a Resilient and Nourishing Food Supply Chain Management for a Sustainable Future
- 2
- Integrated Healthcare System
- 3
- Innovation of Inclusive community platform
- 4
- Building a platform for learning and working styles in the post-pandemic era
- 5
- National Platform for Innovative ocean development
- 6
- Smart Energy Management Systems
- 7
- Development of Circular Economy System
- 8
- Development of a Resilient Smart Network System against Natural Disasters
- 9
- Smart Infrastructure Management System
- 10
- Development of Smart Mobility Platform
- 11
- Expansion of fundamental technologies and development of rules promoting social implementation to expand HCPS Human-Collaborative Robotics
- 12
- Development of foundational technologies and rules for expansion of the virtual economy
- 13
- Promoting Application of Advanced Quantum Technologies to Social Challenges
- 14
- Creating a Materials Innovation Ecosystem for Industrialization
At the 96th Governing Board meeting of the Council for Science, Technology, and Innovation (CSTI), "Development of a Resilient Smart Network System Against Natural Disasters" was selected as one of the target issues for SIP Phase 3.
Subsequently, at the 100th Governing Board meeting, Professor Koichi Kusunoki from the Division of Disaster Mitigation Science at the University of Tokyo was appointed as the project leader. Additionally, the strategy and research and development plan for the project's social implementation were approved.