The Institute for Integrated Innovations (III) is a university-wide organization dedicated to the promotion and support of priority research programs based on HU’s strategic research policy. It also strives to create new academic disciplines and advance cutting-edge science and technology based on the development of human resources.
Research Department
The Research Department is dedicated to creating new research themes based on HU’s strategic research policy, fostering young researchers, and extending support to stimulate collaborations between industry and academia.
Center for Promotion of Platform for Research on Biofunctional Molecules
The center promotes project-type joint research programs based on industry–government–academia collaboration. It also manages and operates North Campus Integrated Research Building No. 6 and the Platform for Research on Biofunctional Molecules (PRBM) as a hub for drug discovery and functional food development.
Office for the Promotion of Nanotechnology Collaborative Research
This office supports collaboration on research in the field of nanotechnology across the university, as well as with other research institutions. In addition, the office manages nanotechnology research facilities and supports their use.
Office for Developing Future Research Leaders
This office is dedicated to developing research and leadership skills in young researchers that will aid them in the next generation of scientific research.
J-PEAKS Planning and Management Office
The J-PEAKS Planning and Management Office promotes the university’s Program for Forming Japan’s Peak Research Universities (J-PEAKS), which is approved and administered by the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS). The Office manages the Collaborative Research Platform and HOKUDAI Connect, and provides continuous support to participating research groups and projects – from the planning stages through to social implementation.
Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD)
The Institute for Chemical Reaction Design and Discovery (ICReDD) was adopted by the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) in the context of the “World Premier International Research Center Initiative (WPI)” and was established at Hokkaido University in October 2018. The purpose of the WPI is to form “highly visible research centers” that conduct research in internationalized research environments and on a world-class level. ICReDD is one of 18 research centers currently in the country. In addition, the MANABIYA system, a strategic framework for the development of an international collaborative research environment and the development of advanced human resources on a global scale, will establish a brain-circulation society that will enable researchers in Japan and overseas to learn the methods for developing new chemical reactions in ICReDD and spread their use in the future.
Data-Driven Interdisciplinary Research Emergence Department (D-RED)
The Data-Driven Interdisciplinary Research Emergence Department (D-RED), established directly under the President in July 2022, is an organization that plays a critical role in realizing “Hokkaido University, a data-driven university,” one of the six visions of the University in the Fourth Period of Mid-Term Goals.
D-RED promotes cutting-edge interdisciplinary research by combining the University’s “diverse interdisciplinary research areas,” which proved to be among the top in the country based on numerical evidence, with “data-driven science” that utilizes various data collected from society and information science, and strives to solve problems by demonstrating and implementing the research results in society. We aspire to become a hub for promoting and cogenerating diverse research activities and contribute to the co-creation of new values through regional collaboration, such as by providing state-of-the-art incubation facilities for the development of start-up businesses originating from the University.
Institute for Vaccine Research and Development (IVReD)
Institute for Vaccine Research and Development (IVReD) The Institute for Vaccine Research and Development (IVReD) was established in October 2022 and is located at the Creative Research Institution, Hokkaido University. IVReD was selected as a synergy center along with the University of Tokyo (flagship center), Osaka University, Chiba University, and Nagasaki University (synergy centers) by the Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development (AMED)’s “Japan Initiative for World-leading Vaccine Research and Development Centers” projects. IVReD will prepare a library of pathogens causing infectious diseases in humans, promote basic research for vaccine development, attempt to develop vaccines and implement their deployment in society in collaboration with institutions, companies, and universities. In addition, we will contribute to the “rapid development and production system for Japanese vaccines” in outbreaks of infectious diseases by flexible response.