Functions of program officer and project / program management for the industry-academia collaborative research program W-BRIDGE

Abstract

A mission of the Industry-academia collaborative research program “W-BRIDGE” is to design, implement and develop environmental action models that solve regional problems by unifying universities, companies, and consumers. In order to build a model to promote social dissemination of various environmental activity projects, P2M based management by PO needs to be properly performed. On the other hand, due to social demands, these management include compliance, fairness and transparency. Based on these factors, this paper clarifies functions of PO in brushing up each project on the premise of public offering, intervention during research implementation, supporting to utilize results after the research period, etc. by analyzing 124 projects implemented over the past 10 years.