In the supplementary budget for fiscal 2013, the Japanese government set aside 55 billion yen for ImPACT, the Impulsing Paradigm Change through Disruptive Technologies Program. Its stated goal was discontinuous innovation through high-risk research.
Each project was led by a puroguramu manējā, a program manager. The Cabinet Office describes the role as that of a producer who plans, carries out and manages the research, not that of a researcher. Twelve program managers were chosen in June 2014 and four more in September 2015.