The Innovative Composite Materials Research and Development Center (ICC) is an affiliated research institute of Kanazawa Institute of Technology, which was completed in March 2014 under the "International Science Innovation Center Project" of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT). As part of the "Regional Science and Technology Demonstration Center Project", the Demonstration and Development Center was opened adjacent to ICC in March 2018.

ICC is located between the academic research institutions of the universities and the manufacturing institutions of the companies.

• Research on the application of composite materials in a wide range of fields
• Development of value chains and support for product development in collaboration with companies
• Human resource development and education combining theory and practice
• International collaboration between overseas research bases and universities/industrial clusters

ICC is an open innovation environment that serves as a "place" platform for these R&D, educational and collaborative activities.