Job type

• Associate Professor

Research field

• Informatics - Intelligent informatics
• Informatics - Life, health and medical informatics
• Informatics - Mathematical informatics
• Life Science - Basic brain sciences
• Life Science - Cognitive and brain science

Wages

• Annual Salary : 8 million yen ~

  This is a trial calculation for applicants with about 12 years of experience after obtaining their doctoral degree.

Qualifications

• Education and Degree Requirements

  Ph.D. / Doctor

  PhD degree is required at the date of hiring.

• Work experience

  ・One who has significant scholarly achievements in one or more of the above-specified fields.
  ・One who is capable of supervising graduate students including international students and is highly motivated to promote international collaboration in the above-specified fields.
  ・One who is able to provide instructions in the education programs for innovative human resource cultivation development at NAIST.

Employment Type

• Regular employee

Contract period

• Nontenured - Non-tenure track

  5 years (Reappointment to be determined by performance review. However, the maximum term possible is 5 years. )
  In regard to the position offered in this announcement, the total duration of employment as a Fixed-term Contract Employee may not exceed 10 years.

  Probationary period absent

Work location

• 630-0192 Nara 8916-5 Takayama, Ikoma, Nara 630-0192, Japan

Compensation

• Various systems

  Pay increase system : available

  Retirement allowances : available

  Transportation expenses : available

• Insurance

  Employees' Health Insurance : available (MEXT Mutual Aid Association)

  Employees' Pension Insurance : available (Federation of National Public Service Personnel Mutual Aid Association )

  Worker's accident insurance : available

  Employment insurance : available

• Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace

  In order to prevent passive smoking, smoking (including smoking while walking) is prohibited on campus, except for designated areas.

• Supplementary explanation of compensation

  *Based on the Declaration of Co-Creative Community, our university promotes the diversity of our members. We welcome applications from people with various backgrounds and experiences, including women and those with overseas experience.
  <The Declaration of Co-creative Community>
  https://www.naist.jp/en/about_naist/facts_history/co-creative_community.html
  ＜Working at NAIST＞
  https://www.naist.jp/en/about_naist/job_opportunities/file/Working_at_NAIST.pdf
  
  *In order to promote the hiring excellent researchers from overseas (including Japanese nationals returning to Japan), and to facilitate a smooth start as they start their research at NAIST, NAIST offers Start-up Funding for Researchers from Abroad who have belonged to foreign education/research organizations as a researcher/student for one year or more.
  <Reference> Start-up funding for researchers from overseas
  http://www.naist.jp/en/about_naist/job_opportunities/file/Start-up_funding.pdf
  
  *Employees are eligible for various support services to promote work-life balance. When female researchers are employed at NAIST, they are eligible for Start-up Funding for Female Researchers. Services and details can be found on the following page.
  <Projects>
  http://www.naist.jp/diversity/en/projects.html
  
  * In order to contribute to the support of our university's employees and students in balancing work, school, and childcare, we have established an on-campus childcare facility based on mutual cooperation with Ikoma City, Nara Prefecture.
  ＜NAIST daycare Scitech＞
  https://www.naist.jp/facilities/institution/files/scitech_en.pdf
  
  *A variety of support information and counseling is available concerning academic and private issues, from assimilating to life in Japan to starting/raising a family in Japan.
  <Supported by Center for International Students and Scholars>
  http://www.naist.jp/en/ciss/
  

Application Considerations

Number of hired

1 person(s)

• Job content supplemental explanation

  [Starting date] April 1st, 2025

Application period

• 2024/11/27~2025/02/03 Deadline for receipt

  All application materials must arrive no later than Monday, February 3, 2025 (Anywhere on Earth Time)

Application method

• Attached documents

  Application Form : Online Submission

  (1) NAIST format curriculum vitae (download from the site below)
  https://www.naist.jp/en/about_naist/job_opportunities/resume_format.html
  Achievements and Activities : Online Submission

  (2) List of research and education achievements (NAIST format, download from the site below)
  *If there are any matters that you would like to have considered in the selection process, please write them in the additional information
  https://www.naist.jp/job/files/youshiki04_e.doc

  Other online application forms
  (3) Up to 5 representative published papers
  
  *Residents of the European Economic Area (EEA) are required to submit the “Consent form for handling personal information based on GDPR" with your signature.
  https://www.naist.jp/en/about_naist/job_opportunities/file/GDPR_PersonnelSec.pdf
  
  Note: You can find detailed information concerning the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) on the following website: https://ec.europa.eu/info/law/law-topic/data-protection_en
  
  The e-mail subject should be‘Job Application (Computational Behavioral Neuroscience)’, and all application materials should be converted to PDF files. If the file size is too large to send by email, please let us know.
  In case you do not receive an e-mail acknowledging receipt of the files within two business days, please contact is-director[at]is.naist.jp
  (Change the [at] in the address to @).

• Return of application documents

  We will dispose of all application documents responsibly.

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Selection / Notification of result

• Selection

  (1) First stage: Document based screening.
  (2) Second stage: Interview by faculty members may take place when considered necessary.

• Notification of result

  We will notify you after the selection.

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