Call for Applications: Tenure-track faculty positions at Nagoya Institute of Technology (1st Term)
Nagoya Institute of Technology (NIT) has initiated a project titled "Fostering Young and Innovative Researchers based on Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration” this fiscal year, and as a part of this project, we invite young researchers to apply for tenure-track positions. This project is funded by a program called “Supporting Young Researchers with Fixed-term Appointments,” which is a part of the Special Coordination Funds for Promoting Science and Technology by the Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science, and Technology.
Under this project, the Center for Fostering Young and Innovative Researchers will be established, and a tenure-track system will be installed. Successful candidates should be able to perform their researches at internationally competitive levels, and, in the future, take a leading role in research and education in interdisciplinary research fields within NIT and contribute to stimulating the research activities of NIT, through production of the new innovation and the development of new research fields, etc. To achieve such goals, successful candidates will belong to the center and be provided with the independent research environment. We are now soliciting applications from young researchers with creative and unique research proposals in the fields of research specified below. The successful candidates will be appointed as designated faculty (i.e. faculty position with a limited term) and receive university-wide support as well as funding and space for their research.
During their terms, the scientific and academic performances of successful candidates will be evaluated twice, at the middle and end of their terms, in order to determine whether to grant a tenured position (e.g. associate professorship). Additionally, successful candidates will receive supporting advice on their careers such as possibility for working in other research institutes as well as industry.
Please refer to "Fostering Young and Innovative Researchers based on Industry-Academia-Government Collaboration" for further information on the project and the job description.
The details of the first call for application are as follows; for the succeeding calls for applications, please refer to our website at the address above.
Applications from female researchers and foreign researchers are encouraged.
1. Number of positions available
6 designated-faculty positions (tenure-track assistant or associate professors)
2. Affiliation
Center for Fostering Young and Innovative Researchers, Nagoya Institute of Technology
3. Reseach fields and Keywords (one person per field will be appointed)
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| Nanotechnology and material sciences （Closed as of 23/07/09） |
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| Information and Communication Technologies | Fields related to energy-efficiency （Closed as of 30/09/09） |
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| Fields related to brain engineering （Closed as of 31/08/09） |
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| Environmental （Closed as of 23/07/09） |
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| Life sciences （Closed as of 23/07/09） |
Fields related to molecular biological engineering |
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| Fields related to biomechanics |
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4. Qualifications
- (1) Applicants should hold a Doctorate degree (including Ph.D.), which was granted within the past 10 years.
- (2) Applicants should demonstrate the ability to establish cutting-edge research projects and continue to produce superior achievements in the future.
- (3) Sufficient experiences in the field(s) related to those mentioned above.
- (4) A non-native speaker of Japanese will be able to perform his or her research primarily in English during his or her term; however, the ability to operate daily activities associated with running the university in Japanese will be required when granting a tenure position.
5. Date of the appointment
October 1, 2009 (or the earliest possible date thereafter)
6. Duration of the term
From the date of the appointment to March 31, 2014 (Please note that employment contract will be renewed every year.)
7. Salary and other conditions
Successful candidates will receive salary based on annual-salary system throughout their terms with annual salary ranging between 5,000,000 to 7,000,000 JPY. The actual salary will be determined considering one’s experiences as well as according to NIT's regulations. Health insurance, mutual pension, employment insurance, and occupational injury insurance will be available. No retirement packages will be available.
8. Employment conditions
- (1) Successful candidates will work on the campus(es) of Nagoya Institute of Technology.
- (2) For the applicants currently located outside of Japan, support for finding the housing will be available where necessary.
- (3) Other employment conditions are specified in NIT’s employment regulations for academic staff.
9. Conditions of research environment, etc.
- (1) Research funds:
Each successful candidate will receive a research funding of up to 5,000,000 JPY/year. Additionally, the start-up funding of up to 10,000,000 JPY will be provided. - (2) Research spaces
Each successful candidate will be provided with a research space (27 square meters). - (3) Research activities of each successful candidate will be supported by designated mentors who are selected among the faculty members of NIT. Additionally, supports from other faculty members and graduate students of related departments will be available as the need arises.
- (4) For female researchers, it will be possible to extend the term due to the childbearing, and the support for her research will be available during maternity leave.
- (5) Language support will be available for non-native speakers of Japanese.
10. Duties and responsibilities
A successful candidate will lead his or her own research group associated with one of the interdisciplinary fields of the Center for Fostering Young and Innovative Researchers, and concentrate on his or her research activities consisting of scientific research based on the proposal made at the time of the application, writing journal articles, applying for research funds, etc. Therefore, successful candidates will be exempt from the activities related to the administration and management of the university. However, after two or three years of the appointment to the position, (s)he will be given an opportunity to participate in academic activities such as teaching course(s) and being a graduate student advisor in the related field and improve their teaching skills.
11. Path to a tenure position
At the end of the 4th year of his or her term, a successful candidate will be evaluated in order to determine whether it is appropriate to grant a tenure position at the end of his/her 5-year term. A person with the exceptional achievements may be appointed a tenure position at the timing of the mid-term evaluation held at the end of the 3rd year.
Tenure positions will be granted on the basis of the multi aspects such as international recognition of his/her achievement (publications, international conferences, prizes awarded, patents, etc.), the quality of his/her teaching styles, and the number of research funds, both proposed and awarded.
12. Application documents required
- (1) Full curriculum vitiate (include a photo of your face, list of your careers and qualifications, list of the affiliated scientific societies, social contributions made, and your e-mail address, etc.)
- (2) Complete list of publications [books, articles (in both journals and proceedings; specify whether the article was peer-reviewed), patents, prizes awarded, etc]
- (3) Reprints of five representative articles of your work and their abstracts
(approximately 100 words per article). - (4) List of any research funds
- *List the full name of the funding scheme, duration of the funds, amount granted, the name of the principal investigator of the project, etc.
- (5) Outline of your research (approximately 2 pages on A4-size papers)
- (6) Your proposal: Describe the background, purpose, originality, functional prospects, research plans, etc. in approximately 3 pages on A4-size papers, using figures and graphs where necessary.
- (7) Names, titles, and contact addresses of two references from whom we can acquire their remarks of an applicant. Please describe your relationship to each reference as well.
- There are no required formats for preparing your application forms. However, we have prepared formats for CV and list of publications for you to use.
If you wish to use these formats, please download them from our website or contact us at the addresses specified below. - Non-native speaker of Japanese can apply in English.
13. Deadline
Thursday, July 23, 2009. *All of the application materials must arrive at the following address by this date.
14. Selection process
Submitted applications will be reviewed by a selection committee composed of the experts in the fields, and only those who have passed the first screening will be asked to give a presentation and interviewed in the second stage of selection process. Then, the administrative committee of the Center for Fostering Young and Innovative Researchers will nominate the final candidates for the positions, and the series of meetings will be held to select the successful candidates. Please note that you will not be reimbursed for the travel expenses to participate in the interview.
15. Contact address
Please submit your application to the following address. When submitting your application documents via e-mail, convert them to PDF files and submit them to the following e-mail address. Please specify “Application for a faculty position (‘research field’)” in the Subject column of email.
| Inquiries | Keiichi Naito Center for Fostering Young and Innovative Researchers Research Promotion Team, Nagoya Institute of Technology Gokiso-cho, Showa-ku, Nagoya, Aichi 466-8555 Japan |
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| Tel | +81-52-735-5197 |
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Additional information
Please write “Application for a faculty position (‘research field’)” in red on the envelope, where “field of research” is chosen from the list provided above, and submit your application to the address in Section 15 above. Send the application materials by registered mail. Please enclose a stamped envelope for returning your application materials. Please be aware that the applicant’s personal information will be protected according to the related regulations and laws, and used only for the purposes of the selection process for the position described in this call.
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