Job Information
- Organisation/Company: National Institute of Genetics
- Research Field: Medical sciences; Environmental science; Chemistry; Biological sciences; Ethics in health sciences; Pharmacological sciences; Technology; Anthropology; Agricultural sciences; Neurosciences
Offer Description
Background of the recruitment and description of the project
The National Institute of Genetics (NIG) invites applications for approximately three tenure-track Associate Professor positions in the Department of Frontier Research (DFR). We seek outstanding early-career researchers who are strongly motivated to open up new fields in the life sciences through their own original ideas.
Work content and job description
Successful candidates will establish and lead independent laboratories at NIG, taking advantage of the Institute's research environment and the wide-ranging support described below. Tenure-track Associate Professors also participate in graduate education as faculty members of the Genetics Program at SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies).
Assigned department: Newly established departments. Date of new establishment: On April 1, 2026, the Center for Frontier Research was reorganized as the Department of Frontier Research (DFR).
Work location
Address: 411-8540 Shizuoka Mishima, Yata 1111
Number of hired
Number of hired: 3 person(s)
Number of hired description: The National Institute of Genetics (NIG) invites applications for approximately three tenure-track Associate Professor positions in the Department of Frontier Research (DFR).
Job content supplemental explanation:
[Position]
The Department of Frontier Research (DFR)
[Position and Number of Openings]
Approximately three Associate Professors
[Research Support]
- Laboratory space: Approximately 140 ㎡
- Core research funding (planned): JPY 10 million in Year 1; JPY 5 million in Year 2; JPY 4 million in Year 3; and JPY 2 million in each of Years 4 and 5 (total: JPY 23 million).
- Research personnel: Support for one postdoctoral researcher and one research assistant, who may be employed for the duration of the initial appointment.
[Research Environment]
NIG provides extensive shared research facilities and access to a broad range of resources, including genetic resources and mutant collections for diverse model organisms, and actively promotes collaborative research. Tenure-track Associate Professors also participate in graduate education as faculty members of the Genetics Program at SOKENDAI (The Graduate University for Advanced Studies).
[Support for Faculty Members with Childcare Responsibilities]
Support includes the assignment of research support personnel and assistance with temporary childcare services.
[Schedule]
- Application deadline: Monday, November 30, 2026, 12:00 noon (Japan Standard Time). Applications must be received by this time.
- Candidate interviews and seminars (symposium format): Thursday, March 25 and Friday, March 26, 2027.
- Anticipated start date: As soon as possible after the selection decision.
Requirements
Additional Information
Benefits
[Compensation]
- Established Researcher (R3)
- Annual salary: 7 million yen
- Wages description: Salary: Paid in accordance with the Salary Regulations for Employees Subject to the New Annual Salary System of ROIS.
- Working hours: 08:30-17:15
- Break time: 12:00-13:00
- Holidays: Saturday and Sunday, National Holidays, From December 29th to January 3rd (New Year's Break), Summer Break
- Overtime and other explanations: Work Hours: Discretionary Labor System (Deemed working hours: 7 hours 45 minutes/day)
- Employment type: Regular employee
- Employment type description: Full-time
- Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track
- Contract period description: Term of appointment: Five years. For individuals who have held an employment contract with the Research Organization of Information and Systems (ROIS) on or after April 1, 2013, the total period of employment, including the present appointment, may not exceed ten years.
- Tenure review: Conducted within five years of the start of the appointment. Following a successful review, the appointee may be granted a tenured position as an Associate Professor or Professor.
- Probationary period: Probationary period absent
[Various systems]
[Insurance]
- Worker's accident insurance: available
- Employment insurance: available
- Others: MEXT Mutual Society of Health Insurance
[Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace]
NIG is committed to maintaining a safe and healthy working environment, including measures to prevent exposure to secondhand smoke. Smoking is prohibited indoors, and designated smoking areas are provided outdoors.
[Supplementary explanation of compensation]
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available: 1
- Company/Institute: National Institute of Genetics
- Country: Japan
- City: Shizuoka
Contact
City: Shizuoka