Unlike a postdoctoral fellowship, the ICYS PI position provides a clear career pathway toward permanent research leadership roles such as Team Leader or Group Leader at NIMS. ICYS PIs are expected to establish internationally visible, original research programs and demonstrate the capability to grow into leaders in their fields.
https://www.nims.go.jp/icys/recruitment/index_icysPI.html
Work content and job description
As an ICYS PI at NIMS, you will independently advance research based on your original ideas, managing your own small research unit and utilizing NIMS’s state-of-the-art shared facilities and dedicated research assistants. You will develop internationally recognized, original research areas across a wide spectrum of materials science—including quantum, battery, magnetic, structural, organic, bio-related, and other advanced materials, as well as data science.
Assigned department
Existing departments
Work location
Address
305-0047 Ibaraki Tsukuba Sengen1-2-1
National Institute for Materials Science, Sengen-Site/ NamikiｰSite/ Sakura-site (Tsukuba, Ibaraki, Japan)
Number of hired
Number of hired: 2 person(s)
Number of hired description: A few positions available
Job content supplemental explanation: Starting Date: Earliest date April 1, 2027 - September 1, 2027 at the latest
Where to apply
Website: https://jrecin.jst.go.jp/seek/SeekJorDetail?fn=0&ln=1&id=D126080141&ln_jor=1
Additional Information
Benefits
- Annual salary: 8 million yen
- Wages description: social insurance premiums and taxes included
- Working hours: 08:30-17:15
- Break time: 12:00-13:00
- Holidays: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, New Year holidays, annual paid leave and other holidays as stipulated in the Working Regulations.
- Overtime and other explanations: The discretionary labor system will be applied.
- Employment type: Contract employee
- Employment type description: The discretionary labor system will be applied. It is deemd appropriate that candidates work for 8 hours and 15 minutes per day.
- Contract period: Nontenured-Tenure-track
- Contract period description: 5 years
- * The maximum employment period shall not exceed 5 years. This may be subject to change because of amendments to the Working Regulations.
- * If the applicant is already in NIMS as a non-permanent researcher (Postdoc), the maximum contract term depends on work experience at NIMS.
- Probationary period: Probationary period present
- Probationary period description: Two months from the start date of employment
Various systems
- Transportation expenses: available
Insurance
- Employees' Health Insurance: available
- Employees' Pension Insurance: available
- Worker's accident insurance: available
- Employment insurance: available
- Others: You will be automatically enrolled in these insurances when working conditions meet the requirements.
Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace
No smoking (except in designated areas outside)
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: National Institute for Materials Science
Country: Japan
City: Ibaraki
Contact
City: Ibaraki
