13 Aug 2026
Job Information
- Organisation/Company: Kanazawa University
- Research Field: Ethics in health sciences; Biological sciences; Technology; Neurosciences; Anthropology; Medical sciences; Pharmacological sciences; Agricultural sciences; Environmental science; Chemistry
Offer Description
Background of the recruitment and description of the project
The Research Center for Child Mental Development at Kanazawa University started more than a decade ago. At the beginning of the second decade, this research center was reorganized into three Divisions: (i) Basic Science and Translational Research, (ii) Clinical Medicine and Social Implementation, and (iii) Integrated Art and Sciences and Local Community Support.
Our main purposes are (i) to elucidate molecular mechanisms for child mental and brain development and generate drugs that modulate social behaviors, (ii) to devise diagnostic system for autism spectrum disorders utilizing magnetoencephalography (MEG) and incorporate robots into caregiving, and (iii) to develop science-based supporting programs, educational materials, and teacher-training courses.
Work content and job description
(1) Research, education, and administrative duties in the Division of Basic Science and Translational Research.
(2) Education (lectures, practical training, and research supervision) and administrative duties in the master and doctoral courses of United Graduate School of Child Development.
Assigned department
Existing departments
Work location
Address
920-8640 Ishikawa 13-1 Takara-machi, Kanazawa City
Number of hired
Number of hired:1 person(s)
Hiring date:2027-02-01 00:00:00
Additional Information
Benefits
Compensation
Annual salary:7 million yen - 10 million yen
Working hours:08:30-17:00
Break time:12:00-12:45
Holidays :Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, from December 29th to January 3rd of the following year
Overtime and other explanations:Discretionary labor system（Assumed to have worked 7 hours and 45 minutes per day.）
Employment type:Regular employee
Contract period:Nontenured
Contract period description:Term of appointment
Fixed-term (5 years). 【If you are currently working at our university and work continuously, the total term of office, from the current term to the next term, cannot exceed 10 years.】
After appointment, a review will be conducted during the term of employment to determine eligibility for reappointment, including possible conversion to a position without a fixed term.
Re-appointment evaluation will be based on:
(1) Research publications
(2) Records of teaching and training
(3) Grants, fellowships, and awards
(4) Activities in academic associations
(5) Additional activities such as status of research achievements, industry-academia collaboration, and social contribution
(6) Other items that the review committee deems particularly necessary
Probationary period:Probationary period present
Probationary period description:Traial piriod 6months
Various systems
Pay increase system:available
Retirement allowances:available
Transportation expenses:available
Retirement age:available
Insurance
Employees' Health Insurance:available
Employees' Pension Insurance:available
Worker's accident insurance:available
Employment insurance:available
Measures for preventing passive smoking at the workplace
No smoking in the Facility
Supplementary explanation of compensation
Additional comments
(1) Kanazawa University is working to improve faculty members’ teaching skills in English and strengthen English education on the premise of increasing the number of subjects offered in English.
(2) We promote the development of diversity in the research and education environment and welcome applications from female researchers in accordance with the purport of the Basic Act for Gender Equal Society. Detailed information is given at the following URL: https://ipdi.w3.kanazawa-u.ac.jp/en/
(3) During the selection process, we may ask the applicant to come to our university to give a lecture (travel expenses are not provided) or may offer an online lecture.
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: Kanazawa University
Country: Japan
City: Ishikawa
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