Job Vacancy Announcement

Associate Professor , Primate Research Institute

Institution: Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
Department / Section: Department of Behavioral and Brain Sciences / Brain Research Section

Job Title: Associate Professor / 5-year-contract position with the possibility of extension(s)
Opening Date: July 22, 2005
Closing Date: Nov 4, 2005
Formal Hiring Date: around February 2006
Salary Range: subject to previous research career (non-negotiable)

1. Job description

The Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University (KUPRI) is seeking to appoint a suitable candidate to the position of Associate Professor in the Section of Brain Research, Department of Behavioral and Brain Sciences. The Section of Brain Research aims to study functions of the brain in primates. Candidates should have extensive experience and a distinguished research record in the field of brain research. Prior experience with non-human primates is not essential. Basic knowledge of Japanese is required, as the successful candidate will be expected to participate in faculty meetings and other administrative matters conducted in Japanese and to lecture graduate students in either English or Japanese. The successful candidate will be expected to promote the study of primates from a broad perspective, to teach and supervise graduate students and post-doctoral researchers, and to contribute to the administration of the institute.

2. Application procedure

Candidates are requested to submit the following set of documents. Two full sets should be sent (copies are acceptable).

(1) CV with detailed account of academic activity and research grant record
(2) List of academic publications and reprints (one per set for each article)
(3) List of non-academic/popular publications and reprints (one per set for each article)
(4) Summary of research that the candidate has conducted (about 1000 words).
(5) Summary of research that the candidate intends to carry out at KUPRI (about 1000 words).

All documents must arrive by the deadline (Friday, November 4, 2005), and should be sent - preferably by registered mail - to the following address:

Dr. Nobuo SHIGEHARA,
Director
Primate Research Institute
Kyoto University
41 Kanrin, Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, JAPAN
Tel: +81-568-63-0567

3. Selection procedure and feedback to candidates

A committee will be set up at KUPRI to evaluate all candidates, based on the documents submitted. The complete list of candidates will then be passed on to a general assembly of about 40 faculty members, all of whom will participate in a vote to select one candidate for the post. No further information will be available to candidates at any stage of the selection process. Each candidate will be informed of the final decision pertaining to him/herself only. KUPRI consists of the following four major departments: Department of Evolution and Phylogeny (includes Morphology Section, Population Genetics Section, and Systematics and Phylogeny Section), Department of Ecology and Social Behavior (Ecology Section and Social Behavior Section), Department of Behavioral and Brain Sciences (Language and Intelligence Section, Cognition and Learning Section, and Brain Research Section), Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology (Cellular Biology Section and Molecular Biology Section). KUPRI also has two attached facilities: Field Research Center, Center for Human Evolution Modeling Research, and Interdisciplinary Collaboration Program (Biodiversity and Conservation Biology Section). Detailed information is available at the ollowing web site: http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp/index.html. For further information, please contact Dr. Akichika MIKAMI (e-mail: mikami@pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp, tel: +81-568-63-0558, fax: +81-568-63-0563).68-63-0528; fax +81-568-63-0085).