Archive for the ‘Japan Postdoctoral’ Category

Research job 2011 in the field of Neuroscience, Physics, Molecular Biology at  RIKEN Brain Science Institute in Japan

Study Subject: Neuroscience, Physics, Molecular Biology
Employer: Brain Science Institute
Level: Postdoctoral

We seek highly motivated postdoctoral fellows with an interest in learning and memory and/or motivated behavior. Applicants should have a PhD in neuroscience, physics, molecular biology or a related field. Strong training in electrophysiology, behavior, biochemistry and/or molecular biology is desirable.Full-time position with an annually renewable contract (maximum five years) based on evaluation.
A New contract will not be entered into after when the Employee’s assigned laboratory closes.
Salary will be commensurate with qualifications and experience. Commuting and housing allowances will be provided. Social insurance will be applied. Day off includes public holidays, Read the rest of this entry »

UNU-IAS and UNU-ISP offer PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowships for Young Scholars and Policy-makers from the Developing World

Study Subject: Multi-disciplinary
Employer: UNU-IAS
Level: Doctoral, Postdoctoral

Every year UNU-IAS and UNU-ISP offer PhD and Postdoctoral Fellowships to provide young scholars and policy-makers, especially from the developing world, with a multi-disciplinarily context within which to pursue advanced research and training that are of professional interest to the successful applicant and of direct relevance to the research agenda of their selected UNU-IAS or UNU-ISP programme.

Fellowship Programme provides the successful applicant with a unique opportunity to:

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Postdoctoral fellows of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science are not eligible for this application

Study Subject: Any subject
Employer: Graduate School of Arts and Letters, Tohoku University
Level: Postdoctoral

Center for the Study of Social Stratification and Inequality (CSSI) invites applications from excellent scholars for a few postdoctoral positions. (The number of the positions depends on the center’s budget for the next academic year.) The center pursues development of new theories and methodologies on social stratification and inequality with emphasis on studies of rational choice theory, minorities (including gender stratification and inequality), East Asia, transnational migration (especially focusing on “newcomers” in Japan), and fairness. Faculty members of the center are sociologists, social psychologists, cultural anthropologists, religious anthropologists, a historian, and economists, and they study social stratification and inequality from various viewpoints. In addition, the CSSI conducts comparative studies of absolute poverty with the Stanford Center for the Study of Poverty and Inequality.
Applicants should hold doctoral degrees or show academic performance equivalent to holders of doctoral degrees. They should have a good command of English. Postdoctoral fellows of the Japan Society for the Promotion of Science are not eligible for this application. Read the rest of this entry »

Fellowship program for international reserachers in Japan

Hakuho Japanese Language Research Fellowship Program invites leading international
researchers of the Japanese language and Japanese language instruction to Japan for residential research, with the aim of further developing and practicalizing research in these fields both in Japan and overseas, and enhancing the fundamentals of the research

Applicants to this program must satisfy all of the following qualifications:   Read the rest of this entry »

Postdoctoral Research fellowship at the International Research Center for Japanese Studies, Japan for international reserachers

International Research Center for Japanese Studies is one of the constituent institutions of the National Institutes for the Humanities, which was established as an Inter-University Research Institute Corporation under a law effective April 2004. Founded in May 1987 as an inter-university research institute of the Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, this Center seeks to promote comprehensive, international, and interdisciplinary research on Japanese culture, and to foster cooperation among researchers in Japanese studiesworldwide. In order to broaden and deepen research on Japanese culture and bring together researchers in a variety of specialized fields, the Center regularly appoints a number of scholars from around the world as Visiting Research Scholars.

The Center invites applications from scholars who wish to conduct research while in residence here. Visiting Research Scholars are expected to engage in collaborative activity with the Center’s permanent faculty by, for example, participating in at least one of our team research projects (“kyôdô kenkyû”).

Qualifications and Eligibility:     Read the rest of this entry »

The Fellowship Program for Intellectual Exchange 2011-2012 is designed to provide selected intellectuals in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa with an opportunity to visit Japan and conduct their own individual research on a chosen topic as well as networking/exchange activities

Study Subject: Humanities or the social sciences
Employer:Japan Foundation
Level:Postdoctoral, Professionals

The program thus seeks to assist in the development of a new generation of Eastern European, Middle Eastern and African intellectual leaders who are familiar with Japan through established individual and institutional networks and are able to incorporate topics/elements related to Japan to their own field of research in future.

Eligibility:
1. Scholars, researchers (except undergraduate and graduate students), journalists and professionals who are engaged in research activities in the fields of the humanities or the social sciences, or who have practical experience in research, media, or non-profit organizations. In this fellowship, the applicant’s specialization should not be Japanese
studies, but he/she should aim to conduct research that is related to Japan.

2. Individuals with adequate English-language proficiency to take part in collaborative interaction and to conduct research in Japan (Japanese-language ability is not assessed. Please attach a certificate showing the applicant’s English-language ability, if you have one.)

Applicants who are under 45 years old at the point of April 1, 2011 (as a general rule), and who are nationals or permanent residents with an active academic/professional affiliation in any of the following countries:

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U.S.-Japan Program Advanced Research Fellowships in Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University

Study subject: U.S.-Japan Relations

Employer: Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University, USA

Level: Post Doctoral

Fellowship description: A few postdoctoral fellowships are offered each year by  the Program on US Japan Relations for the study of issues in U.S.-Japan relations, Japan’s relations with other countries, and domestic issues that bear on Japan’s international behavior.

Awards and Benefits:

The postdoctoral stipend is $44,000 plus health insurance. U.S.-Japan Advanced Research Fellows are offered shared office space at the Center and access to Harvard facilities. Read the rest of this entry »