Job Vacancy Announcement

Institution: Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
Project: Primate Origins of Human Evolution: The Advanced Studies of the Human Mind
Job Title: Program-Specific Associate Professor and Assistant Professor
Opening Date: May 12^th, 2011
Closing Date: June 6^th, 2011
Formal Hiring Date: Around October 1st, 2011
Job Term: For 6.5 years till March 31st, 2018
Salary Range: subject to previous research career (non-negotiable)

1. Job description
Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University (KUPRI) is seeking to appoint suitable candidates to the position of Program-Specific Associate Professor and Assistant Professor for the project "Primate Origins of Human Evolution: The Advanced Studies of the Human Mind". The project aims to introduce the group cages with computerized equipments to test the cognitive functions of the three hominid species (humans, chimpanzees, and bonobos) in the same test settings. The successful candidates are exempt from any administrative jobs.

2. Application procedure
Candidates are requested to submit the following documents in triplicate (copies are acceptable). English or Japanese is acceptable.

You can apply either the associate professor or the assistant professor, not both. Please designate which one you apply.
(1) CV with detailed account of academic activity and research grant record.
(2) List of academic publications and reprints.
(3) List of non-academic/popular publications and reprints of those most representative of your research.
(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 (June 6th, 2011), and should be sent to the following address:

Dr. Tetsuro MATSUZAWA
Director, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, JAPAN
《Job application : The project of Primate Origins of Human Evolution: The Advanced Studies of the Human Mind 》
Please specify which position you are applying, either the associate professor or the assistant professor.

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 final decision will be made by all faculty members. Each candidate will be informed of the final decision pertaining to him/herself only.

4. Gender Equality
Kyoto University promotes gender equality.

KUPRI is composed of the following research units: Department of Evolution and Phylogeny, Department of Ecology and Social Behavior, Department of Behavioral and Brain Sciences, Department of Cellular and Molecular Biology, the Center for Human Evolution Modeling Research, the Center for International Collaboration and Advanced Studies in Primatology, the Corporate Sponsored Department of Comparative Study of Cognitive Development (funded by Benesse Corp.) and the Corporate Sponsored Department of Bonobo Research (funded by Hayashibara Co. Ltd.). Graduate level education is conducted within the Division of Biological Science in the Graduate School of Science. Detailed information is available at the following web site: http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp. For inquiries, please contact Tetsuro Matsuzawa (e-mail: )