Job Vacancy Announcement

Institution: Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
Department: Wildlife Science (funded by Nagoya Railroad Co.)
Job Title: Program-Specific Assistant Professor
Opening Date: August 11^th , 2014
Closing Date: October 3^rd , 2014
Formal Hiring Date: Around April 1^st, 2015
Job Term: For 4 years until March 31^st, 2019: Possible to extend the term
Salary Range: Subject to the previous research career (non-negotiable)

1. Job description
Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University (KUPRI) is seeking to appoint a suitable candidate to the position of Program-Specific Assistant Professor for Department of Wildlife Science (funded by Nagoya Railroad Co. Ltd.). The Department conducts the research aimed at promoting conservation in the wild and welfare in captivity of endangered species including nonhuman primates. The Department aims to synthesize fieldwork, life-science, and other approaches in a new discipline called “Wildlife Science”. In collaboration with zoos, aquariums, and museums, the Department will illuminate with human coexistence with other creatures. The candidate should be a person who can connect the Primate Research Institute and the Japan Monkey Centre (http://www.j-monkey.jp/jmc-e/top-e.html). The successful candidate will belong to the leading graduate program “Primatology and Wildlife Science” and is exempt from any administrative responsibilities.

2. Application procedure
Candidates are requested to submit the following documents in triplicate (copies are acceptable). English or Japanese is acceptable.
(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 (October 3rd , 2014), and should be sent to the following address:

Dr. Hirohisa HIRAI
Director, Primate Research Institute, Kyoto University
Inuyama, Aichi 484-8506, JAPAN
《Job application : “Wildlife Science”》

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 Chimpanzee Research (funded by Hayashibara Co. Ltd.), the Corporate Sponsored Department of Wildlife Science (funded by Nagoya Railroad Co. Ltd.), Hominid Cognition Project, and Long-term Field Study Project. Graduate level education is conducted within the Division of Biological Science in the Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University. Detailed information is available at the following web site: http://www.pri.kyoto-u.ac.jp.
For inquiries, please contact Tetsuro Matsuzawa (e-mail: matsuzawa.tetsuro.8w@kyoto-u.ac.jp)