Project Assistant Professor(NAOJ Fellow), National Astronomical Observatory of Japan (NAOJ)

The NAOJ invites applications for up to two NAOJ fellow positions aimed at encouraging highly qualified young researchers to participate in research activities at NAOJ. Please refer to the following URL:　https://www.nao.ac.jp/en/about-naoj/employment/jobs-fellow.html

The formal employment status of a NAOJ fellow at the National Institutes of Natural Sciences http://www.nins.jp/en/  which consists of five institutions including NAOJ, is that of a project assistant professor. This is a full-time position (discretionary work type, with deemed working hours of  38 hours and 45 minutes per week) and is based on an annual salary system. Every year, NAOJ selects several fellows (please see https://www.nao.ac.jp/en/about-naoj/employment/jobs-fellow.html).

The applicant must designate a host researcher among the NAOJ research and academic staff and should consult with the host researcher about the application and research plans. Please refer to the following list of NAOJ research and academic staff if needed.

https://www2.nao.ac.jp/~open-info/reslist/index.html (If you need further information, please contact Dr. Masahiro Ikoma <masahiro.ikoma_AT_nao.ac.jp> (Replace_AT_with @-sign.) The subject of the e-mail should be: “Question on NAOJ Fellow”). The name of your host researcher must be indicated in a cover letter.

The fellow will become a member of the project at NAOJ, to which their host researcher belongs, and will work at one of the NAOJ campuses: Mitaka (Osawa, Mitaka, Tokyo, Japan), Mizusawa (Mizusawa-Hoshigaoka, Oshu, Iwate, Japan), Nobeyama (Nobeyama, Minamimakimura, Minamisaku, Nagano, Japan), Kamioka (Kamioka, Hida, Gifu, Japan), Okayama (Kamogata, Asaguchi, Okayama, Japan), Ishigaki (Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan), Hawaii (Hilo, Hawaii, USA), and Chile (Santiago, Chile). The working place may be subject to change during their contract.

The research field of the applicants can be any field of astronomy or related research being conducted at NAOJ. The affiliation of the fellow with a specific NAOJ project is only meant for administrative purposes. The NAOJ fellow is expected to concentrate on research without any observatory/project duties, such as telescope operation, teaching responsibilities, commitments to committees, and so on. This condition will not change during their contract.