-Up to 2,000,000 yen for start-up expenses (research expenses) will be provided.
Tenure-track faculty members (Lecturers and Assistant Professors) will receive a research grant
of 2,000,000 yen in a lump sum for 2 years from the date of hire.
<Efforts to Promote the Recruitment of Female Faculty Members>
- Up to 200,000 yen of retention fund (research expenses) will be provided.
Female Lecturers and Assistant Professors assigned to the university will receive 200,000 yen in
a lump sum as research expenses for 2 years from the date of hire.
- Any maternity, childcare, or family care leave taken before or after childbirth will be taken into
consideration during the selection process (regardless of gender, please specify the period of leave
in your resume).
- Various support for work-life balance: https://diversity.iwate-u.ac.jp/support/wlb/
Dual residence allowance system, next generation development support (support for balancing
childbirth and childcare) and family caregiver support, on-campus childcare center, on-campus
childcare space, etc.
- Career support for female researchers: https://diversity.iwate-u.ac.jp/support/womenreserchers/
Research supporters/assistants assignment system, buyout system dedicated for female
researchers, overseas dispatch program for female researchers global career development, etc.
*Support will be provided as needed through the initiative project for realizing diversity in the
research environment (female leader development type) subsidized by the MEXT funds:
https://iwatewomensleadership.iwate-u.ac.jp/
13. Sending Address and Contact Information
4-3-5 Ueda, Morioka, Iwate 020-8551 JAPAN
Iwate University Faculty of Science and Engineering, Systems Innovation Engineering,
Studies in Civil and Environmental Engineering
Course Director Masafumi OKAWARA
Phone: +81-(0)19-621-6444 E-mail: [email protected]
Please send the application documents as “Express Registered Mail” and write “Enclosed:
Application Documents for the position of assistant professor in [field of specialization] on the
envelope in red. The application documents will not be returned.
14. Other
Personal information in the application documents will only be used for the purpose of
screening and hiring procedures and will not be used for any other purposes.
