AY2023 Kyushu University Inamori Frontier Program
Application Guidelines for a Faculty Position

February 2023
Kyushu University
Institute for Advanced StudyPurpose
Kyushu University operates the Inamori Frontier Program for human resource development, which
utilizes the platforms for hiring and developing outstanding personnel at the Institute for Advanced
Study and the Inamori Frontier Research Center. The purpose of this program is to strategically
produce researchers who can be leaders in their research field. The aim is to hire outstanding young
researchers who seek to engage in creative, ambitious research efforts as associate professors(hereinafter referred to as “Inamori FP Faculty Members”) and to provide them with the environment
and work conditions needed to devote their efforts to their research as independent principal
investigators (PIs).
Number of Positions to be Offered
Institute for Advanced Study Associate Professor: Maximum of five positions
Employment Period
Five years from the date of hiring
Application Requirements(1) Applicant must be a young researcher capable of conducting autonomous research activities as anindependent PI (in any research field).
(2) Applicant must hold a doctorate at the time of starting the position at Kyushu University.
When the Position Starts
The starting date will be October 1, 2023. However, this starting date can be postponed (in principle,until as late as April 1, 2024) according to individual circumstances. Please note that even if thestarting date is postponed, the activity evaluations mentioned below will still be conducted in the sametime schedule as for the other associate professors in this program.
Research Activities(1) Workplace: Affiliation will be with the Institute for Advanced Study, but the actual research
activities will be conducted at the school or center and corresponding campus
desired by the applicant (hereinafter referred to as “Accepting School”) according
to their specialized field.
(Reference link for a list of institutes, laboratories, and other facilities):
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/faculty(Reference link for campuses): https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/campus/(2) Securing research time: With a focus on devotion to research activities, the associate professor shallbe exempt from participating in educational and entrance examination-related
duties as well as on-campus management-related duties (except for duties
incidental to research activities). However, if the associate professor desires toengage in such duties, involvement in those duties may be permitted after1

consulting with the administering school or center.
(However, at least 70% of overall effort must be devoted to research.)
Salary, etc.
(1) Salary: Decided according to the relevant stipulations in the Kyushu University Rules forCompensation of Faculty Members (Special Project).
(Decided within a range from 10,000,000 yen to 12,000,000 yen in annual salary according
to the university's stipulations based on the applicantʼs research background and othersuch factors. Refer to the Q&A for details.)(2) Affiliation: Institute for Advanced Study(3) Work hours: Considered daily to be working 7 hours 45 minutes under Japan's Discretionary Labor
System for Professional Work.
(4) Days off: Saturdays, Sundays, national holidays, Dec 29-Jan 3(5) Insurance coverage: Employment insurance, workers' compensation insurance, health insurance,
employee pension
Support for Research Activities
Support for research expenses and other costs will be provided to the hired Inamori FP Faculty
Members as follows.
(1) Research expenses (per person)[Experiment-related] 2,000,000 yen/year (support for three years after hiring)[Non experiment-related] 1,000,000 yen/year (support for three years after hiring)(2) Cost of employing research assistants, etc. (per person): 6,000,000 yen x 5 years
Example) 4,000,000 yen for one academic researcher, 2,000,000 yen for one technical staff
Activity Evaluations in the Program
As the activity evaluations of Inamori FP Faculty Members in this program, mid-term evaluations areconducted by the third academic year of employment and final evaluations are conducted up to one year
before the completion of the employment period. These evaluations take into consideration the numberof research papers published in top journals, number of times research papers are cited, and status ofacquiring competitive research funds, based on the characteristics of each specialized field.
Hiring as an Institute for Advanced Study Professor
After completing the employment period, those recognized as particularly outstanding achievers (upto two) based on the results of the final evaluation may be hired as Institute for Advanced Study
professors. However, hiring will not take place if nobody is recognized as appropriate.
The following conditions are to be provided to Institute for Advanced Study professors.
(1) Employment period: Five years (whether to renew is decided according to performanceevaluation.)(2) Salary: Decided according to the relevant stipulations in the Kyushu University Rules forCompensation of Faculty Members. Annual salary is 13,000,000 yen or higher, decided
according to the university's stipulations based on research background and other such factors.
(3) Workplace: Research activities shall continue at the Accepting School.
(4) Securing research time: With focus on devotion to research activities, the associate professor shallbe exempt from participating in educational and entrance examination-related duties as well as
on-campus management-related duties (except for duties incidental to research activities).
However, if the associate professor desires to engage in such duties, involvement in those duties
will be allowed after consulting with the administering school or center. (However, at least 70%
of overall effort must be devoted to research.)2

Screening Process
Document and interview screenings are conducted based on selection criteria stipulated by the InamoriFrontier Program Steering Committee.

Firstscreening

Screening
MethodDocument
screening

When Results areAnnounced
Mid-May 2023

Secondscreening

Document
screening

Late June 2023

Thirdscreening

Interviewscreening

Early2023

AugustRemarks
For document screening, applicants are classified into
categories A, B, and C shown below, and screening is
conducted on a per-classification basis. Make sure toselect your desired classification for screening on
Application Document 1. (Applicant Information
Sheet).
A
Humanities; Social Sciences; Arts
BScience and EngineeringC
Medical, Dental, and PharmacologicalStudies; Agriculture; Life Sciences• Day of interview * Planned to be conducted online
One day to be specified by the university between
July 15 and 17 (Sat-Mon)• Planned as approximately 15-minute presentations
by applicants about their own researchachievements, content of their research, and otherdetails• Specific instructions for the interview screening will
be provided on an individual basis to those who pass
the second screening

How to Submit Documents & Submission Deadline(1) For advance registration before application, send the following information to the email address
below no later than April 7 (Fri), 2023.
In the email subject line: “Inamori FP Application Registration”
In the email message body: Write your full name, the name of your current institution, and yourjob title
Destination: Inamori FP Recruitment Officer, Academic Research and Industrial
Collaboration Management Office of Kyushu University
Email: inamorifp@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp
The recruitment officer will provide notification of the link for uploading application document
files within three days of receiving your email. If at least three days have passed and you still have
not received this notification, please inquire to the Contact Point for Questions shown below.
(2) Upload the Excel and PDF files in <1> through <4> below to the specified link.
* Since researchers from many different fields will be involved in screening the applicants, pleaseproduce your application documents in a way that is easy for researchers from other fields tounderstand.
* <1> through <4> below must be produced in the applicant's desired language, either Japaneseor English.
<1> Application Document 1. (Applicant Information Sheet)(in specified format, Excel file)3<2> Application document 2. (Research Information Sheet)(in any format, PDF file)* Produce these documents after first referring to the points of note in“(1) Overview of Past Research” through “(5) Status of Acquiring KAKENHI andCompetitive Funding.”<3> Resume (Affix photo. Include academic and career history.)(Any format, PDF file)<4> Up to five offprints of major papers and books (copies and reprints accepted, PDF files)* For books, also attach summaries of each (up to 400 characters, any format)(3) Application deadline: 5:00 p.m. on April 14 (Fri), 2023 (Japan time, strictly observed)* Advance registration ends at 5:00 p.m. on April 7 (Fri), 2023
Points to Note
(1) Personal information in your application documents is only used for screening and not for anythingother than that purpose without the applicant's consent.
(2) We do not answer questions pertaining to the screening process and results.
(3) Send advance questions or inquiries to institutes, laboratories, or other facilities to the Inamori FP
Recruitment Officer by email. In the message, please clearly indicate the name of the school orcenter to receive the advance question or inquiry.
(Reference link for a list of institutes, laboratories, and other facilities):
https://www.kyushu-u.ac.jp/ja/faculty(4) Hiring shall be annulled if any false information is discovered in the application documents.
Contact Point for Questions
Inamori FP Recruitment Officer, Academic Research and Industrial Collaboration Management Officeof Kyushu University
E-mail:inamorifp@jimu.kyushu-u.ac.jp
For details about the recruitment process, refer to the Q&A. If you need clarification for anything else,
please inquire by email to the address above.
Other Relevant Points(1) Kyushu University conducts faculty screening in accordance with the spirit of the Basic Act for a
Gender Equal Society (Act No. 78 of 1999).
Website of the Office for the Promotion of Gender Equality, Kyushu University:
https://danjyo.kyushu-u.ac.jp/en/
Kyushu University screens applicants for faculty positions in accordance with the principles of theBasic Act for Persons with Disabilities (Act No.84 of 1970), Act to Facilitate the Employment of
Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 123 of 1960) and Act for Eliminating Discrimination against
Persons with Disabilities (Act No. 65 of 2013).
(3) Kyushu University has been implementing a system of employing faculty members withaccompanying spouse since July 2017.
(4) Status of measures to prevent passive smoking: All campus premises are entirely non-smoking

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