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| NIMS offers Graduate Research Assistantship for
excellent students in Doctoral Program in the Department of Chemistry.
The successful candidates will receive a monthly stipend as NIMS
Junior Researchers (JRs) |
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| 1. Qualification |
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Applicants should be expected to have a MS degree in materials science,
metallurgical engineering, physics or chemistry by the end of March 2012.
Admission to the Doctoral Program in the Field of Advanced Functional Chemistry,
at the Hokkaido University is a prerequisite for the assistantship. |
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| 2. Duties |
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The duties of the JRs include maintaining and operating
scientific instrumentation, creative involvement in the thesis
advisor's research projects, performing experiments, analyzing
and publishing the results, attending conferences to present
the results, and training and supervising junior students
or visitors to the institute. The JRs must obey the general
rules for the NIMS staff members. The academic research for
the student's thesis project is not a part of the duties of
the fellows, but usually there is a close link between the
thesis topic and the research project for the JRs.
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| 3. Monthly Stipend |
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Monthly stipend up to about 190,000 JPY will be paid to
the JRs for the work of about 13-4 days per month. Any additional
time is associated with their academic research for their
thesis topics.
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| 4.Contract |
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The contract is for one year, and is renewable every year
up to three years. The contract will be terminated if the
student fails to demonstrate his/her excellence in research
or leaves the program.
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| 5. Application Materials |
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Application form (word)）
Academic transcpit
CV
Copy of TOEFL or TOEIC score sheet
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| 6. Selection Process (the example of additional application) |
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| Nov. 21, 2011 |
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Deadline of the application |
| Beginning of December, 2011 |
Shortlisting candidates based on the application
form and references |
| Beginning of March, 2012 |
Interview |
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| March, 2012 |
Employment decisions made |
| April, 2012 |
Start of employment |
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| 7. Contact Address |
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Graduate Program Section
National Institute for Materials Science
E-Mail: |
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