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Apply now! FY 2024 Call for RIKEN ECL Team / Unit Leaders (Sechi Kato Program for women researchers)

July 23, 2023

RIKEN started RIKEN Early Career Leaders (ECL) Program in FY 2023 which declares our goal to train the next generation of talented researchers and engineers. The RIKEN ECL program provides two types of positions, Team Leader and Unit Leader, for highly talented junior researchers with no or limited PI experience depending on one’s career stage and research plans. RIKEN has decided to limit this year’s RIKEN ECL Program call to women researchers. This call will be made through the Sechi Kato Program.

[Eligibility]

Women only (Sechi Kato Program)

[Position]

RIKEN ECL Team Leader / RIKEN ECL Unit Leader

[Start of employment]

Between September 1, 2025 and April 1, 2026

[Application and Deadline]

Applicant registration: Sechi Kato Program for RIKEN ECL Team Leaders / Unit Leaders

Applicant registration Deadline: September 19, 2024 (noon, Japan time)

[More information]

ECL program FY2024 website: https://www.riken.jp/en/careers/programs/riken_ecl/call2024/index.html

More programs for young scientists at RIKEN

RIKEN strives to provide the best and most exciting opportunities for young scientists in the crucially important early stages of their career.

https://www.riken.jp/en/careers/programs/

Apply now! RIKEN International HPC Summer School 2024 – Toward Society 5.0 – (Sep 2-4, 9, 10, 2024, Online)

July 9, 2024

RIKEN Center for Computational Science (R-CCS)will hold a summer school in September 2024.
This program is designed to provide young researchers in computational science with an opportunity to learn programming techniques for parallel computers and to help them become leaders in the field in the age of Society 5.0. Scientists from R-CCS will provide lectures, and Wisteria/BDEC-01 Odyssey (Wisteria-O/The University of Tokyo) which is Fugaku compatible system will be used for hands-on training.
This program will be provided in English.

*Date: September 2-4, 9, 10, 2024

*Location: Online

*Application deadline: 10 am, July 19, 2024 (JST) 

*For more information: https://www.r-ccs.riken.jp/en/outreach/schools/20240902-0910/

Magazine: RIKEN Research (Spring 2024 issue)

March 26, 2024

“RIKEN Research” is a quarterly English-language publication, highlighting the latest research at RIKEN labs and centers. You can download the PDF of the latest and the past printed issues at RIKEN Research archives.

To search RIKEN’s latest and past research news by year/research fields, please visit at Research News.

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Call for applications for the position of Special Postdoctoral Researcher (SPDR) for FY 2025

February 15, 2024

RIKEN is currently accepting applications for the FY 2025 Special Postdoctoral Researcher (SPDR) Program, from young, creative, independent researchers who will be a powerful force in furthering RIKEN’s research activities.

・Duration of contract: Three years from date of hire (in principle, April 1, 2025) (Actual starting date to be decided upon consultation)

・Place of work: RIKEN laboratories in Japan ( Location of RIKEN host laboratory)

・Application deadline:  5 pm April 9 Tuesday, 2024 (Japan Time) for registering basic information / 5 pm April 16 Tuesday, 2024 (Japan Time) for revising or uploading application documents and letters of reference

**For more information, please visit SPDR FY2025 program website at

https://www.riken.jp/en/careers/programs/spdr/career2025/

RIKEN strives to provide the best and most exciting opportunities for young scientists in the crucially important early stages of their career.

To find out more career opportunities and programs for Junior Scientists, please visit at https://www.sg.riken.jp/careers .

Apply now! Tsinghua – RIKEN International Summer Program on Contemporary Immunology (at Tsinghua University, Beijing, May 18-21, 2024 )

January 17, 2023

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Tsinghua – RIKEN International Summer Program on Contemporary Immunology will be held at Tsinghua University, Beijing, China from May 18 to May 21, 2024.

Application deadline: Wednesday, February 28, 2024

For more information, please visit: http://www.iituconference.net/.

Magazine: RIKEN Research (Winter 2023 issue)

January 8, 2024

“RIKEN Research” is a quarterly English-language publication, highlighting the latest research at RIKEN labs and centers. You can download the PDF of the latest and the past printed issues at RIKEN Research archives.

To search RIKEN’s latest and past research news by year/research fields, please visit at Research News.

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