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1. Perform research activities based on the research application.
2. Teach undergraduate and/or graduate school students,　including overseas students.
3. Supervise graduate students for their research, thesis.
4. Publish research papers.
5. Make presentations at academic meetings, including international conferences.
6. Make efforts to obtain external research funding.
7. Contribute to the activities of the IIST
8. Commit symposiums sponsored or co-hosted by the Institute.
9. Other services requested by the Institute

Physical education, sports science, health sciences, and related fields

1. Society medicine, nursing, sports sciences, physical education,health sciences, and related fields
2. Sports sciences-related
3. Physical education, and physical and health education-related

Tokai University, Syonan Campus
4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292 Japan

Contract Lecturer / One Person

After November 1, 2022

Physical education, sports science, health sciences

Contract Lecturer （Junior Associate Professor）

Full-Time (non-tenured) Tenure Tracking Employment

Latter half of the FY 2022 – March 31, 2027

A tenure track researcher will be evaluated in mid-term performance in the 3rd FY   or will be judged at the strict review at the review annually to be full-time tenured position, Lecturer, at the affiliated institution in the 5th year upon your own request.

Those who satisfy the final screening with excellent works, may discuss a full-time position starting in April, 2027.

Kanagawa Prefecture

1. The candidate who apply for ‘the Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER) by MEXT.
   （https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/jinzai/takuetsu/index.htm）
2. The person who obtained our recommendation before a peer review for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER) by MEXT.
   Application period: 2022/05/12-2022/06/16
3. This post requires “Advance notice” for negation among the parties.

Annual salary system

Enrolled in “Promotion and Mutual Aid Corporation for Private Schools of Japan”

Up to 6,000,000 yen per annum as a research fund for two FY will be offered by the MEXT LEADER project. 2,000,000 yen as a research fund will be offered for the third FY, and it will be deducted 500,000 yen in every year from the amount of the fourth year.

1. Office space: Provided appr. 20m² and the Facilities for joint experiment.
2. Supports: Offered by Mentor staffs (full-time teaching staff).
3. Use of university research instruments
   （muscle strength measurement devices, three-dimensional motion analysis systems, wireless electromyography, treadmills with force plates, respiratory metabolism analyzers, ultrasound diagnostic imaging instruments, hypoxic chambers, and other basic measuring instruments for research）

The day post opened to June 16, 2022
* The application period for “Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER)” is from 2022/05/12 to 2022/06/16.

This recruitment is conducted by the Application Guidelines of “Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER)” by MEXT
（http://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/jinzai/takuetsu/index.htm）

1. The applicant is requested to submit application forms under the LEADER by MEXT to Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) through the website and also send them to Tokai University via e-mail.
2. For the applicant in the list of the LEADER project selected by MEXT, who will apply for the tenure track program of Tokai University, we will conduct the university’s own screening for employment (i.e., document review and interview and presentation) and then, negotiation among the parties will take place.
3. Application documents review (schedule in June, 2022）
4. Interviews and presentations（schedule in July, 2022）
   
   1. Conduct in English. If the national language is English, the examination will be conducted in Japanese.
   2. Applicants who have obtained significant research funding for their research activities, ongoing or who are currently applying or are planning to apply, should make references to those research plans for the presentations.
   3. Each candidate will be informed of further details of interviews and presentations at a later date.
   4. Expenses for applicants stay, travel to Tokai University etc., must be paid by applicants themselves.

1. Application Forms (format#1, #2): Forms submitted to MEXT. The formats can be downloaded from LEADER Project, by MEXT.
    (https://www.mext.go.jp/a_menu/jinzai/takuetsu/)
2. If the applicant has performed research under project-based research fund or will propose a research project, a copy of the research plan must be submitted.
    (Duplicate copy or PDF format is also allowed.)
3. Copies of three main papers.
4. Additional documents may be requested during the selection process if necessary.

NOTE:
The documents submitted shall not be returned. Please contact Tokai University, if you cannot send attachments by e-mail.

June 16, 2022

All documents must be submitted via e-mail to the TOKAI UNIVERSITY, Be-One Office（Research Promotion）by due date.

Email address: iist-office@tsc.u-tokai.ac.jp
Title of Email: Excellent Young Researchers
* Please provide “Excellent Young Researchers” in the subject line when sending application documents via email.

Should you have any questions, please e-mail Tokai University, Be-One　Office（Research Promotion）.
E-mail: iist-office@tsc.u-tokai.ac.jp

Tokai University, Be-One Office（Research Promotion）
4-1-1 Kitakaname, Hiratsuka-shi, Kanagawa 259-1292 JAPAN
Phone: +81-463-58-1211
E-mail: iist-office@tsc.u-tokai.ac.jp

This is a post of the “Leading Initiative for Excellent Young Researchers (LEADER)” program of MEXT, Japan (Post No. 21A0000).
The Excellent young researcher candidates or applicants should follow the application method described above.
※Reference: The post list of LEADER program（https://www.jsps.go.jp/j-le/post_list.html）

These open recruitments the first conditions are that the applicant be adopted by the LEADER project by MEXT.
If the negotiations between the parties are completed to Tokai University but not adopted by LEADER project by MEXT, it will be rejected.