Vacancies
Open Positions
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Special Postdoctoral Researcher (SPDR) for FY 2027; closing date is April 2nd, 2026. [details]
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Masters or PhD students from overseas, collaborative research for 3-12 months with financial support. [details]
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Part-time positions at RIKEN for young researchers enrolled in Japanese university PhD programs. [details]
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RIKEN’s joint graduate school program for non-Japanese PhD candidates at any graduate school. [details]
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Positions available for a new ABI group at TU Darmstadt (Germany), starting Sep. 2026.
RIKEN's Programs for Junior Scientists
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Work on problems at the intersection of deep learning, Bayesian inference, optimization and reinforcement learning. [details]
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RIKEN’s program for Special Postdoctoral Researchers was instituted to provide young and creative scientists the opportunity to be involved in autonomous and independent research that is in line with RIKEN objectives and research fields. See here for details.
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Send inquiries at: jobs-abi-riken-aip [at] googlegroups.com (emails to other addresses won’t be answered).
The AIP Center invites masters or PhD students from overseas to join us in cutting-edge collaborative research. Through a signed collaborative contract between your university and RIKEN AIP, you can embark on an academic journey in Japan. Additionally, as a trainee at RIKEN, you’ll have the opportunity for 3-12 months of financial support.
See here for details.
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This program provides part-time positions at RIKEN for young researchers enrolled in Japanese university PhD programs to give them the opportunity to carry out research alongside RIKEN scientists and to enhance RIKEN’s creative and basic research capabilities. See here for details.
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An International Program Associate (IPA) is a non-Japanese doctoral candidate attending a Japanese or overseas graduate school participating in RIKEN’s joint graduate school program who conducts research at RIKEN under the supervision of RIKEN scientists as part of work toward obtaining a PhD. See here for details.