Kavli IPMU Fellow

Nominations for Kavli IPMU Fellow are due no later than Tuesday, September 30, 2014.

The “Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe” (Kavli IPMU) is an international research institute with English as its official language established in October 2007. The goal of the institute is to discover the fundamental laws of nature and to understand the universe from the synergistic perspectives of mathematics, statistics, theoretical and experimental physics, and astronomy. We are particularly interested in candidates with broad interests and a willingness to interact with people across disciplines.

We are offering one or two distinguished research fellows. We invite department chairs, faculty advisers, professors and research scientists at institutions around the world to submit online nominations for Kavli IPMU Fellows in our research area. We seek to build a diverse, highly interactive membership, and female and international applicants are strongly encouraged. We encourage full-time members visiting research institutions abroad for between 1 and 3 months every year.

The focus of Kavli IPMU includes but is not limited to: all areas of mathematics (e.g. algebra, geometry, analysis, and statistics); string theory and mathematical physics; particle theory, collider phenomenology, beyond the standard model physics phenomenology; cosmology and astrophysics theory; astronomy and observational cosmology; and particle and underground experiments. We are leading efforts on the XMASS dark matter experiment, the KamLAND-Zen neutrino experiment, the Hyper Suprime-Cam (HSC) project for weak lensing surveys and Prime Focus Spectrograph (PFS) for the dark energy at the Subaru Telescope, GADZOOKS! at Super-Kamiokande, the Belle II experiment, T2K long baseline neutrino experiment, SDSS-IV for a survey of galaxies, POLARBEAR CMB B-mode polarization measurement and R&D for future large neutrino detectors.

Kavli IPMU is on the Kashiwa campus of the University of Tokyo. More than half of its full-time scientific members come from outside Japan. Its annual budget is approximately $14M. Kavli IPMU has a satellite in Kamioka to participate in experimental groups.

Qualifications
Kavli IPMU Fellows are intended for exceptional young scientists of great promise who have recently been awarded, or who are about to be awarded, the doctoral degree. Normally, Kavli IPMU Fellows are expected to begin their fellowship shortly after being awarded their Ph.D. Eligible nominees will be invited by the Institute to apply for the fellowship. Direct applications and self-nominations are not accepted.

Nomination Instructions
Nominations are accepted from department chairs, faculty advisers, professors or research scientists who can attest to the scientific potential of the Kavli IPMU Fellow candidate. Nominations are accepted from individuals at institutions around the world, and are not limited to faculty at the University of Tokyo. Nominations cannot be made by an individual candidate, a student or a postdoc. To be considered, complete nominations must be submitted by September 30, 2014. The online nomination must be completed during a single online session, therefore nominators will need the following information about their candidate to complete the online process:

• Nominee’s complete and full legal name (Do not use nicknames)
• Nominee’s complete and current active E-mail address
• Nominee’s current institution
• Nominee’s (expected) Year of Ph.D.
• Nominator’s recommendation and judgment of nominee’s potential. The letter must be uploaded as a pdf file.

The Executive Committee finds it helpful in the recommendation letter to have the candidate compared with others at a similar stage in their development. The fellowship is highly competitive and the letter should be persuasive. Should a nominee submit an application, the recommendation will serve as an additional letter of support. Upon successful submission of your nomination, an email receipt will be sent.

Following the submission of a nomination, invited nominees will be directed to submit an application:
Instructions for completing the Kavli IPMU Fellow Application

• Direct applications are not accepted. All candidates must be nominated first.
• Your Ph.D. must be awarded and proof furnished to the Kavli IPMU before the start of the fellowship.

Application Components:

• CV
• Research Statement
• Publications List
• References
• Minimum two Recommendation Letters (other than nominator)