Topo-Q, etc.
- Topo-Q International Network
- Domestic exchange program for young researchers
- The Report By Young researchers
- Job Opportunities(SPmember)
- Job Opportunities(PD)
Topo-Q International Network
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）【What is Topo-Q?】
"Topo-Q" is a global network that aims to promote the research progress on topological quantum matter by strengthening international collaborations with other international projects and institutions. In order to build and develop the Topo-Q network, we implement various programs including exchange of researchers and hiring postdocs. We also dispatch TMS core members to various management meetings. Furthermore, we will invite counterpart researchers to Japan for building the network.
【Projects and Institutions participating in the Topo-Q network】
The Topo-Q networking is jointly conducted by research projects including "Topological Materials Science (TMS, Japan)", "CIFAR Quantum Materials (Canada)", "Emergent Phenomena in Quantum Systems (EPiQS, Moore Foundation, USA)", as well as by institutions such as Max Planck Institutes, Stuttgart and Dresden (Germany), Institute-Spin Salerno (Italy), Shanghai Center for Complex Physics (SCCP, China). Equal partnership is assumed concerning the overall financial support of the programs, but under flexible rules.
【Programs offered by the TMS project】
Below, we outline the programs offered by the TMS project. Other projects and institutions in the Topo-Q network are expected to conduct similar but not necessarily the same programs.
In order to promote or accelerate international collaborative research activities between research groups, we support invitation and dispatch of junior researchers ((Junior Group Leaders, PDs and graduate students) for a few weeks to a few months. Both the junior researcher and the host researcher are expected to belong to one of the organizations of the Topo-Q network, but exceptions are allowed as long as it is beneficial to the Topo-Q activities.
In order to strengthen the Topo-Q research network, we support international invitation and dispatch of principal investigators at tenure-track level or above. The TMS project plans to dispatch lecturers and associate professors for up to three months overseas and to invite globally renowned researchers to stay at host research groups for up to a few months.
We employ PD researchers who work at multiple international bases. We plan to employ at least one PD at a time. The term of employment is for up to 24 months, but negotiable.
【How to apply】
from Japan=Dispatch from Japan / to Japan=Invitation to Japan
| 【JREP】 | 【REP】 | |||
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| Eligibility | from Japan | Applicant | The leaders and the members of the core research programs of TMS, or the leaders of the solicitation projects of TMS. | |
| JREP・REP Researcher | Assistant professors, lecturers, PDs and graduate students from the lab of applicant's affiliation. Applicants who fulfill this requirement are also eligible. |
Lecturers, associate professors, professors or researchers at equivalent from the lab of applicant's affiliation. Applicants who fulfill this requirement are also eligible. |
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| Host researcher of the destination | Oversea labs involved in the Topo-Q network, as well as those researchers of any labs suitable/desirable to the research development of Topological Materials Science. | |||
| to Japan | Applicant | The leaders and the members of the core research programs of TMS, or the leaders of the solicitation projects of TMS. | ||
| JREP・REP Researcher | Members (Junior Group Leaders, PDs and graduate students) of oversea labs which are either involved in the Topo-Q network or suitable/desirable to the research development of Topological Materials Science. | (i) PIs (Tenure-track Assistant Professor or higher) of oversea labs which are either involved in the Topo-Q network or suitable/desirable to the research development of Topological Materials Science; (ii) renowned senior researchers. | ||
| Host researcher of the destination | In principle, the applicant. | |||
| Duration | from Japan | In principle, from ten days up to three months. Any dispatch under limited purpose of attending international conferences will not be accepted as this program aims at executing residential research abroad. |
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| to Japan | In principle, up to three months. Any invitations under limited purpose of attending international conferences will not be accepted as this program aims at executing residential research abroad. |
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| Range of Support | from Japan | Travel fees, lodging and per diem supported by Topo-Q will be provided according to the regulations of the Kyoto University or the universities in charge of accounting of this program. *Please submit the stub of your boarding pass to the TMS office (Kyoto University) or to the administrators in charge in order to process reimbursement. |
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| to Japan | Travel fees, lodging and per diem supported by Topo-Q will be provided according to the regulations of the Kyoto University or the universities in charge of accounting of this program. | |||
【Required documents for application】
| 【JREP】 | 【REP】 | ||
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| 1. Application Form *includes Report Form. Please also submit "Detailed Report" to be published in the News Letter. An example is shown below. |
from Japan | ||
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| 2. Short CV・List of Publication (Free format) |
from Japan |
If the JREP・REP Researcher is not a leader or a member of the core research programs, attach a short CV and a list of main publication (Free format, approximately a total of two to three A4 pages in total.) |
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| to Japan | |||
| 3. Letter from host researcher (Specified Format) |
from Japan | ||
| to Japan |
A copy of e-mail communications between the JREP・REP researchers and the applicant (Free format). If the JREP Researcher is a student, submit the following letter of request from the PI (from thesis advisor).
JREP_Request_Ltr.docx(266KB) 
| A copy of e-mail communications between the JREP・REP researchers and the applicant (Free format) | |
【Others】
| 【JREP】 | 【REP】 | |
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| Detailed Report *Please submit this "Detailed Report" along with the "Report Form" within one month after you finish your stay. The "Detailed Report" will be published in the News Letter. An example can be downloaded from right. |
