Join us

When you visit the lobby of the CiNet building, you’ll notice the phrase "OMOROI research" displayed in a frame. "OMOROI" is a Japanese word commonly used in the Kansai region. While it’s difficult to fully capture its nuance in English, it can be loosely translated as "fun and thought-provoking."

At the Hagura Group, we welcome individuals who are eager to pursue OMOROI research with us. To learn more about our work, please visit the Research section. However, we are always open to new ideas and proposals that we can explore together. Feel free to reach out if you’re interested in joining our group.

One of the key strengths of CiNet is the minimal barriers between research groups, fostering an environment of collaboration. For those interested in motor control and learning (CiNet Motor Control Unit), we regularly hold discussions and engage in active collaborations. Many CiNet staff members have international research experience, and weekly seminars are conducted in English. This makes CiNet an excellent place to work before pursuing opportunities abroad or to begin an academic career after returning to Japan. Additionally, we are committed to exploring the social applications of our fundamental research findings.

There are couple of ways to join CiNet Hagura group.

As a researcher

1. Currently, we don't have any open positions. However, as written below, there are many possibilities, so if you are interested in joining our group, please get in touch!
   
2. We accept JSPS Research Fellowship for Young Scientists (PD). First, let’s discuss about the research proposal. Internal processing may take time, so please get it touch well advanced the deadline.
   
3. For people from abroad, there is a JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowships for Research in Japan scheme, or similar scheme for targeted countries (e.g. UK). Also, NICT has a foreign researcher invitation scheme. In any case, please get in touch if interested in.
   
4. If both agree, we can write project grants together for common interests.

As a graduate school student

1. Nobu Hagura can accept graduate school students from Graduate School of Frontier Biosciences, Osaka University), both master course student or from the PhD course. Please get in touch in advance.
   
2. In NICT, many schemes are prepared to host graduate school students, either short or long term. Talk to your supervisor, and please get in touch if you want to collaborate with us.

As a research assistant

Before entering the graduate school, it is always very useful to know how the research is like and obtain research experience. It depends on the situation of the budget of that timing, we may be able to hire part-time research assistants to help our work and think together about your future work. The position may also suit for people already having research experience, but not sure yet to go for academic career. Get in touch if you are interested in.

As a research participant

Our research cannot be done without generous people volunteering to participate in our experiments. Are you interested in helping us, by taking part in our experiments? In CiNet, behavioural and/or brain activity measurement experiments are taking place in daily basis. Depending on the content and the duration of the experiment, an honorarium will be paid. As a spare-time job, or as to experience research activity in CiNet, please register to the below link to get the information!
https://nict-cinet.sona-systems.com/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2f