# Work at ASHBi
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# Work at ASHBi
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ASHBi welcomes highly motivated researchers and professionals who wish to join its mission of creating a new “human biology”. Job opportunities are available in both our research areas and our administrative offices as follows.
ASHBi also provides a support program by skilled professionals for foreign researchers so that they can start their research activities smoothly after their arrival in Japan.
## Openings
### Researcher/Specialist
- [Program-Specific Researcher, Developmental Biology Group (Hiiragi Group)](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/20250516_Postdoc_Hiiragi-G_EN.pdf)
- [Program-Specific Researcher, Systems Genomics Group (Murakawa Group)](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/20251008_Postdoc_Murakawa-G_EN.pdf)
- [Program-Specific Researcher, Cognitive Neurobiology Group (Amemori Group)](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/20251209_Postdoc_Amemori-G_EN.pdf)
- [Program-Specific Junior Associate Professor, Developmental Biology Group (Hiiragi Group)](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/20251225_Jr_Assoc_Prof_Hiiragi-G_EN.pdf)
### Technician
No positions currently available
### Administrative Staff
- [Specially Contracted Staff Member (Research Coordinator)](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/cms/wp-content/uploads/20260130_Research-Coordinator_EN.pdf)
[Past Job Opportunities](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/careers/work-at-ashbi/past-job-opportunities/)
## Support information
### JSPS Fellowship for Overseas Researchers
In addition to the regular ASHBi positions, foreign researchers can work at ASHBi on other opportunities.\
Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) provides fellowship programs (International collaborations) for inviting overseas researchers to Japan as below.
- [JSPS Postdoctoral Fellowship for Overseas Researchers](https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-ab/index.html)
- [JSPS Invitational Fellowships for Research in Japan](https://www.jsps.go.jp/english/e-inv/index.html)
### Institutional Supports for Overseas Researchers
[Research Acceleration Unit](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/office/about-ashbi-office/) of ASHBi, consisting of skilled professionals (research coordinators), provides a support program to resolve the problems which foreign investigators face when they coming to Japan. We have established a platform run by the research coordinators and English-speaker secretaries to provide administrative supports (e.g. expensing, recruiting, and application submitting) when foreign investigators start their research activity at ASHBi. For more information about this platform, visit the web page below.
- [ASHBi Overseas Reseacher Support Program](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/office/about-strategic-support/)
Furthermore, we provide necessary support for visas, arrival and living in Japan for researchers and their families in collaboration with the Overseas Research Support Office of [Kyoto University Institute for Advanced Study](https://kuias.kyoto-u.ac.jp/e/)(ORSO-KUIAS). For detailed information about visas, visit [Kyoto University International Service office](https://kuiso.oc.kyoto-u.ac.jp/visa/about/en) website.
## Life at ASHBi/Kyoto
Visit the web page below for information on Kyoto culture and living, immigration procedures, housing and education, and other related topics.
- [Life at ASHBi/Kyoto](https://ashbi.kyoto-u.ac.jp/about/life-at-ashbi/)