KEK, High Energy Accelerator Research Organization, invites nominations for the next Director-General whose term will begin April 1, 2009.
 
KEK is an Inter-University Research Institute Corporation open to domestic and international researchers, and is comprised of the Institute of Particle and Nuclear Studies, the Institute of Materials Structure Science, the Accelerator Laboratory, and the Applied Research Laboratory. KEK pursues a wide range of research activities based on accelerators, such as particle and nuclear physics, material sciences, biosciences, accelerator physics and engineering, etc.
 
The role of Director-General, therefore, is to promote, with long-term vision and strong scientific leadership, the highly advanced, internationalized, and inter-disciplinary research activities of KEK by getting support from the public. The successful candidate is also expected to establish and carry out the medium-term goals and plans for six years.
 
Term of the next Director-General will start one year before the period of the next medium-term goals and plans (April 2010 – March 2016), and therefore, he/she is anticipated to play central role in establishing the plan in this period. One term in the position is three years, which can be extended up to 9 years. Present Director-General, who took a seat in 2006, can be reelected. We widely accept the nomination of the candidates regardless of their nationalities.
 
Nomination should be accompanied by: 1) letter of recommendation, 2) brief personal history of the candidate, 3) list of major achievements (publications, academic papers, commendations and membership of councils, etc.) and 4) reasons for recommendation for the candidate. The nomination should be sent to the following address no later than June 10, 2008: