Research Fellow, Particle Physics (From ₩50,000,000 a Year Plus ₩10,000,000 Research Funding) - KIAS (Seoul)

The Korea Institute for Advanced Study is hiring one Research Fellow in particle physics, in its School of Physics. The institute is Korea's first centre for pure theoretical science and sits in Hoegi-dong, eastern Seoul.

■ The work
- Research in particle physics, in the School of Physics.

■ Who can apply
- You need a doctorate, or you must be due to receive one before the appointment date.
- The announcement carries the standard public-institute eligibility clause and, for Korean men, a military service condition. The institute runs in English and interviews applicants abroad by video, so these are not a bar to applying from outside Korea.

■ Pay and terms, as the announcement states them
- From 50,000,000 won a year. Severance pay, a welfare card and the four national insurances are listed separately, on top of that figure.
- 10,000,000 won a year of research funding.
- A first contract of two years. It can be extended once by two years, and up to three more years where research output and contribution are judged strong.
- The workplace is the institute's own building at 85 Hoegiro, Dongdaemun-gu, Seoul 02455.

■ How to apply
- Through the institute's own recruitment site, or through Academic Jobs Online. The page linked below is the announcement itself.
- Every document must be submitted in English.
- You need a CV, a publication list, a research plan and at least two reference letters, which referees send directly.
- Interviews can be held by video for applicants living outside Korea. The announcement says so in its own words.

■ Closing
- 29 January 2027 at 23:59 Korean time. The announcement says every document must have arrived by then for the application to count.