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The Instituto de Fisica Teorica (IFT-UNESP) will be opening 3 permanent assistant or full professor positions in theoretical physics over the next 3 years. Possible areas for these positions include Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Information, Complex Systems, Cold Atoms, Statistical Mechanics, Gravitation/Cosmology and Quantitative Biology. The IFT-UNESP is one of the most prestigious graduate schools in theoretical physics in South America and is the home of the new ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research (ICTP-SAIFR).

Although there is no strict deadline, candidates should fill out the online form at http://www.ictp-saifr.org/iftpositions before April 30, 2014 if they are interested in the IFT-UNESP position which will be opened this year. Candidates who have recently applied for an ICTP-SAIFR permanent position do not need to reapply.

3 Permanent Research Professor Positions in Theoretical Physics

The Instituto de Fisica Teorica of Sao Paulo State University (IFT-UNESP) will be opening 3 permanent research professor positions in theoretical physics over the next 3 years. Possible areas for these new positions include Condensed Matter Physics, Quantum Information, Complex Systems, Cold Atoms, Statistical Mechanics, Gravitation/Cosmology and Quantitative Biology.

The IFT-UNESP is one of the oldest and most prestigious theoretical physics institutes in South America and is the home of the new ICTP South American Institute for Fundamental Research (ICTP-SAIFR) created in 2011 as a collaboration between the International Centre for Theoretical Physics (ICTP) in Trieste and IFT-UNESP. The IFT-UNESP only has masters and PhD students in theoretical physics, and its professors have a low teaching load of one graduate-level course per year. Depending on the qualifications of the candidate, the three new permanent research positions can be opened at any level from assistant professor to full professor with an approximate annual salary of 110,000-180,000 Brazilian reais (1 US dollar ~2.3 Brazilian reais). Grants from state and federal funding agencies are easily obtained for travel and research as well as for students and postdocs. In addition to these IFT-UNESP permanent positions, the ICTP-SAIFR has several openings for postdocs and permanent research professors with generous FAPESP and Simons Foundation fellowships.

Although there is no strict deadline, candidates should fill out the online form at http://www.ictp-saifr.org/iftpositions before April 30, 2014 if they are interested in the IFT-UNESP position which will be opened this year. Candidates who have recently applied for a permanent position at the ICTP-SAIFR do not need to reapply if they are interested in the IFT-UNESP positions.