FCUP-Research Grant Master’s Degree-Blood4Energy-2022.5030.PTDC

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30 Jan 2024
Job Information
Organisation/Company
Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto
Research Field
Physics » Other
Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country
Portugal
Application Deadline
9 Feb 2024 – 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
Type of Contract
Not Applicable
Job Status
Not Applicable
Offer Starting Date
29 Feb 2024
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme
Reference Number
Blood4Energy-2022.05030.PTDC
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

1 Research Grant – Master’s Degree

Call open for applications for a research grant (Master’s Degree), enrolled in Phyiscal Engineering, within the framework of project Blood4Energy with the reference 2022.05030.PTCD, financed by FCT, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Physics, Phyiscal Engineering

Admission requirements:

  • To have a Master’s degree in Phyiscal Engineering;
  • To be enrolled in PhD Phyiscal Engineering or courses that do not confer academic degree.

Although the recipients must be enrolled in a cycle of studies leading to the attribution of an academic degree or in a course not conferring an academic degree, at the time of application it is not necessary for the candidate to have made such an enrollment, and proof of enrollment must be presented until thefellowship is contractualized. Candidates are only required to meet the requirements to enroll in the training offer. If there are candidates already enrolled (including attending a course), they compete on an equal footing with those who are not enrolled.

Note: In the case of masters who are enrolled in courses that do not confer academic degree, the research grant can only be awarded to those who do not exceed, with the signing of the research grant contract in question, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of two years in this type of grant, consecutive or interpolated.

Preferences Requirements: Preference will also be given to candidates with experience in manufacturing and characterization of nanomaterials and water evaporation nanogenerators

Hiring Requirements: If the qualification has been granted by a foreign higher education institution, it will have to be recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution, pursuant to article 25 of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of 16 August, which approves the regime legal recognition of academic degrees and diplomas in Higher Education, arising from foreign higher education institutions, and paragraph e) of paragraph 2 of article 4 of Decree-Law No. 60/2018, of August 3, all of which the formalities must be fulfilled there until the contracting act.

Activity Outline: Manufacture using physical and chemical techniques of carbon conductive nanomaterials; Study of the electric and structural properties of manufactured materials; Application of manufactured materials in energy collection by water evaporation; Computational simulation of energy generation through the water evaporation effect.

Legislation and regulations: Law no. 40/2014, updated by Decree-Law no. 123/2019, of 28 August (Statute of Scientific Research Grant Holder); Regulation no. 950/2019 of 16 December (Regulation of Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology); Regulation no. 184/2021, of 3 March (Regulation of Research Grants of the University of Porto) and Decree-Law no. 66/2018 of 16 August (Legal Regime of Recognition of academic degrees and diplomas of Higher Education awarded by Foreign Higher Education Institutions).

Work place: The work will be developed in the Department of Fisica e Astronomia, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP), under the guidance of Joao Oliveira Ventura

Grant duration: Initial duration of 12 months, with beginning on February 2024, eventually renewable up, but not exceeding the end date of the project.

Maintenance allowance amount: The grant stipend amounts to 1199,64€ according to the table of values of the grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores ). The payment will be made by bank transfer.

Voluntary Social Insurance: As long as the grant lasts 6 months or more, and in compliance with the provisions of the current version of the Grant Holder Statute, the grant holder will be entitled to have FCUP support the costs resulting from the contributions that fall into the first of the tax brackets. The grant holder will be responsible for contributions beyond the first tax bracket, should the grant holder opt for a higher coverage. 

Personal Accident Insurance: During the grant period, the grant holder will be covered by a personal accident insurance policy.

Selection procedure: The selection methods to be used are as follows:

– Curriculum Analysis:

 Average classification obtained in the Master-CM (10 to 20 values)

Classification obtained in the analysis of the Curriculum Vitae-CV (0-20 points). In this item, the suitability of the candidate for the development of the project will be valued at 60% and professional experience at 40%.

        The final ranking will be obtained using the formula:

CF=0.30*CM+0.70*CV

The candidate who has a foreign academic degree or diploma whose final classification is expressed on a different classification scale from the Portuguese one or does not have a classification, for evaluation purposes, must present a document proving the recognition of the foreign degree or diploma and the conversion of the classification for the Portuguese classification scale until the closing date of applications for the competition.

If the documents attesting the degree submitted by the candidates do not present the final classification of the degree required in this notice with the respective grade converted to the Portuguese classification scale, the jury will consider, for evaluation purposes, that the candidate has the minimum classification (10 points) of a maximum of 20 points) required to obtain a degree in Portugal.

Candidates whose application has been assessed with a final classification less than 16 points are not eligible to sign the contract of the fellowship.

Selection committee:

  • President – Doutor João Oliveira Ventura, Investigador Principal, FCUP
  • 1.º member – Doutor André M. Trindade Pereira, Professor Auxiliar, FCUP;
  • 2.º member – Doutor João Filipe Horta Belo da Silva , Investigador Júnior, FCUP;
  • 1.º alternate member – Doutora Catarina Dias, Investigador Júnior, FCUP
  • 2.º alternate member – Doutor João Pedro Esteves de Araujo , Professor Associado, FCUP

Advertisement of final decision: The final results of the evaluation will be published through a list ordered by final classification, sent to candidates by email. It is further informed that, pursuant to the provisions of articles 121 et seq. of the Code of Administrative Procedure, it has a legal period of 10 working days from the day immediately following the notification, to make a decision, if it so wishes. A complaint may be filed against this decision within 15 working days or, alternatively, an appeal may be filed within 30 working days, addressed to the Director of the Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto, pursuant to article 191 et seq. of the Code of Administrative Procedure. The host entity may use the final ranking list to replace the selected grantee in case he/she gives up the position, up to one year.

Deadline for applications and form of presentation of the applications The deadline for submitting applications will be 10 days from the date of publication of the Research Grant Announcement. Applications must be formalized, mandatorily, through the web page of Infociências of this opening (xxxxx ) accompanied by the following documents:

a) Motivation letter;

b) Detailed Curriculum Vitae;

c) Certificate of academic qualifications;

d) Declaration of eligibility (in attached);

e) Other relevant documents;

The documents indicated in points a) to e) must be submitted in a single file in zip format on the tender page.

Supporting documents for the contract: At the time of signing the contract, the grant holder must provide the following documents: 

  • Biographic form;
  • Photocopy of Passport and/or residency permit (if applicable);
  • Photocopy of Portuguese IBAN/NIB;
  • proof of enrolment in PhD in Physical Engineering

or

proof of non-degree course; Proof document or statement duly signed by the institution’s highest body that the course is provided for in the respective educational project and that it is developed in association or cooperation with at least one R&D unit (indicate which one(s) specifically); and Statutes of the entities that develop the course together with the higher education institution, in order to verify if they are considered R&D units, for the purposes of the provisions of article 16 of Decree-Law No. 63/2019, of May 16th;

  • Foreign academic degree recognition (if applicable);
  • Exclusivity declaration;
  • Ciência ID and ORCID ID.

Commitment

In compliance with paragraph h) of Article 9 of the Constitution, the University of Porto, as an employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities between men and women in access to employment and professional advancement, scrupulously avoiding any form of discrimination. In this spirit, terms such as “candidate,” “author,” or “teacher,” among others that refer to the people who apply for this recruitment tender are used as gender neutral.

In addition, no candidate may be privileged, benefited, impaired or deprived of any right or exempt from any duty on grounds of ancestry, age, sexual orientation, marital status, family situation, economic situation, education, origin or social status, genetic heritage, reduced working capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and trade union membership.

The call is open from 31/01/2024 to 09/02/2024.

Requirements

Research Field
Physics » Other
Education Level
Master Degree or equivalent

Internal Application form(s) needed
Edital_2.pdf
English
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Declaração de Elegibilidade_4.pdf
English
(542.88 KB – PDF)
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Additional Information

Website for additional job details
https://sigarra.up.pt/fcup/pt/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?p_nr=112580

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
FCUP
Country
Portugal
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Where to apply

Website
https://info.fc.up.pt/fcup/pedidos/users/novo.php?f_id=1291&formulario=549

Contact

City
Porto
Website
https://sigarra.up.pt/fcup/pt/web_page.inicial
Street
University of Porto – Pólo do Campo Alegre

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