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30 Oct 2023
Job Information

Organisation/Company: FEUP
Department: Human Resources Division
Research Field: Engineering » Chemical engineering
Engineering » Other
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country: Portugal
Application Deadline: 14 Nov 2023 – 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
Type of Contract: Other
Job Status: Other
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?: European Union / Next Generation EU
Reference Number: FEUP-BD-WP6-H2Driven
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?: No

Offer Description

1 Research Grant Announcement (M/F)

Call open for applications for a research grant within the framework of Agenda “H2Driven Green Agenda”, nr. C644923817-00000037, investment project nr. 50, of the Incentive System “Agendas for Business Innovation”, funded by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) and by the European Funds NextGeneration EU, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Chemical Engineering

Admission requirements: Candidates who cumulatively meet the following two requirements may apply for this grant:

Requirement 1:

– Be a student enrolled in a doctoral program in the area of Chemical Engineering or in related areas, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

– Holder of an academic degree enrolled in a non-academic degree course integrated with the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

Note: In the case of masters who are enrolled in non-academic degree courses, the scholarship can only be awarded to those who do not exceed, with this scholarship contract, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of two years in that typology of the scholarship, followed or interpolated.

and

Requirement 2:

– Hold a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering or related field.

If the degree has been awarded by a foreign higher education institution, it must comply with the provisions of the Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of August 16th, and any formalities established there must be fulfilled until the time of signing the contract.

Activity Outline: The recruitment of this research position aims at the development of R&D work forthe development of a multi-purpose digital platform simulators and controller for renewable methanol plants, in the scope of the Work Package 6 – Conception, engineering and integration of industrial units (Subproject 6.1).

In particular, the researcher will contribute to the following project work:

Survey of the state-of-the-art concerning electrolysers model;

Development and validation of dynamic phenomenological models for PEM and alkaline electrolysers;

Dissemination and communication of results.

Legislation and regulations: Law Nº. 40/2004, of 18th August, in its current wording (Statutes of Scientific Research Fellow) and Regulation of Research Grants of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, in force (https://www.fct.pt/financiamento/programas-de-financiamento/bolsas/ ) and Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto, in force.

Workplace: The work will be developed at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Professor Adélio Mendes.

Grant duration: Initial duration of 12 months, with the predicted starting date in November 2023, on an exclusive basis eventually renewable but never exceeding the project duration.

If it is not possible to ensure the duration of 12 months estimated in the previous paragraph, this duration will be adjusted according to the end date of the project, and provided that the minimum duration of 3 consecutive months is guaranteed, in accordance with paragraph 3 of article 6 of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.

The eventual renewal of the scholarship will be carried out as determined in article 6 of the Research Grants Regulation of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.

Stipend: The grant stipend amounts between 1.199,64 € according to the table of values of the grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/financiamento/programas-de-financiamento/bolsas/ ) and 1.239,64 € depending on the profile and previous experience of the candidate in the project’s area. If the amount to be paid exceeds 1.199,64 euros, the remaining amount will be provided by FEUP funds, not coming from the funding. The payment will be made by bank transfer.

Selection procedure: There will be a Curricular Evaluation (60%), that will focus the candidate’s merit and, according to the following criteria:

Academic training: Master’s in Chemical Engineering – 5 points; Masters in related areas – 3 points; Other masters – 1 point.

Master’s final grade: Equal or greater than 18 values – 5 points; Between 15 and 17 values – 3 points; Less than 15 values – 1 point.

This classification is determined as follows:

• In the case of an Integrated Masters: Integrated Masters classification.

• In the case of n-year Bachelors + 2-year Masters: n/(n + 2) x Degree Rating + 2/(n + 2) x Masters Rating.

Publications in the area of: Chemical Engineering – 5 points; Related areas – 2 points; No publications – 0 points.

Research experience: In the area of the project – 5 points; In related areas – 3 points; Out of the related areas – 1 point; No experience – 0 points.

The curriculum of each candidate will be evaluated on a 1 to 20-point scale and the 3 best-ranked candidates in the Curricular Evaluation, who achieve a minimum classification of 15 points, will be invited to an Interview (40%) . In the interview topics related to the work plan, experience and the candidate’s CV will be discussed with the invited candidates.

Selection Jury:

President: Professor Adélio Miguel Magalhães Mendes

Effective member: Doctor Tânia Sofia Teixeira Lopes

Effective member: Doctor Paula Manuela Monteiro Pereira Costa Dias

Supplementary member: Doctor Seyedali Emami

Supplementary member: Doctor Ana Mafalda Vaz Martins Pereira

Advertisement of final decision: The results of the evaluation will be released to the candidates by email to the email address indicated in the application process.

Deadline for applications and form of presentation of the applications:

The call is open from 31/10/2023 to 14/11/2023 (until 23h59m, GMT time).

Applications must be formalized by email to [email protected] , [email protected] and [email protected] , clearly stating the reference FEUP-BD-WP6-H2Driven and including the following pdf documents:

– Motivation letter;

– Copy of certificates evidencing academic degree (referring to the classification of each separated or integrated degree);

– Detailed Curriculum Vitae;

– Declaration on honour that the candidate fulfils the requirement contained in article 6 of the Regulation for Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. (model below, for a student enrolled in a non-academic degree course integrated into the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units);

– Other documents considered relevant by the applicant.

To assure that all documents can be read, the preferred saving format is the Portable Document Format (.pdf).

Declaration on honour

I, (identification of the scholarship holder), holder of the Citizen Card / Visa / Residence Permit no. valid until , declare under honour, to be in the conditions of no. 5 of article 6º of the Research Grants from FCT, IP – Regulation No. 950/2019, of 16 December.

Oporto, __/__/__

Signature

_________________

(scholarship holder)

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