Research Studentships (Master or Integrated Master students) – (BL8/2024_IST-ID)

Organisation/Company

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento _IST-ID

Department

DRH

Research Field

Engineering » Civil engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

6 Feb 2024 – 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Not Applicable

Job Status

Not Applicable

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

PTDC/ECI-EGC/1086/2021

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Research Studentships (Master or Integrated Master students)

Applications are open for two Research Studentships, within the framework of project PTDC/ECI-EGC/1086/2021, associated to project CALCITE – Fixation mechanisms and durability of biocementation treatment of soils. Application to a real slope to prevent ravine development, financed by national funds through FCT/PIDDAC

Workplan: The work predicted includes participating a case-study where a sandy soil slope was treated by biocementation against ravine formation, and perform laboratorial tests to study the durability of this treatment. It presupposes the writing of a MSc thesis and a scientific paper in English to be submitted to an international conference.

Duration: for each one of the research fellowships, duration of 3 months eventually renewable until 5 months, expected to begin in March 2024.

It is mandatory to formalize applications with the submission of the following documents: i) B1 Form – Fellowship application (https://ist-id.pt/concursos/bolsas/ ); ii) Curriculum Vitae; iii)academic degree certificate, where applicable; iv) proof of enrollment at an academic degree course (Master, Integrated Master); v) motivation letter.

Applications must be submitted to the email: [email protected]

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering » Civil engineering

Education Level

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Admission Requirements: Have bachelor degree in Civil Engineering and be enrolled at one course to get a Master degree in Civil Engineering.

Additional Information
Benefits

Monthly maintenance allowance: According to the values for Research Fellowships awarded by FCT in Portugal (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_2023.pdf ), the amount of the monthly maintenance allowance is €930.98, being the payment method an option of the Fellow by Wire Transfer/Check.

Eligibility criteria

Admission Requirements: Have bachelor degree in Civil Engineering and be enrolled at one course to get a Master degree in Civil Engineering.

Selection process

Selection methods: The selection methods will be through curriculum evaluation (100%) carried out according to the following components: final classification of the Bachelor (30%), motivation letter where past experience on experimental work and on Geotechnics must be explained (20%), average grades in the units of Geotechnics from bachelor and master degrees, such as Soil Mechanics, Geotechnical Structures I and II, and Characterization and Observation in Geotechnics, or equivalent (20%) and the availability of the student to write his/her Master thesis within the project (30%). If an interview is carried out, in the event of a tiebreaker, the weighting will be 70% for the curriculum evaluation and 30% for the interview. If none of the candidates have the appropriate profile, the scholarship will not be awarded.

Composition of the selection Jury: Professors Rafaela Cardoso, Fernando Simões and Rui Carrilho Gomes.

Announcement/ notification of the results: The final evaluation results will be communicated to all applicants by email.

Deadlines and procedures of complaint and appeal . A complaint may be lodged from the final decision within 15 working days, or an appeal to the Executive Board of IST-ID within 30 working days, both counted from the respective notification

Additional comments

Legislation and Regulations: Statute of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law nr. 40/2004, of August 18, as worded by Decree-Law nr. 123/2019, of August 28; FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships, available on https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf and https://dre.pt/application/file/a/127230968 .

Workplace: The work will be developed at CERIS in IST (Lisbon), under the scientific supervision of Professor Rafaela Cardoso.

Website for additional job details

https://ist-id.pt/concursos/bolsas/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

IST-ID

Country

Portugal

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Lisbon

Website

http://ist-id.pt/

Street

Av. Rovisco Pais

Postal Code

1049-001 Lisboa

STATUS: EXPIRED