ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

26 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Universidade do Minho - ISISE

Department

ISISE

Research Field

Architecture
Engineering » Civil engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

11 Apr 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Not Applicable

Job Status

Not Applicable

Offer Starting Date

27 Mar 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

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

No

Offer Description

A call for applications is now open for the attribution of one grant of fellowship to licenced students enrolled in a master’s program, within the scope of R&D project in Innovation and Technological Development of Construction in the Sustainable Construction Group financed by own income, under the following conditions:

 

Scientific Area: Sustainable Construction and Rehabilitation

 

Recipient category: Licenced in Architecture, Civil Engineering, or related fields, enrolled in a master’s program.

Degree courses: Research grants (BI) are intended for R&D activities by students enrolled in an integrated master's degree.

 

Requirement for granting the fellowship:

• The applicants may apply without prior registration in the course for which the fellowship is open. The requirement to enrol in a degree course will be verified on the date of contracting the fellowship;
• Only fellowships whose selected applicants present a valid proof of enrolment in a degree course will be contracted, according to the type of the fellowship, issued by the academic services of the University of Minho, indicating, respectively, the academic year or its duration (beginning and term);
• Domain of the Portuguese, English, and Spanish languages.

 

Candidates profile:

Licenced in Architecture, Civil Engineering or related fields, preferably with some experience in research;

Not benefited from a non-conferring degree research grant for a cumulative period of 2 years followed or interpolated;

Indicating proof of academic qualifications completed at the deadline for applications, for foreign academic degrees it is not necessary an academic degree recognition in Portugal;

Preferential factors: participation in European projects or COST Actions.

 

Applicants eligibility: Applicants must comply with the eligibility conditions laid down in article 9 of the Research Grants Regulation of the University of Minho, published in the “Diário da República” (RBIC), 2nd. series, no. 119, despatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2022, ratified through the ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021.

 

Workplan and objectives to be achieved: The work plan consists of a scientific and technical investigation related to the implementation of the circular economy based on the Sustainable Development Goals, aiming to contribute to a greater sustainability of the built environment. The Fellow should identify, characterize, and develop tools capable of assessing the sustainable development of the built environment from the perspective of implementing the principles of the circular economy that need to be considered, based on the current ISO and CEN standards and other current initiatives. From this activity, the Fellow should begin writing a scientific article.

The work plan focuses on R&D activities, respecting the teaching load and academic commitments of the Fellow.

 

Applicable legislation and regulations: Research Fellowship Holder Statutes, approved by Law no. 40/2004 of August 18, in its current version published by Decree-Law no. 123/2019 of august 28; Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in “Diário da República”, 2nd series, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021 and Regulation of Research Studentships and Fellowships (RBI) of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. - in force.

 

Host/Contracting institution and scientific supervision: The workplan will be carried out in the Energy and Sustainable Construction Laboratory of the University of Minho, located in the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structure Engineering, under the scientific supervision of Professor Luís Bragança.

 

Fellowship duration: The grant will take place for a period of 12 months, with a provisional starting date on May 2024. The fellowship grant may eventually be renewed for up to 2 years.

 

Amount of the research grant: The value stipend (Monthly Maintenance Allowance) is 990,98 euros per month, in accordance with the stipend values published by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT I.P.) in the country (Annex I – Monthly Stipends Values for the maintenance allowances of the FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships ) and Annex II of the Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in “Diário da República”, 2nd series, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021, according to the applicable regulation.

Payment is made on the 23rd of each month, through bank transfer to the Bank Identification Number of the fellow identified in the contractualization process.

 

Other benefits: Reimbursement of Voluntary Social Security (Social Security contributions), corresponding to the 1st level of discounts and personal accident insurance.

 

Exclusivity regime: The grantee will perform the activities under exclusivity, as foreseen in article 5º of the Research Fellow Statutes and applicable regulations.

 

Selection panel: The Selection panel is composed of:

• President, Luís Bragança, Associate Professor with Aggregation, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho;
• Effective members, Manuela Almeida, Associate Professor with Aggregation, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho, and Ricardo Mateus, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho;
• Substitute members, Sandra Silva, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho, and João Pedro Couto, Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho.

 

Criteria and procedures for application assessment and selection: The application assessment will focus on the candidate's Merit, following evaluation criteria, valued on a scale of 1 to 5 values (or another scale):

Applicant Merit - AM (100%):

Academic path (considering the classifications of academic degrees), with a weighting of 50%;

Personal curriculum (considering professional and scientific background), with a weighting of 40%

Motivation letter, with a weighting of 10%.

The final classification of the applicant’s merit with the achieved through the following formula:

MC=(a*0,5)+(b*0,4)+(c*0,1)

The academic degrees and diplomas documents, or their respective recognition when awarded by foreign higher education institutions are not mandatory in the application phase, being replaced by a declaration of honor of the candidate with the contents of academic results. The documents of academic qualification or respective recognition will be required in the contracting phase and must attest facts that occurred on a date prior to the application. In situations of divergence between the information contained in the declaration and the documentation submitted for contracting the grant, only the information contained in the latter will be consider. If the documents proving the ownership of the academic degree and diploma, or the respective recognition under the terms of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16, do not correspond to the classifications awarded in the evaluation of the academic path, which can change the candidate's ranking, the fellowship won’t be contracted.

Notes: Applicants with degrees obtained abroad must present proof of recognition of qualifications in Portugal and conversion of the final classification obtained in them to the Portuguese classification scale or declaration under the terms indicated in the previous point. For candidates who do not comply with one of these provisions, the selection panel will assign “0” in the grade of the graduation and/or master course. Candidates will be evaluated on the remaining parameters.

 

Disclosure of results: The provisional results of applications, based on the selection panel minutes, will be sent to the applicants by email, according to article 13th of the RBIC of UMinho.

In case of unfavourable results, the candidates have a period of 10 working days to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing to interested parties, pursuant to articles 121 and 122 of the Code of Administrative Procedure (DL no. 4 / 2015 of January 7th).

 

Complaint and appeal procedures: The final results of the evaluation will be published through an ordered list (alphabetically, by final grade obtained), posted in a visible and public place of the host unit, as well as by email to all applicants, enclosing for that purpose, the minutes of the jury deliberations.

The selected candidate must inform its willingness to accept the grant, in writing. In case of rejection, the fellowship will be awarded to the next candidate in the ordered list of applicants.

The final decision can be contested within 15 working days, by sending to the President of the jury the corresponding claim. Interested parties may also submit an optional hierarchical appeal, in the terms of number 3 of article 13º of Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC).

 

Application deadline and submission: The call for applications is open from 27/03/2024 till 11/04/2024.

Applications must be formalized by sending an application letter with the following documents:

• Curriculum vitae;
• Qualifications certificate or declaration of the applicant;
• Motivation letter;
• Statement proving that meets the conditions for the grant typology, according to the application requirements;
• Other documents important to the evaluation process.

Applications must be sent by email to [email protected] , indicating the reference of the call for applications in Subject. Applications submitted by other means will not be accepted.

 

Fellowship contractualization: The fellowship will be attributed by signing a fellowship contract between the University of Minho and the fellow, accordingly with the contract minute (annex IV of the Regulation of Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in Diário da República, 2nd Série, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021, as indicated in 2.4 of the FCT document: “Rules for Granting and Management of Grants within the scope of R&D projects, including infrastructure projects, the multi-annual financing program for R&D units and other FCT financing instruments (Version 2021) ”.

The contract may only be concluded after all the documentation required is collected, which must take place within a maximum period of 6 months.

Once all the documentation has been received, the contracting entity has a period of 15 working days to conclude the scholarship contract. Once received, the fellow must return the contract duly signed within 15 working days.

The activities under the fellowship contract can only begin after proper authorization by the contracting entity.

 

Term and cancellation of fellowship contracts: Without prejudice to the other causes provided the fellowship regulations of UMinho and in the Statute of the Research Fellow, the fellowship ends with the completion of the work plan, as well as with the expiration date for which it was granted or renewed.

At the end of the fellowship, the grantee is obliged to present a Final Report of the work carried out, in accordance with the objectives and evaluation criteria defined by the scientific advisor, within 30 days after the end of the scholarship.

The final report must be prepared in accordance with Annex I of the Scientific Research Fellowships Regulation of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in Diário da República, 2nd Série, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021.

 

 

Declaration of Honor

Academic habilitations

 

(Full name), applicant to the research fellowship vacancy under the I&D project (title or reference), published in the Euraxess Portal, reference (notice reference), hereby declares to have a degree on (name of the course), concluded in the University of (XXXX), on the (conclusion date), with the final grade of (XXXX).

I have submitted my diploma for recognition at the University of XXXXX, according to the Decree-Law nº 66/2018 of August 16th([3] ), concluded in the XX/XX/XXXX, with the final grade of XXXXX out of YY.

I also declare that I commit to provide proof of my diploma recognition obtained under the Portuguese Law, until the date of the conclusion of the fellowship contract, in case of being selected for the vacancy in this competition.

As this is true, this declaration will be dated and signed by me.

 

(Place), (date).

__________________________

(name)

 

[3]  DGES (Foreign Degrees and Diplomas): https://www.dges.gov.pt/en/pagina/degree-and-diploma-recognition?plid=1536 ; University of Minho: Recognition of foreign degrees and diplomas: https://www.uminho.pt/EN/education/Pages/recognition-of-foreign-qualifications.aspx

Requirements

Research Field

Architecture

Education Level

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Engineering » Civil engineering

Education Level

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Requirement for granting the fellowship:

• The applicants may apply without prior registration in the course for which the fellowship is open. The requirement to enrol in a degree course will be verified on the date of contracting the fellowship;
• Only fellowships whose selected applicants present a valid proof of enrolment in a degree course will be contracted, according to the type of the fellowship, issued by the academic services of the University of Minho, indicating, respectively, the academic year or its duration (beginning and term);
• Domain of the Portuguese, English, and Spanish languages.

Specific Requirements

Candidates profile:

Licenced in Architecture, Civil Engineering or related fields, preferably with some experience in research;

Not benefited from a non-conferring degree research grant for a cumulative period of 2 years followed or interpolated;

Indicating proof of academic qualifications completed at the deadline for applications, for foreign academic degrees it is not necessary an academic degree recognition in Portugal;

Preferential factors: participation in European projects or COST Actions.

Languages

PORTUGUESE

Level

Good

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Good

Languages

SPANISH

Level

Good

Additional Information
Benefits

Amount of the research grant: The value stipend (Monthly Maintenance Allowance) is 990,98 euros per month, in accordance with the stipend values published by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT I.P.) in the country (Annex I – Monthly Stipends Values for the maintenance allowances of the FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships ) and Annex II of the Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in “Diário da República”, 2nd series, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021, according to the applicable regulation.

Payment is made on the 23rd of each month, through bank transfer to the Bank Identification Number of the fellow identified in the contractualization process.

Other benefits: Reimbursement of Voluntary Social Security (Social Security contributions), corresponding to the 1st level of discounts and personal accident insurance.

Eligibility criteria

Criteria and procedures for application assessment and selection: The application assessment will focus on the candidate's Merit, following evaluation criteria, valued on a scale of 1 to 5 values (or another scale):

Applicant Merit - AM (100%):

Academic path (considering the classifications of academic degrees), with a weighting of 50%;

Personal curriculum (considering professional and scientific background), with a weighting of 40%

Motivation letter, with a weighting of 10%.

The final classification of the applicant’s merit with the achieved through the following formula:

MC=(a*0,5)+(b*0,4)+(c*0,1)

The academic degrees and diplomas documents, or their respective recognition when awarded by foreign higher education institutions are not mandatory in the application phase, being replaced by a declaration of honor of the candidate with the contents of academic results. The documents of academic qualification or respective recognition will be required in the contracting phase and must attest facts that occurred on a date prior to the application. In situations of divergence between the information contained in the declaration and the documentation submitted for contracting the grant, only the information contained in the latter will be consider. If the documents proving the ownership of the academic degree and diploma, or the respective recognition under the terms of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16, do not correspond to the classifications awarded in the evaluation of the academic path, which can change the candidate's ranking, the fellowship won’t be contracted.

Notes: Applicants with degrees obtained abroad must present proof of recognition of qualifications in Portugal and conversion of the final classification obtained in them to the Portuguese classification scale or declaration under the terms indicated in the previous point. For candidates who do not comply with one of these provisions, the selection panel will assign “0” in the grade of the graduation and/or master course. Candidates will be evaluated on the remaining parameters.

Selection process

Disclosure of results: The provisional results of applications, based on the selection panel minutes, will be sent to the applicants by email, according to article 13th of the RBIC of UMinho.

In case of unfavourable results, the candidates have a period of 10 working days to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing to interested parties, pursuant to articles 121 and 122 of the Code of Administrative Procedure (DL no. 4 / 2015 of January 7th).

Complaint and appeal procedures: The final results of the evaluation will be published through an ordered list (alphabetically, by final grade obtained), posted in a visible and public place of the host unit, as well as by email to all applicants, enclosing for that purpose, the minutes of the jury deliberations.

The selected candidate must inform its willingness to accept the grant, in writing. In case of rejection, the fellowship will be awarded to the next candidate in the ordered list of applicants.

The final decision can be contested within 15 working days, by sending to the President of the jury the corresponding claim. Interested parties may also submit an optional hierarchical appeal, in the terms of number 3 of article 13º of Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC).

Website for additional job details

https://isise.net/dissemination/recruitment/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Universidade do Minho - ISISE

Country

Portugal

City

Guimarães

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Guimarães

Website

http://www.isise.net/

Street

Campus de Azurém

Postal Code

4800-058

STATUS: EXPIRED