FCUP - Initiation Research Fellowships - UIDP/00611/2023

15 May 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

29 May 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Not Applicable

Job Status

Not Applicable

Offer Starting Date

1 Jul 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

UIDP/00611/2023

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

No

Offer Description

Initiation Research Fellowships

Call open for applications for one Initiation Research Fellowships, with the reference UIDP/00611/2023, financed by FCT, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Planetary Geophysics

Admission requirements:

• Be enrolled in a bachelor's, master's or integrated master's degree in Physics, Physical Engineering, Mathematics, Geosciences, or similar areas, aiming at the beginning of their scientific training through integration in R&D projects to be developed in national institutions;

• Research Initiation Fellowships (BIIs) can only be awarded to those who do not exceed, with the conclusion of the scholarship contract in question, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of one year in that type of scholarship, consecutive or interpolated and cannot be awarded to those who have already benefited from research scholarships directly or indirectly financed by the FCT, awarded under the Research Scholarship Statute.

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 the fellowship 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.

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: The work aims to numerically model the effect of planetary cooling on crustal and surface water of rocky planets. It is intended to study in detail the evolution of the spatial distribution of the liquid, solid and vapor phases. The work plan is as follows: a) Bibliographic review on the origin, history and role of water in the evolution of rocky planets. b) Development and testing of a numerical method for simulating the cooling of a rocky planet. c) Development and testing of a numerical method for simulating the effect of planetary cooling on crustal and surface water. d) Writing a report of the work carried out.                                          

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 plan will be developed at the Department of Physics and Astronomy, Faculty of Sciences of the University of Porto (FCUP), under the guidance of Manuel António Salgueiro da Silva and Teresa Monteiro Seixas, within the scope of the activities of the CITEUC-FCUP research unit

Grant duration: Initial duration of four months, with beginning on 1st july 2024, eventually renewable up, but not exceeding the end date of the project.

Maintenance allowance amount: The grant stipend amounts to 601,12€ 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 ).

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:

X: General curriculum assessment (weighting: 40%);

Y: Extracurricular experience (weighting: 20%);

Z: Proven experience in scientific programming (preference in Python (weighting: 30%);

W: Fluency in written and spoken English (weighting: 10%).

The classification (CF) will be obtained using the following formula:

CF=AC=X* 40% +Y*20% + Z*30% + W*10%

Candidates whose application has been assessed with a final classification less than 13) points are not eligible to sign the contract of the fellowship.

Selection committee:

• President – Teresa Monteiro Seixas – Assistant Professor, DFA-FCUP, CITEUC
• 1.º member – Manuel António Salgueiro da Silva, Assistant Professor, DFA-FCUP, CITEU
• 2.º member – Caroline dos Santos Silva, Assistant Professor, DFA-FCUP
• 1.º alternate member – Maria Alexandra Albuquerque Faria Pais, Assistant Professor, DF-FCTUC, CITEUC
• 2.º alternate member – David Alegre Vaz, Researcher, CITEUC

Advertisement of final decision: The final results of the evaluation will be announced, through a list ordered by final classification, sent to candidates by email. It is further informed that under 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 pronounce itself, if it so wishes, unless under the terms of no. 5 of article 12 of Regulation no. 950/2019 of December 16, or pursuant to subparagraphs a) and c) of article 124 of the CPA, prior hearing and complaint is not waived, given that the contracting will have to be carried out until September 1st.

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) Academic background;

e) Declaration of eligibility (in attached);

f) Up to 3letters of recommendation, one is mandatory. The candidate should access to the link: https://info.fc.up.pt/fcup/recursos_humanos/cartas_recomendacao/index.p… , where he/she has to select the recruitment is applying, identify his/her name, email, identification number (citizen card or passport), and subsequently indicate the name(s) of the person(s), email address(es) of the persons that will write the recommendation letter. These persons will be notified by email, where a link will be sent to make the upload of the letter, by the end of the last day of application, 23:59 h - mainland Portugal time. The candidates will be notified when the letter has been submitted.

The documents indicated in points a) to f) 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;
• Foreign academic degree recognition (if applicable);
• Proof of enrolment in the Bachelor's, Master's or Integrated Master's course in Physics, Physical Engineering, Mathematics, Geosciences, or similar areas;
• 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 16/05/2024 to 29/05/2024.

 

Requirements

Research Field

Physics » Other

Education Level

Undergraduate

Internal Application form(s) needed
Edital_1.pdf
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Declaração de elegibilidade.pdf
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Additional Information

Website for additional job details

https://sigarra.up.pt/fcup/pt/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?p_nr=114879

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

FCUP

Country

Portugal

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://info.fc.up.pt/fcup/pedidos/users/novo.php?f_id=1291&formulario=576

Contact

City

Porto

Website

https://sigarra.up.pt/fcup/pt/web_page.inicial

Street

University of Porto – Pólo do Campo Alegre

STATUS: EXPIRED