1 Research Scholarship (Master) - 101081776 – AgriLoop - — HORIZON-CL6-2022-CIRCBIO-01 - #NOVAID-B166

25 Jan 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

NOVA.id.FCT- Associação para a Inovação de Desenvolvimento da FCT

Research Field

Biological sciences » Biological engineering
Technology » Biotechnology
Chemistry » Biochemistry

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?

HE

Reference Number

101081776 - AgriLoop - - #NOVAID-B166

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

No

Offer Description

Work Plan: The aim of the work is the production, extraction and characterization of microbial biopolymers.

Fellowship duration: The fellowship will last for 12 months, starting in February 2024. The fellowship contract may eventually be renewed within the term of the project.

Application deadline and form of application submission: The call is open from the 24 th January to the 6 th of February 2024.

Documents to be provided upon application: Applications must be formalized by sending the following documents in a single PDF file: i) Motivation letter; ii) Detailed Curriculum Vitae; iii) Certificate of academic degrees and qualifications* (at application stage a non-official document may be presented, which in case of selection will be replaced by the official document). iv) Candidates must be enrolled in a cycle of studies leading to the academic degree of doctor, or in a nonacademic degree course integrated in an educational project of a Higher Education Institution for the academic year; The documents proving this situation or the respective recognition when they have been awarded by foreign higher education institutions must be presented, at most, until the scholarship contracting stage, before that they can be replaced by a declaration of honor;

* In case of foreign academic degrees, and to guarantee the application of the principle of equal treatment to applicants with national and foreign academic degrees, it is mandatory to submit the recognition of such degrees and the conversion of the respective final grade to the Portuguese grading scale.

Form of submission of applications: Applications must be sent by email to [email protected] .

Documentation to be provided upon contracting: Proof of academic degrees or their equivalence when they have been awarded by foreign higher education institutions; Proof of enrollment in a PhD study cycle or enrollment in courses not awarding an academic degree; documents proving the holding of academic degrees and diplomas, or the respective recognition when they have been awarded by foreign higher education institutions.

Funded by European Commission.

Requirements

Research Field

Biological sciences » Biological engineering

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Technology » Biotechnology

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Chemistry » Biochemistry

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Recipients profile/category: Candidates must have a master's degree in Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry or related areas. Knowledge of: microbiology; operation of bioreactors for the production of microbial biopolymers; separation processes applied to the extraction of microbial biopolymers; and physical, chemical and functional characterization of biopolymers.

Applicants must be enrolled in a cycle of studies leading to the attainment of the academic degree of doctor or a non-academic degree course integrated in an educational project of a Higher Education Institution. The documents proving this situation or the respective recognition when they have been awarded by foreign higher education institutions must be presented, at the latest, until the stage of contracting the scholarship, and before that they can be replaced by a declaration of honor.

Additional Information
Benefits

Monthly maintenance allowance amount: The amount of the scholarship corresponds to €1199.64, having as reference the table of values of the scholarships awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in Portugal, with payment made monthly by bank transfer.

Eligibility criteria

Recipients profile/category: Candidates must have a master's degree in Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry or related areas. Knowledge of: microbiology; operation of bioreactors for the production of microbial biopolymers; separation processes applied to the extraction of microbial biopolymers; and physical, chemical and functional characterization of biopolymers.

Applicants must be enrolled in a cycle of studies leading to the attainment of the academic degree of doctor or a non-academic degree course integrated in an educational project of a Higher Education Institution. The documents proving this situation or the respective recognition when they have been awarded by foreign higher education institutions must be presented, at the latest, until the stage of contracting the scholarship, and before that they can be replaced by a declaration of honor.

Selection process

Selection criteria: The selection methods to be used and the respective weighting will be as follows: a. Curricular assessment (grade from 1 to 20) weighting 50%; b. Experience in the research area (score from 1 to 20) weighting 50%.

The jury may resort to conducting selection interviews with the three best-ranked candidates.

In the event that the jury conducts interviews, the selection methods change, becoming the following: a. Curricular assessment and experience in the research area (score from 1 to 20) weighting 50%; b. Interview (score from 1 to 20) weighting 50%.

All applications will be evaluated on a scale from 0 to 20 values.

Candidates who do not obtain a minimum grade of 15, as a result of the jury's evaluation according to the selection criteria, will not be hired.

Additional comments

Composition of the Selection Jury: Filomena Freitas (Effective Member), Prof. Prof. Maria A. Reis (Effective Member), Dr. Cristiana Torres (Effective Member), Dr. Nídia Lourenço and Dr. Bárbara Almeida (Substitute Members).

Form of advertising/notification of results: The evaluation results proposed by the juri will be notified, up to 90 days after the deadline for the submission of applications, by email, of the results proposed by the jury, with access to the minutes and the final ranking list. After notification, candidates will have 10 working days to comment on the draft decision (prior hearing of interested parties, under the terms of the Code of Administrative Procedure). The final decision will be taken after the expiry of the prior hearing period, again notified to all candidates by e-mail. Of this final decision the candidates can file a complaint within 15 working days (to the e-mail address used for the notification), or an hierarchical appeal, within 30 working days, addressed to NOVA.ID.FCT's Board through the address [email protected] .

Drafts: The drafts of: i) fellowship contract, ii) final report to be presented by the fellowship holder, iii) final report to be presented by the scientific advisor, and; iv) declaration on honor, can all be found on NOVA.id.FCT website.

Website for additional job details

https://www.novaidfct.pt/wp-content/calls/call/Edital%20Mestre%20-%20PR%203179%…

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa under the scientific guidance of Professor Filomena Freitas, with NOVA.id.FCT - Association for Innovation and Development of FCT being the contracting entity.

Country

Portugal

City

Caparica

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Caparica

Website

https://www.novaidfct.pt

Street

Campus de Caparica

Postal Code

2829-516 Caparica

STATUS: EXPIRED