1 Research Scholarship (Master) - 101158248 - UNMASK - ERC-2023-POC - #NOVAID-B212

21 May 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

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

Research Field

Engineering » Biomedical engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

4 Jun 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 / ERC

Reference Number

101158248 - “UNMASK - #NOVAID-B212

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

No

Offer Description

Work Plan: The work will involve (i) acquiring signals from biological samples; (ii) developing computational algorithms for signal preprocessing and processing; (iii) devising techniques for feature extraction and selection from the signals, applying clustering techniques and classification models using machine learning methods; (iv) documenting the produced computer scripts; (v) preparing reports and/or scientific articles on the work and the results obtained

Fellowship duration: The felowship will have a duration of 12 months, starting in 1 st of July 2024. The fellowship contract may eventually be renewed within the duration of the project.

Application deadline and form of application submission: Applications are open from 21th May 2024 to 4 th June 2024.

Documentation to be provided when applying: The application must consist of a single PDF file including:

i) Motivation letter,

ii) Detailed curriculum vitae (including email address and telephone contact),

iii) Documents proving the academic degrees obtained and their classification

iv) Reference letter(s) and contacts (at least 1)

v) Up-to-date statement attesting to the candidate's professional status, with an indication of the nature of the bond, duties, and teaching hours in annual average, if applicable, which may be replaced by a declaration under honor, if not exercising any professional or service provision activity;

vi) Declaration of honor attesting to the commitment to enroll in a doctorate or a non-academic degree integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, if selected for the fellowship and accepted the award

Note: For academic degrees conferred by a foreign higher education institution, it is mandatory to submit the record of the recognition of the academic degree and the conversion of the final classification to the Portuguese scale (process regulated by Decree-Law No. 341/2007, of 12 October), or alternatively, to obtain equivalence/recognition of academic degrees (process regulated by Decree-Law No. 283/83, of 21 June).

Documentation to be provided when applying: Applications must be formalized, by sending an e-mail to the project´s coordinator Professor Ana Cecília Roque (E-mail: [email protected] ), mentioning the reference of the scholarship “UNMASK-BM-1-2024” in the subject and title of the email.

Documentation to be provided when contracting: If the candidate is selected, the candidate must present a document attesting the enrolment in a doctorate or a non-academic degree integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution.

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering » Biomedical engineering

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Recipients profile/category: MSc. in Biomedical Engineering

Mandatory requirements: This research grant is intended for candidates with a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering or related areas with experience in processing of time series and spectral signals acquired from clinical samples of human biofluids, experience in applying machine learning techniques to data of biological origin and excelent command of Python programming language. We are looking for a candidate with excellent team player skills, a passion for science and applied research, enthusiasm and experience in the field of biosensors and artificial olfaction.

Candidates must be enrolled in a doctorate, or in a course that does not lead to an academic degree as part of an educational project of a Portuguese Higher Education Institution. Documents proving this situation must be presented, at the latest, up to the stage of contracting the scholarship, and before that, they may be replaced by a declaration of honor.

Specific Requirements

Preferred factors: Involvement in research projects and teams will be viewed favorably, as well as a strong command of English language

Additional Information
Benefits

Monthly maintenance allowance amount: The amount of the scholarship corresponds to €1259.64, according to the table of values of grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the Country (Valores do subsídio mensal de manutenção de bolsas atualizados a 1 de janeiro de 2024 (fct.pt)), and the payment is made monthly by bank transfer. If the fellowship holder wishes to apply to the voluntary social security, the contributions will be covered by the project.

 

Eligibility criteria

Recipients profile/category: MSc. in Biomedical Engineering

Mandatory requirements: This research grant is intended for candidates with a Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering or related areas with experience in processing of time series and spectral signals acquired from clinical samples of human biofluids, experience in applying machine learning techniques to data of biological origin and excelent command of Python programming language. We are looking for a candidate with excellent team player skills, a passion for science and applied research, enthusiasm and experience in the field of biosensors and artificial olfaction.

Candidates must be enrolled in a doctorate, or in a course that does not lead to an academic degree as part of an educational project of a Portuguese Higher Education Institution. Documents proving this situation must be presented, at the latest, up to the stage of contracting the scholarship, and before that, they may be replaced by a declaration of honor.

Preferred factors: Involvement in research projects and teams will be viewed favorably, as well as a strong command of English language

Selection process

Selection criteria: The main criterion for the first ranking will be scientific merit (40%), the suitability of the candidate's profile for the project (30%), motivation and relevant professional experience for the development of the project (30%).

If justified, the three best candidates selected in the first series will be asked to conduct an interview, and then classified with a weighting of 50% (first ranking) and 50% (interview ranking).

All these criteria will be evaluated on a scale from 0 to 20 points.

Additional comments

Composition of the Selection Jury: President of the jury: Ana Cecília Roque, PhD Effective jury members: Carina Esteves, PhD; Arménio Barbosa, PhD Substitute jury members: Margarida Dias, PhD; Susana Palma, PhD.

Form of advertising/notification of results: The evaluation results proposed by the jury 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/uploads/2024/02/NOVAID -B212.pdf

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Biomolecular Engineering Group (https://biomolecularengineering-lab.pt/), of the Research Unit UCIBIO, Associated Laboratory i4HB, Chemistry Department, NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon, under the scientific guidance of Professor Ana Cecília Roque

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