Call for a Research Scholarship - TEC4GREEN_2/02.24

23 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

UNINOVA - Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias

Department

Serviços Centrais

Research Field

Engineering » Electrical engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

8 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Not Applicable

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

Not Applicable

Offer Starting Date

15 Mar 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

TEC4GREEN_2/02.24

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

No

Offer Description

Call is open for the award one (1) Research Fellowship (BII) at UNINOVA - Institute for the Development of New Technologies within the scope of the project PRR TEC4GREEN – 02/C05-i01.01/2022.PC644948561-00000052– Agenda Mobilizadora Verde Tec4Green, funded by the PRR – Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência, for the development of R&D activities to be carried out by students of a Professional Technical Course, students of a Bachelor degree (equivalent to a Licenciatura), students of a Master or Integrated Master or holders of a Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to a Licenciatura) enrolled in a course that is non-degree granting, under the following conditions:

Recipient admission requirements /Profile:

Be enrolled in Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to a Licenciatura) in Electrical and Computing Engineering;

Not exceed, with the conclusion of the scholarship contract in question, including possible renewals, a cumulative period of 1 (one) year for this type of scholarship;

Not having been awarded research grants directly or indirectly financed by the FCT, awarded under the terms of the Statute of the Scientific Research Grantee;

Good Programming Skills (Mandatory);

Some experience in Robotics;

Fluent in Portuguese and English, written and spoken (mandatory);

Living in the Great Lisbon Area (Preferential);

Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Candidates who have obtained the degree abroad must have the degree recognized in Portugal, pursuant to Decree-Law No. 66/2018 of August 16th .

Work plan: The candidate will develop research work performing the following tasks:

• Participation in Project Meetings.
• work on the following project tasks from WP4 (Soluções digitais e de precisão na agricultura):
  • T1 – Monitoring System
  • T2 – Data Processing and Land Parcel Operationalisation

Applicable legislation and regulations: Statute of the Scientific Research Grantee, approved by Law No. 40/2004 of August 18, amended and republished by Decree-Law No. 202/2012, of August 27 and amended by Decree-Law No. 233/2012 of 29 October, Law No. 12/2013 of January 29 and Decree-Law No. 123/2019 of August 28.

Is subsidiarily applicable the Regulation of UNINOVA Research Grants, approved by deliberation of the Board of Directors of the FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, in the meeting of March 2 of 2022.

Duration of the grant: The fellowship will have an estimated duration of 10 months, possibly renewable within the duration of the project, as long as it does not exceed the period mentioned in point b) of the admission requirements and is scheduled to begin in March 2024.

Application deadline and form of submission of applications: The call for applications is open for the period of 10 working days after the publication of this notice.

Applications must be formalised by submitting the following documentation:

...      Curriculum Vitae;

...      Motivation Letter;

...      Certificate of Qualifications or declaration of commitment of honor on the ownership of the respective academic degree according to draft available on the UNINOVA website (https://www.uninova.pt/job-opportunity/internal-documents ).

Upon contracting, the Certificate of Qualifications (and Grade Recognition Certificate, if applicable)must be delivered;

...      Informed consent statement duly dated and signed, according to the draft available on the UNINOVA website (https://www.uninova.pt/job-opportunity/internal-documents );

...      Copy of ID;

...      Other documents attesting to what was reported on the CV.

In the event of contractualization, the selected candidate must present the Proof of registration in a Professional Technical Course/Bachelor/Master's or in a course not conferring an academic degree.

Applications must be submitted to UNINOVA or submitted by email to [email protected] and to [email protected] with the subject:TEC4GREEN_2/02.24.

 

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering » Electrical engineering

Education Level

Undergraduate

Skills/Qualifications

Recipient admission requirements /Profile:

Be enrolled in Bachelor’s degree (equivalent to a Licenciatura) in Electrical and Computing Engineering;

Not exceed, with the conclusion of the scholarship contract in question, including possible renewals, a cumulative period of 1 (one) year for this type of scholarship;

Not having been awarded research grants directly or indirectly financed by the FCT, awarded under the terms of the Statute of the Scientific Research Grantee;

Good Programming Skills (Mandatory);

Some experience in Robotics;

Fluent in Portuguese and English, written and spoken (mandatory);

Living in the Great Lisbon Area (Preferential);

Good communication and interpersonal skills.

Candidates who have obtained the degree abroad must have the degree recognized in Portugal, pursuant to Decree-Law No. 66/2018 of August 16th .

 

Specific Requirements

Area: Electrical and Computing Engineering

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Excellent

Languages

PORTUGUESE

Level

Excellent

Additional Information
Benefits

Monthly maintenance allowance amount: The amount of the scholarship corresponds to € 601,12, according to the table of values of the scholarships awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the country (  https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_atualizacao-2024.pdf ).

The grantee also benefits from personal accident insurance during the period of granting the scholarship and may be reimbursed for voluntary social insurance equivalent to the 1st tier.

The scholarship will be paid monthly on the last business day of each month by bank transfer.

Eligibility criteria

Selection methods: The selection methods to use will be as follows:

- Curriculum Vitae [50%];

- Level  of  knowledge in  the  area  of  information management,  with  emphasis on  the  area  of the work plan [50%].

- If the jury deems it necessary, an interview will take place only with the selected candidates, with each of the previous items valid [40%] and the interview [20%]

Composition of the Selection Jury:

Professor José António Barata de Oliveira

Doctor Sanaz Nikghadam-Hojjati

Professor Ricardo Peres

Selection process

Form of advertising/notification of results: Both admitted and excluded candidates list with the final classification shall be published on the UNINOVA website (https://www.uninova.pt/ )  and all candidates will be notified by email.

Preliminary Hearing and Deadline for Decision: After communicating the provisional list of the results of the evaluation, candidates have a period of 10 working days to express their opinion at a prior hearing of interested parties, pursuant to Articles 121 and following of the Code of Administrative Procedure.

The final decision will be rendered after the analysis of the statements presented during the preliminary hearing of interested parties. A complaint may be filed against the final decision within 15 working days, or, alternatively, an appeal may be filed within 30 working days, both counting from the respective notification.

Additional comments

Non-discrimination policy

UNINOVA promotes actively a non-discrimination and equal access policy, wherefore no candidate can be privileged, benefited, impaired or deprived of any rights whatsoever, or be exempt of any duties based on their ancestry, age, sex, sexual preference, marital status, family and economic conditions, instruction, origin or social conditions, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, origin territory, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and union membership.

Pursuant to Decree-Law nr 29/2001 of 3rd February, disabled candidates shall be preferred in a situation of equal classification, and said preference supersedes any legal preferences. Candidates must declare, on their honor, their respective disability degree, type of disability and communication / expression means to be used during selection period on their application form, under the regulations above.

Models of scholarship contract, final report of the grantee and final report of the advisor: These minutes are available at the UNINOVA website (https://www.uninova.pt/job-opportunity/internal-documents ).

Workplace: Thework will be carried out at UNINOVA's facilities, in other facilities located at the FCT/NOVA Campus and/or in other facilities that may be necessary for its execution, under the scientific guidance of Prof. Doutor José António Barata de Oliveira. UNINOVA will be the contracting entity.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

UNINOVA - Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias

Country

Portugal

State/Province

Caparica

City

Quinta da Torre

Postal Code

2829-516

Street

Campus da Caparica

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

State/Province

Caparica

City

Quinta da Torre

Website

http://www.uninova.pt

Street

Campus da Caparica

Postal Code

2829-516

STATUS: EXPIRED