Competition for Granting one Research Scholarship - (UI/297/2020) – 28/2024 - #NOVAID-B182

19 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

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

Department

Department of Mathematics

Research Field

Mathematics

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

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

Type of Contract

Other

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

21 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 tender is open for the attribution of one Research Scholarship for a 1st cycle student in Mathematics or related areas within the scope of the R&D Unit “Center for Mathematics and Applications” (CMA) (UI/297/2020), financed by “Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.”/MCTES (FCT, I.P.) (ref. UIDB/00297/2020) through national funds (PIDDAC) (OE), under the following conditions:

1. Scientific Area:

Mathematics or related areas.

2. Recipients profile/category:

Enrolment in a bachelors’ degree in mathematics or related areas.

Mandatory requirements:

Candidates must be regularly enrolled, in the academic year 2023/2024, in a 1st cycle in Mathematics or related areas in a Portuguese higher education institution. The documents that verify this situation must be presented, at most, by the time of the scholarship contract, being able to be replaced previously by a Declaration on honor.

Preferred factors:

Interest in applications to biology; programming skills in Python; Level of English B1 or equivalent, to be verified in an interview.

3. Work Plan:

The objective of this project is to select and train an undergraduate in rigorous and numerical studies of biological dynamics. The idea is to study scale effects in biological dynamics. It is a well-known fact that the result of biological dynamics can depend crucially on the size of the populations. Therefore, with the use of mathematical models, we will consider populations of different sizes, in partial isolation, such that the most likely outcome of evolution will be different in each case. From that, we will classify the critical size of the population such that the outcome of the evolution will be different and also the required level of isolation. The possible implications of this study are to provide a better understanding of the origins of biodiversity through the socalled allopatric speciation.

4. Applicable legislation and regulations:

Law No. 40/2004, of August 18, amended and republished by Decree-Law No. 202/2012 of August 27 (Statute of the Scientific Research Fellow) and amended by Decree-Law No. 233/2012 of October 29, by Law No. 12 /2013 of 29 January, by Decree-Law No. 89/2013, of 9 July and Decree-Law No. 123/2019, of 28 August; Regulation of Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., in force (https://files.dre.pt/2s/2019/12/241000000/0009100105.pdf ).

5. Workplace:

The work will be carried out at the facilities of the Center for Mathematics and Applications (CMA), hosted at the Department of Mathematics, located in NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA FCT), under the scientific supervision of the Professor Fabio Chalub, who may then delegate the supervision or co-supervision to another researcher of CMA, being the entity contracting NOVA.id.FCT – Association for Innovation and Development of FCT.

6. Fellowship duration:

The duration of the scholarship is 7 months, planned to start in April of 2024.

7. Monthly maintenance allowance amount:

The scholarship amount corresponds to €601.12, based on the table of scholarships awarded directly by FCT, I.P., in the country, with payment made monthly by bank transfer.

Other components can be added to the scholarship in accordance with the NOVA.id.FCT Scholarship Regulation.

8. Selection criteria:

The selection criteria to be used will be as follows:

A curriculum assessment will be carried out (60%) which will focus on the candidate’s merit, in which the following factors will be weighted:

a) Academic background – from 0 to 10 points, depending on the component of training in mathematics and success in this area;

b) Letter of motivation – from 0 to 5 points;

c) Letter of recommendation – from 0 to 5 points;

Candidates will be classified on a scale of 0 to 20 points, up to 5 candidates who obtain the best score of not less than 13 points in the curriculum evaluation will be admitted for interview. The evaluation in the interview (40%) will focus on topics related to the work plan, previous experience, CV, and commitment and interest in the project theme.

9. Composition of the Selection Jury:

President of the Jury: Professor Fabio Chalub, CMA and DM-NOVA FCT.

Effective members of the Jury: Professor Paula Patrício, CMA and DM-NOVA FCT, and Professor Paulo Doutor, CMA and DM-NOVA FCT.

Substitute members of the Jury: Researcher Matheus Hansen, CMA-NOVA FCT, and Maria do Céu Soares, CMA and DM-NOVA FCT.

10. 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, with access to the minutes and the provisional 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] .

11. Application deadline and form of application submission:

A tender is open from the 21st of March to 4th of April of 2024 (until 23:59, Lisbon time).

Documentation to be provided when applying:

Applications must be formalized, obligatorily, by sending the following documents written in Portuguese or English and, preferably, in PDF files:

a. Curriculum Vitae;

b. Motivation Letter;

c. A letter of recommendation directly sent by the writer to [email protected] , with the subject “Recommendation letter for «CANDIDATE NAME» - Research Scholarship Application – SCALED;

d. Copy (simple) of the qualifications certificate (referring to the course average – of each cycle or integrated cycle and marks in the curricular units) or declaration of honor containing the same information as described in point 2.

e. Proof of enrolment in the academic year 2023/24, in a 1st cycle in Mathematics or related areas, being able to be replaced previously by a Declaration on honor;

f. Declaration on honor (according to the draft available here for download).

Form of submission of applications:

Applications must be sent by e-mail to [email protected] with subject: Research Scholarship Application – SCALED.

Documentation to be provided at the time of contracting:

Proof of enrolment in a Bachelor course (1º ciclo) in a Higher Education Institution.

12. 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 .

Requirements

Research Field

Mathematics

Education Level

Undergraduate

Skills/Qualifications

Recipients profile/category:

Enrolment in a bachelors’ degree in mathematics or related areas.

Mandatory requirements:

Candidates must be regularly enrolled, in the academic year 2023/2024, in a 1st cycle in Mathematics or related areas in a Portuguese higher education institution. The documents that verify this situation must be presented, at most, by the time of the scholarship contract, being able to be replaced previously by a Declaration on honor.

Preferred factors:

Interest in applications to biology; programming skills in Python; Level of English B1 or equivalent, to be verified in an interview.

Languages

ENGLISH

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Additional Information
Benefits

Monthly maintenance allowance amount:

The scholarship amount corresponds to €601.12, based on the table of scholarships awarded directly by FCT, I.P., in the country, with payment made monthly by bank transfer.

Other components can be added to the scholarship in accordance with the NOVA.id.FCT Scholarship Regulation.

Eligibility criteria

Selection criteria:

The selection criteria to be used will be as follows:

A curriculum assessment will be carried out (60%) which will focus on the candidate’s merit, in which the following factors will be weighted:

a) Academic background – from 0 to 10 points, depending on the component of training in mathematics and success in this area;

b) Letter of motivation – from 0 to 5 points;

c) Letter of recommendation – from 0 to 5 points;

Candidates will be classified on a scale of 0 to 20 points, up to 5 candidates who obtain the best score of not less than 13 points in the curriculum evaluation will be admitted for interview. The evaluation in the interview (40%) will focus on topics related to the work plan, previous experience, CV, and commitment and interest in the project theme.

Selection process

Composition of the Selection Jury:

President of the Jury: Professor Fabio Chalub, CMA and DM-NOVA FCT.

Effective members of the Jury: Professor Paula Patrício, CMA and DM-NOVA FCT, and Professor Paulo Doutor, CMA and DM-NOVA FCT.

Substitute members of the Jury: Researcher Matheus Hansen, CMA-NOVA FCT, and Maria do Céu Soares, CMA and DM-NOVA FCT.

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, with access to the minutes and the provisional 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] .

Application deadline and form of application submission:

A tender is open from the 21st of March to 4th of April of 2024 (until 23:59, Lisbon time).

Documentation to be provided when applying:

Applications must be formalized, obligatorily, by sending the following documents written in Portuguese or English and, preferably, in PDF files:

a. Curriculum Vitae;

b. Motivation Letter;

c. A letter of recommendation directly sent by the writer to [email protected] , with the subject “Recommendation letter for «CANDIDATE NAME» - Research Scholarship Application – SCALED;

d. Copy (simple) of the qualifications certificate (referring to the course average – of each cycle or integrated cycle and marks in the curricular units) or declaration of honor containing the same information as described in point 2.

e. Proof of enrolment in the academic year 2023/24, in a 1st cycle in Mathematics or related areas, being able to be replaced previously by a Declaration on honor;

f. Declaration on honor (according to the draft available here for download).

Form of submission of applications:

Applications must be sent by e-mail to [email protected] with subject: Research Scholarship Application – SCALED.

Documentation to be provided at the time of contracting:

Proof of enrolment in a Bachelor course (1º ciclo) in a Higher Education Institution.

Additional comments

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/Aviso%20de%20abertura-Bolsa…

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

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

Country

Portugal

City

Caparica

Postal Code

2829-516 Caparica

Street

Campus de Caparica

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Caparica

Website

http://www.novaid.fct.unl.pt/

Street

Campus de Caparica

Postal Code

2829-516 Caparica

STATUS: EXPIRED