Master research fellowship: SHARE_BI2021_2

The fellowship will last until the end of the project, predictably, 03-08-2022, and may, eventually, be renewed up to the applicable legal limit.

The fellowship amount, paid monthly by bank transfer to the account identified by the candidate, corresponds to 1104,64€, according to the FCT fellowships table, available at https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_Valores_SMM_LOE_2021.pdf

Benefits: Reimbursement of Voluntary Social Insurance (SSV), corresponding to the 1st echelon of the contributory base (for fellowships lasting 6 months or more) and Personal Accident Insurance.

Exclusivity regime: The grantee will perform the activities under exclusivity, as foreseen in article 5º of the Research Fellow Statutes and applicable regulations.

Candidates must meet the eligibility conditions of article 9 of the FCT Regulation for Fellowships (RBI).

The academic degrees and diplomas documents, or their respective recognition when awarded by foreign higher education institutions are not mandatory in the application phase, being replaced by a declaration of honor of the candidate with the contents of academic results. The documents of academic qualification or respective recognition will be required in the contracting phase and must attest to facts that occurred on a date prior to the application. In situations of divergence between the information contained in the declaration and the documentation submitted for contracting the grant, only the information contained in the latter will be consider. If the documents proving the ownership of the academic degree and diploma, or the respective recognition under the terms of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16, do not correspond to the classifications awarded in the evaluation of the academic path, which can change the candidate's ranking, the fellowship won’t be contracted. Applicants with degrees obtained abroad must present proof of recognition of qualifications in Portugal and conversion of the final classification obtained in them to the Portuguese classification scale or declaration under the terms indicated in the previous point. Candidates who do not comply with one of these provisions, the selection panel will assign “0” in the grade of the graduation and/or master course. Candidates will be evaluated on the remaining parameters.

The evaluation will be based on the Candidate Merit (MC), taking into account several subcriteria. The evaluation subcriteria to be used will be as follows:

The Candidate Merit (MC) classification will be obtained by applying the following formula: MC = a + b + c

The Jury may decide to call for an Interview (ENT) the two candidates with the best scores. In this case, the following sub-criteria will be evaluated:

The interview classification (ENT) will be obtained by applying the following formula: ENT = a + b + c + d

In case of an interview, the Final Classification (CF) of the Candidate Merit (MC) and the Interview (ENT) will be obtained by applying the following formula: CF = (MC*0,7) + (ENT*0,3)

If the interview does not take place, the final classification (CF) will correspond to 100% of the evaluation obtained in the Candidate Merit (MC).

The jury may not attribute the fellowship if the quality of the candidates is inferior to that intended.

President of the Jury: Alice Delerue Matos, CECS, UMinho

Effective Members: Fátima Senra Barbosa, CECS, UMinho and Patrícia Maria Teixeira da Silva, CECS, UMinho

Substitute Members: Rita Maria Gonçalves Ribeiro, CECS, UMinho and Ivo Manuel Pontes Domingues, CECS, UMinho

Reserve/substitute list: in case of cancellation of the fellowship, up to 6 months after its attribution, the vacancy(s) will be filled by the candidate(s) from the list of substitutes, according to the final ordering.