MODFIRE_MST3

NOTICE FOR RESEARCH BACHELORS OR MASTERS SCHOLARSHIP (1)

Resume:

A tender is open for the attribution of a bachelors or masters Research Scholarship within the scope of the project PCIF/MOS/0217/2017 - A multiple criteria approach to integrate wildfire behavior in forest management planning, taking place at FORCHANGE group, Forest Research Center of the Instituto Superior de Agronomia, financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, to develop the following tasks: a) Development of tools for simulating fire behavior and their integration into forest management planning; b) Development of optimization methods and decision support systems in forest management with fire risk integration; and c) Support for the organization of workshops with interested parties to demonstrate and disseminate the research developed under the following conditions:

1. TYPE, DURATION OF THE SCHOLARSHIPS and EXPECTED BEGINNING PERIOD OF THE SCHOLARSHIP

The tender is intended for the attribution of a Bachelors or Master Research Scholarship for a length of six months, scheduled to start on September 2022.

2. WORK PLAN AND WORKPLACE:

a) Development of tools for simulating fire behavior and their integration into forest management planning;

b) Development of optimization methods and decision support systems in forest management with fire risk integration; and

c) Support for the organization of workshops with interested parties to demonstrate and disseminate the research developed.

The work will be developed at Centro de Estudos Florestais of the Instituto Superior de Agronomia, under the supervision of the Researcher Susete Maria Gonçalves Marques.

3. SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS

Applications must be formalized, obligatorily, by sending an application letter, with the reference "(MODFIRE_MST3)", accompanied by the following documents: Curriculum Vitae, copy of certificate of qualifications and other supporting documents considered relevant.

Exceptionally, in duly justified situations, proof of enrolment in a cycle of studies or courses that do not lead to an academic degree may be delivered up to the date of the effective contracting;

If the degree has been granted by a foreign higher education institution, it will have to be recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution by the Directorate-General for Higher Education (DGES, only in case of automatic recognition), under the terms of Decree-Law no. 341/2007, of 12 October, regulated by Notice no. 227/2017 , of July 25 and updated by Decree-Law No. 66/2018, published in the Diário da República, 1st series, No. 157, of August 16, 2018. For getting more information about this, we suggest consulting the DGES portal (http://www.dges.gov.pt ). It may be waived its presentation in the application, being replaced by the applicant's declaration of honour, stating that the candidate has completed the academic degree by the deadline for the application, with the verification of this condition only in the contractual phase of the scholarship.

The applications must be sent to Ph D Susete Maria Gonçalves Marques via email: [email protected]

Application deadline: The application period will run from July 19 to August 1, 2022 .

4. SCHOLARSHIP RENEWAL TERMS AND CONDITIONS

Scholarships may be renewed for additional periods up to their maximum duration, provided that, at the renewal date, the conditions for their grant are verified, always depending on the request submitted, within 60 working days prior to the start date of the renewal, accompanied by the following documents: a) Detailed report of the work carried out, including the URL addresses of communications, publications and scientific creations resulting from the activity carried out, if any; b) Statement of the supervisor on the documents referred to in the preceding paragraph; c) Work plan for the renewal period. D) Document proving the renewal of enrollment in the cycle of studies required for granting the scholarship, in scholarships associated with cycles of studies or courses that do not confer an academic degree, except when this has already been concluded

5. SCHOLARSHIP RECIPIENTS

5.1 Required Education Level:

Bachelor or Master in Forestry Engineering or similar, Operational Research, Informatics.

5.2 Skills/Qualifications / Specific Requirements:

Aimed at graduates or masters enrolled in non-degree-conferring courses academic.

Preference is given to candidates with operational research knowledge and good knowledge of programming languages, good knowledge of technical English and ability to write scientific publications and reports.

The post doctoral scholarship can only be granted provided that the following requirements are cumulatively met:

a) Evidence that the doctoral degree has been obtained in the three years prior to the date of submission of the scholarship application;

b) The post-doctoral research is carried out in a host entity different from the entity where the research work that led to the award of the doctoral degree was carried out;

c) The scholarship holder does not exceed, with the conclusion of the scholarship contract in question, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of three years in that type of scholarship, consecutive or interpolated

6. FUNDING AND SCHOLARSHIP COMPONENTS

The grant will be financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, within the scope of the project PCIF/MOS/0217/2017 - A multiple criteria approach to integrate wildfire behavior in forest management planning.

The amount of the monthly allowance is 1.144,64 € plus the reimbursement of voluntary social insurance (applicable to scholarships lasting six months or more), according to the table of values of monthly allowances, set out in Annex I of Regulation No. 950/2019 (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_Valores_SMM_LOE_2021.pdf ).

The payment will be made via bank transfer.

7. EVALUATION CRITERIA

Selection Procedure:

The selection methods to be used will be the following: curricular assessment (70% assessment), professional experience and adequacy to the desired profile (30% assessment). An interview may be held to decide the selected candidate. In this case, the interview will have a weight of 30% in the final classification, and the curricular assessment + professional experience and adequacy to the desired profile will have a weight of 70% in the final classification. In the event that none of the candidates for the competition meet the appropriate profile for the execution of the work plan, the jury reserves the right to close the competition without any recruitment.

8. EVALUATION

Composition of the Assessment Committee:

President: Doutora Susete Maria Gonçalves Marques

Efective vowels: Professor Doutor José Guilherme Martins Dias Calvão Borges

Doutora Karol Bot Gonçalves

Alternates: Professora Doutora Marta Mesquita Oliveira

Professor Doutor Vladimir Bushenkov

9. DISCLOSURE OF RESULTS

Form of advertising/notification of results: The final results of the evaluation will be publicized, through a list ordered, alphabetically, by final grade, posted in a visible and public place of the Instituto Superior de Agronomia, with the candidate being approved notified via email.

10. TERMS AND PROCEDURES FOR PRIOR HEARING, CLAIM AND APPEAL

After communicating the provisional list of the evaluation results, the candidates with a project of decision unfavorable to the granting of the scholarship, have a period of 10 working days to, if they wish, do their statements in the preliminary 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 a prior hearing of interested parties.

11. SCHOLARSHIP AGREEMENT MODEL AND FINAL REPORTS

11.1 - The scholarship contract must include:

a) The identification of the scholarship holder and the scientific advisor or coordinator;

b) The identification of the host and financial entities;

c) The applicable legislation, Regulation No. 950/2019;

d) The plan of activities to be developed by the scholarship holder;

e) Indication of the duration and start date of the grant.

11. 2 - The scholarship contract will be made in writing and a copy will be sent to the Foundation for Science and Technology, IP for inclusion in the national register of scholarship holders.

11. 3 - The Scholarship Holder Status is automatically granted with the signing of the contract, always referring to the start date of the scholarship.

11.4 - The scholarship holder must submit to ISA, within 60 working days after the end of the scholarship, in electronic format, a final report of their activities containing the activities developed and results obtained, including communications, publications and scientific creations resulting from the developed activity, and respective URL addresses, accompanied by the opinion of the supervisors.

12. NON-DISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL ACCESS POLICY

No candidate may be privileged, benefited, harmed or deprived of any right or exempt from any duty due, in particular, to ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family situation, economic situation, education, origin or social condition, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and union membership.

13. APPLICABLE LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS:

Statute of the Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law no. 40/2004, published in Diário da República no. 194/2004, Series I-A, 2004‐08‐18, in the wording given by Decree-Law no. 123/2019, of August 28 and FCT Scholarship Regulation - Regulation No. 950/2019, of December 16, 2019 (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml.pt ).

Authorized on July 14, 2022 by the President of the Instituto Superior de Agronomia, Professor António Guerreiro de Brito.