open for the attribution of one grant of doctorate fellowship within the scope of the R&D project A health promotion intervention for vulnerable school - children and families (BeE-school): a cluster-randomized trial, with the reference PTDC/SAU-ENF/2584/

19 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

University of Minho

Department

Human Resources

Research Field

Medical sciences » Other

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

6 Mar 2024 - 17:00 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

20 Feb 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

ESE_BI_2024_01

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

No

Offer Description

Title: (Research Fellowship; 1 vacancy; ESE_BI_2024_01)

A call for applications is now open for the attribution of one grant of doctorate fellowship within the scope of the R&D project A health promotion intervention for vulnerable school - children and families (BeE-school): a cluster-randomized trial, with the reference PTDC/SAU-ENF/2584/2021), financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) I.P, exclusively by national funds through OE [financial support from the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) I.P /MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC)], under the following conditions:

Encontra-se aberto concurso para a atribuição de 1 bolsa de doutoramento no âmbito do projeto de I&D Promoção da saúde em crianças e famílias de escolas primárias em condições de vulnerabilidade social (BeE- school): um estudo randomizado por clusters da Escola Superior de Enfermagem da Universidade do Minho, Unidade de Investigação em Ciências da Saúde: Enfermagem, com a referência PTDC/SAU-ENF/2584/2021, financiado por fundos nacionais através de Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) I.P., através do Orçamento do Estado [apoio financeiro da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. /MCTES através de fundos nacionais (PIDDAC)], nas seguintes condições

Scientific Area: Health sciences and Nursing.

 

Recipient category:  Students enrolled in PhD programs, according with the following  terms.

Degree courses: [Research grants (BI) are intended for R&D activities by students enrolled in an PhD].

Non-conferring degrees courses: [They may also be intended for R&D activities by graduates or masters enrolled in non-academic degree courses integrated into the educational project of the institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units].

Requirement for granting the fellowship:

• The applicants may apply without prior registration in the course for which the fellowship is open. The requirement to enroll in a degree course or non-academic degree course will be verified on the date of contracting the fellowship;
• Only fellowships whose selected applicants present a valid proof of enrollment in a degree course or non-academic degree course will be contracted, according to the type of the fellowship, issued by the academic services of the Higher Education Institution, indicating, respectively, the academic year or its duration (star and term).
• Enrollment in non-certified courses (without curricular units) will not be considered as proof of enrollment.

Candidates profile:

a) Mandatory requirements:

- Degree in Nursing, Nutrition, or related health scientific areas;

b) Requirements under contract:

- Enrollement in a PhD in nursing, public health or other related health scientific areas;

- Proof of academic qualifications completed by the deadline for applications, including those resulting from academic degree recognition processes;

c) Preferential factors:

Knowledge acquired along the path / academic training in:

database management;

 nutrition records analysis;

Experience in co-development of community intervention programs;

Experience in health promotion and disease prevention activities.

 

Applicants eligibility: Applicants must comply with the eligibility conditions laid down in article 9 of the Research Grants Regulation of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2019).

Workplan and objectives to be achieved:

The work plan includes the consolidation of the scientific training of the research fellow holder, through the development of research work integrated into R&D projects. Therefore, the scholarship holder will develop his work within the scope of an ongoing research project and includes the following activities:

-The project analyses the effectiveness of an intervention program, based on promoting health literacy and lifestyles, on health literacy and infodemic resilience, lifestyles, overweight and obesity.

-The work plan includes i) data management; ii) nutrition records analysis; iii) assessment of the BeE-school program; and, iv) advocacy, dissemination and communication.

- The following are identified as result indicators:

1- Execution of the above tasks with quality and in safe conditions; 2- Detection of less than 10% of failures in the execution of the indicated tasks.

 

Applicable legislation and regulations: Research Fellowship Holder Statutes, approved by Law no. 40/2004 of August 18, in its current version published by Decree-Law no. 123/2019 of august 28; Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in “Diário da República”, 2nd serie, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021 and Regulation of Research Studentships and Fellowships (RBI) of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. - in force.

 

Host/Contracting institution and scientific supervision: The workplan will be carried out in the School of Nursing of University of Minho, under the scientific supervision of the Professora Doutora Helena Rafaela Vieira do Rosário.

 

Fellowship duration: The grant will take place for a period of 9 months, with a provisional starting date on the April of 2024.

 

Amount of the research grant: The value stipend (Monthly Maintenance Allowance) is 1 259,64 per month, in accordance with the stipends values published by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT I.P.) in the country (Annex I – Monthly Stipends Values for the maintenance allowances of the FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships ) and Annex II of the Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in “Diário da República”, 2nd serie, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021, according to the applicable regulation.

Payment is made on the 23st of each month, through bank transfer to the Bank Identification Number of the fellow identified in the contractualization process.

 

Other components of the research grant: (define the other components of the research grants, in accordance with the no. 5 of the article 18º of the FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships, no. 950/2019 of 16-12-2019 or article 21º of the Regulation of Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), accordingly with the regulations applicable).

 

Other benefits: Reimbursement of Voluntary Social Security (Social Security contributions), corresponding to the 1st level of discounts (for research grants with a total duration 6 months or higher) 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.

 

Selection panel:

The first effective member will substitute the President of the selection panel in case of impediment, being nominate the first substitute member in the place of the first effective member.

Selection panel:

President

Professor Helena Rafaela Vieira do Rosário, Adjunct-professor at School of Nursing of University of Minho

Effective members

Professor Cláudia Cristina Vieira Carvalho Oliveira Ferreira Augusto, Adjunct-professor at School of Nursing of University of Minho

Professora Doutora Odete Sofia Silva Lomba de Araújo, Adjunct-professor at School of Nursing of University of Minho

Substitute members

Professora Doutora Ana Paula Morais de Carvalho Macedo, Coordinator professor at School of Nursing of University of Minho

Professor Maria de Fátima Silva Vieira Martins, Coordinator professor at School of Nursing of University of Minho

 

 

Criteria and procedures for applications assessment and selection: The selection methods to be used will be based on the merit of the candidate (MC), and, if the jury deems it necessary, it may be complemented by an interview (E) for the top two candidates. In this case, the final score will be obtained using the following formula: (0.6 x MC) + (0.4 x E), expressed on a scale of 1 to 20 points (or another scale). If the interview is not conducted, the final score will correspond to the merit-based rating assigned to the candidate:

Applicant Merit - AM (100%):

Mot) Motivation letter: the content of the motivation letter is considered, with a weighting of 10%.

Hab) Academic qualifications: reflects the adequacy of the academic area to the work plan and the final classification of the academic degree, according to a reference table, with a weighting of 30%.

CV) Curriculum vitae: reflects the scientific and professional path, with a weighting of 60%.

The final classification of the applicant’s merit with the achieved through the following formula:

AM=(Mot*0,10) + (Hab*0,30) + (CV*0,60)

 

The panel reserves the right not to award the fellowship if none of the candidates meets all the requirements and meets the desired profile.

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 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.

Notes: 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.

 

Disclosure of results: The provisional results of applications, based in the selection panel minutes, will be send to the applicants by email until 90 working days from the applications deadline.

If case of unfavourable results, the candidates have a period of 10 working days to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing to interested parties, pursuant to articles 121 and 122 of the Code of Administrative Procedure (DL no. 4 / 2015 of January 7th).

Complaint and appeal procedures: The final results of the evaluation will be published through an ordered list (alphabetically, by final grade obtained), posted in a visible and public place of the host unit, as well as by email to all applicants, enclosing for that purpose, the minutes of the jury deliberations.

The selected candidate must inform its willingness to accept the grant, in writing. In case of rejection, the fellowship will be awarded to the next candidate in the ordered list of applicants.

The final decision can be contested within 15 working days, by sending to the President of the jury the corresponding claim. Interested parties may also submit an optional hierarchical appeal, in the terms of the number 3 of article 13 of Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC).

 

Application deadline and submission: The call for applications is open from 20th February till 6th march 2024.

Applications must be formalized by sending an application letter with the following documents:

a) Motivation letter

b) Certificate of qualifications with indication of the final grade obtained or a statement from the candidate.c) curriculum vitae;

d) Declaration of honour proving that meets the conditions for the grant typology, according to the application requirements (namely the requirements of subparagraph a) of the point “Candidates profile”);

e) other documents important to the evaluation process

Applications must be sent by email to  [email protected] and[email protected] , indicating the reference of the call for applications in Subject. Applications submitted by other means will not be accepted.

Fellowship contractualization: The fellowship will be attributed by signing a fellowship contract between the University of Minho and the fellow, accordingly with the contract minute (annex IV of the Regulation of Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in Diário da República, 2nd Série, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021, as indicated in 2.4 of the FCT document: “Rules for Granting and Management of Grants within the scope of R&D projects, including infrastructure projects, the multi-annual financing program for R&D units and other FCT financing instruments (Version 2021) ”.

The contract may only be concluded after all the documentation required is collected, which must take place within a maximum period of 6 months [including evidences of the academic degrees or diplomas and enrolment in degree courses or non-conferring courses, depending on the type of scholarship].

Once all the documentation has been received, the contracting entity has a period of 60 working days to conclude the scholarship contract. Once received, the fellow must return the contract duly signed within 15 working days.

The activities under the fellowship contract can only began after proper authorization by the contracting entity.

Term and cancellation of fellowship contracts: Without prejudice to the other causes provided the fellowship regulations (FCT and UMinho) and in the Statute of the Research Fellow, the fellowship ends with the completion of the work plan, as well as with the expiration date for which it was granted or renewed.

At the end of the fellowship, the grantee is obliged to present a Final Report of the work carried out, in accordance with the objectives and evaluation criteria defined with the scientific advisor, within 30 days after the end of the scholarship.

The final report must be prepared in accordance with Annex I of the Scientific Research Fellowships Regulation of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in Diário da República, 2nd Série, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021.

 

Requirements

Research Field

Medical sciences » Health sciences

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

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Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Universidade do Minho - Escola Superior de Enfermagem

Country

Portugal

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E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Braga

Website

http://www.ese.uminho.pt

Street

Campus de Gualtar, edifício 10

Postal Code

4710-057

E-Mail

[email protected]

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