Research Fellowship (CIPSI-BI-JV-2022-03)

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

Title: Research Fellowship; 1 position

Reference: CIPSI-BI-JV-2022-03

A call for applications is now open for the attribution of 1 (one) grant of Research Fellowship within the scope of the Pluriannual Funding to Psychology Research Centre (CIPsi), School of Psychology, University of Minho (UID/01662/2020), supported by FCT/MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC)), under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Psychology………………………………….………………………….

Recipient category: Masters enrolled in PhD courses or in non-conferring degrees courses integrated into the educational project of the University of Minho, 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 enrol 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 enrolment 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).
• Enrolment in non-certified courses (without curricular units) will not be considered as proof of enrolment.

Candidates profile:

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). (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf ).

Workplan and objectives to be achieved:

1. Research and Literature Review;

2. Contacts with institutions;

3. Recruitment of participants

4. Data collection with interviews, questionnaires, documents, etc. (Data collection may require travel);

5. Construction and management of databases;

4. Analysis of quantitative and qualitative data;

7. Participation in seminars and scientific meetings;

8. Reports and scientific writing.

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 - in force.

Host/Contracting institution and scientific supervision: The work plan will be carried out at the Psychology Research Centre – CIPsi, School of Psychology of University of Minho, located in the Campus de Gualtar/Braga, under the scientific supervision of Doctor Mariana Adelaide Vieira Gonçalves Costa

Fellowship duration: The grant will take place for a period of 6 (six) months, with a provisional starting date in February, 2023. The fellowship grant may eventually be renewed according to the applicable legislation and/or availability of funds, until:

- 1 year: Masters enrolled in non-confering degrees courses.

- 4 years: PhD students.

Amount of the research grant: The value stipend (Monthly Maintenance Allowance) is 1144,64 €uros 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 23rd of each month, through bank transfer to the Bank Identification Number of the fellow identified in the hiring process.

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 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:

President: Mariana Adelaide Vieira Gonçalves Costa, Junior Researcher, Psychology Research Center, School of Psychology, University of Minho

Effective Member: Ângela Rosa Pinho Costa Maia, Assistant Professor with Habilitation, Department of Applied Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Minho

Effective Member: Marlene Alexandra Veloso Matos, Assistant Professor, Department of Applied Psychology, School of Psychology, University of Minho

Substitute Member: Sónia Maria Martins Caridade, Assistant Researcher, Psychology Research Center, University of Minho

Substitute Member: Ana Seara Cardoso, Junior Researcher, Psychology Research Center, School of Psychology, University of Minho

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. The Jury, including the President, undertakes the commitment to respect a set of responsibilities essential to the evaluation process, such as the duties of impartiality, of stating any potential situations of conflict of interest, and confidentiality

Criteria and procedures for applications assessment and selection: The applications assessment will focus on the candidate's Merit, following evaluation criteria, valued on a scale of 1 (insufficient) to 5 (excellent) values:

A1. Final grade on the Integrated Master in Psychology (30%);

A2. Scientific and Professional curriculum (60%), including:

A2.1. Knowledge of qualitative and quantitative methodologies in Psychology o0f Justice or similar area (20%);

A2.2. Experience and involvement in research projects in the area of Psychology Justice or similar area (20%);

A2.3. Knowledge and experience in systematic and/or scoping reviews, interview techniques, and qualitative and quantitative data analysis (20%);

A2.4. Research skills, namely scientific writing reflected in publications (20%);

A2. 5 Mastery of the English language spoken and written (20%).

A3. Motivation letter (10%) explaining the career development plan and descriptive comments on the topics presented on A2.

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

AM = (A1 x 0,3) + (A2 x 0,6) + (A3 x 0,1)

The 3 (three) candidates with the best evaluation in the AM or, being in ex-aqueo, the best 4 (four) candidates, will be interviewed.

B1. Attitude and critical sense (30%);

B2. Candidate motivation (50%);

B3. Global assessment (20%).

The final classification of the interview will be obtained by applying the following formula:

INT = (B1 x 0,3) + (B2 x 0,5) + (B3 x 0,2)

The Final Classification (CF) of candidates will be obtained by the following formula:

CF = (MC x 0,6) + (ENT x 0,4)

The position may only be awarded to candidates whose final classification is 3,5 or higher, considering the weighted average between MC (60%) and ENT (40%)..

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, under the terms of article 12 of the RBI of FCT and of article 13 of the RBIC of UMinho.

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 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, addressed to the Pro-Rector for the Scientific Projects and Research Management, Professor Sandra Paiva.

Application deadline and submission: The call is open from November 24th to December 9th , 2022 (23:59 – Europe/Portugal).

Applications must be formalized, mandatorily, by sending an application letter with the following documents in PDF format:

Applications must be sent by email to [email protected] ) indicating the reference “CIPSI-BI-JV-2022-03” of the call for applications in Subject. Applications submitted by other means will not be accepted.

Fellowship contratualization: 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.

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.

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For additional information, please contact:

Psychology Research Centre (CIPsi),

University of Minho,

[email protected]

(+351) 253 604 223