Research Initiation Fellowships_CMUC_L786028 (# of pos: 6)

CALL FOR RESEARCH INITIATION FELLOWSHIP

University of Coimbra opens a call for 6 Research Initiation Fellowships, in the framework of the Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra (reference: UIDP/00324/2020), financed by Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P. /MCTES through national funds (PIDDAC), in the following conditions:

Scientific area: Mathematics.

Skills/Qualifications/Admission requirements: BSc students in Mathematics.

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Research Initiation Fellowships cannot be awarded to those who have already benefited from research fellowships directly or indirectly financed by FCT (regardless of the type).

Furthermore, this (these) fellowship(s) can only be awarded to those who do not exceed, with the conclusion of the contract in question, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of one year in this type of fellowship, consecutive or interpolated.

Although the recipients must be enrolled in a cycle of studies leading to the attribution of an academic degree, at the time of application it is not necessary for the candidate to have made such an enrollment, and proof of enrollment must be presented until the fellowship is contractualized. Candidates are only required to meet the requirements to enroll in the training offer. If there are candidates already enrolled (including attending a course), they compete on equal terms as those who are not enrolled.

Work plan/ Objectives:

- Develop a short research project supervised by a researcher from the Centre for Mathematics of the University of Coimbra (CMUC).

- Participate in a seminar organized regularly.

- Submit a brief report describing the research activities undertaken during the fellowship duration.

- Give a talk at the final workshop that CMUC will organize at the end of the fellowship period.

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Regime: The attribution of the fellowship does not generate or entitle a relation of a legal-labour nature, and the fellowship is undertaken in an exclusive dedication regime. The fellowship holder is awarded the Fellowship Statute of the UC, in its current wording, according to the Research Fellowship Holder Statute , and according to the Regulation for Research Fellowships of the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., both in their current wording.

Location: Department of Mathematics of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology

at the University of Coimbra.

Duration: 3 months.

Renewal: not renewable.

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Scientific orientation: Professor Ercília Cristina da Costa e Sousa and Professor Jorge Manuel Senos da Fonseca Picado.

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Financial conditions: The amount of the fellowship is € 446,12 corresponding to the monthly compensation stipulated in the FCT table (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores.phtml.en ), plus a personal accidents insurance. The payment will be made by bank transfer. This amount will not be increased during the entire period of the fellowship duration.

Selection methods: Curricular evaluation and selection interview.

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Selection criteria: Initially, the jury evaluates the curriculum of the candidates according to the criteria defined below. The jury will then interview those who obtain at least 75% in the curricular evaluation. For these candidates the final grade is a weighted average, with a weight of 80% given to the curricular evaluation criterion and 20% to the interview. For non-interviewed candidates, the final grade is the score obtained in the curricular evaluation.

The evaluation of the academic curriculum will be based on the following criteria:

A) Average of the courses undertaken during the BSc (taking into consideration the number of courses undertaken) (60%);

B) Suitability to the profile and motivation letter (10%);

C) Recommendation letters (10%).

The interview will focus on the following criteria:

D) Interest in gaining new knowledge and interest in the fundamental areas of mathematics (10%);

E) Motivation (10%).

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Jury responsible for selection: Professor Ercília Cristina da Costa e Sousa, Professor João Eduardo da Silveira Gouveia, Professor Júlio Severino das Neves, Professor Raquel Susana Giraldes Caseiro .

Formalization of application: Motivation letter, curriculum vitae with university transcripts, recommendation letters (two).

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Declaration on the honor of the candidate(s) with the indication of the fellowship(s) of the typology to which the contest was held and the respective duration(s).

Applicants with academic degrees obtained abroad will be required to present a Certificate of Recognition in accordance with applicable law. This document is mandatory only in the contractualization phase.

Applications submission: Applications must be sent by email to [email protected]

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Submission of applications: Between 27/01/2022 and 09/02/2022.

Submission deadline date: 09/02/2022.

Additional information: The evaluation results will be announced within 90 working days after the end of the applications submission deadline, by notifying the applicants via email. After the announcement of the results, candidates are considered automatically notified to, if they wish to do so, comment on the results on a preliminary hearing period within 10 days after that date. After this, the selected candidates will have to declare in writing their acceptance. Unless a justification worthy of consideration is presented, if the declaration is not submitted within the referred period, it is considered that the candidate waivers the fellowship. In case of resignation or withdrawal of the selected candidate, the next candidate with the highest evaluation score will be notified immediately.

Once the selection process is completed, the fellowship contract will be drawn up in accordance with the draft contract provided by the FCT.

After the contracted period, the fellowship holder and supervisor must prepare the final report in accordance with the respective assessment criteria that were established.

Selection reserve list: N/A.