Scientific Research Fellowship

7 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Politécnico de Leiria

Department

cdrsp

Research Field

Engineering » Mechanical engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

21 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/London)

Type of Contract

Other

Job Status

Other

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

8 Mar 2024

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

European Union / Next Generation EU

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

No

Offer Description

Polytechnic of Leiria is now opening applications for (one) scientific research fellowship, within the project “ Embalagem Futuro + Ecológica + Digital + Inclusiva - PPS1-Food and packaging made of recycled polyethylene from fossil and biological origin”, co-financed by Component 12 – Promotion of Sustainable Bioeconomy, integrated in Dimension Climate Transition of the Recovery and Resilience Plan within the framework of the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (MRR) of the European Union (EU), framed in the Next Generation EU, for the period 2021 – 2026 under the following conditions:    

. SCIENTIFIC AREA: Mechanical and materials Engineering, biotechnology, bioengineering.

. RECIPIENTS: PhD students in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Polymer Engineering or related areas, or master`s degree in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Polymer Engineering or related areas enrolled in courses that do not confer an academic degree, or Graduates in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Polymer Engineering or related areas who are Master's students in Mechanical Engineering, Materials Engineering, Biomaterials, Biomechanics, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemistry, Polymer Engineering or related areas  who are enrolled in courses that do not confer an academic degree.  IT will be given preference to candidates with a master's degree. Candidates with a bachelor's degree will only be hired if masters are not applying, or if they are applying, the latter are not in the desired area of training and/or do not have the experience mentioned above.

. DURATION: 12 months, eventually renewable until the end of the project or the maximum duration for this research fellowship type. The fellowship is due to start in 4/2024.  

. WORK PLAN: Development, production and characterization of different materials (biomaterials/materials of natural origin and recycled) for the production of packaging. Additionally, the development, production and characterization of different coatings for food contact will also be carried out.

. WORKPLACE AND SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION: The work will be developed at the Centre for Rapid and Sustained Product Development from the Polytechnic of Leiria (CDRSP-PLeiria), under the supervision of PhD Researcher Juliana Rosa Dias.

. GRANT FINANTIAL COMPONENTS: Monthly maintenance stipend of € 1.259,64  to  PhD students and  holders of master`s degree; € 990,98 to graduates. The amounts are according to the FCT, I.P. (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_2023.pdf ). To this amount is added the monthly amount referring to the Voluntary Social Security, if applicable, in accordance with the conditions defined in the Statute of Research Fellows. The scholarship holder will benefit from Personal Accident Insurance during the course of the scholarship.

. PAYMENT: The maintenance stipend will be monthly processed, through bank transfer, to the account identified by the research fellow.

. ACTIVITY SCHEME: Exclusivity, according to the applicable legislation.

. EVALUATION PANEL: The jury responsible for the applications evaluation will be constituted by PhD Professors: Joana Filipa Abreu Pereira Valente (president), Juliana Rosa Dias and Tatiana Marisa Fernandes Patricio (effective members); Fátima Maria Carvalhinhas Barreiros and Fábio Jorge Pereira Simões (substitute members).

. APPLICATION DEADLINE: march 08, 2024 to march  21, 2024

. SELECTION METHOD AND EVALUATION CRITERIA: The evaluation will be made through curriculum analysis and possible interview, and will focus on the merit of the candidate, where they will be considered and weighted according to the following:

a) Academic Qualification (HA): final degree grade;

b) Professional/Academic Experience (EPA):

• Has excellent professional/academic experience – 20 points.

• Has very good professional/academic experience – 17 points.

• Has good professional/academic experience – 14 points.

• Has enough professional/academic experience – 10 points.

• Has insufficient professional/academic experience – 2 points.

• No mention of professional/academic practice – 0 points.

c) Specificknowledge (CE): Knowledge of processing and/or synthesis of materials; knowledge in thermal, morphological, chemical, physical and mechanical characterization.

• Excellent knowledge – 20 points.

• High knowledge – 15 points.

• Medium knowledge – 10 points.

• Low level of knowledge – 5 points.

• No knowledge – 0 points.

 with the final grade NF = [HA*0.5 + EPA*0.2 + CE*0.3]. If the jury decides by reasoned deliberation, the three first classified in the curriculum analysis will be invited for an interview, with the final grade (NFE) = [NF*0.7 + ENT*0.3)]. Candidates who, at the end of the assessment, obtain a classification of less than 9.5 will be excluded from the contest.

Observation: If the candidate(s) with foreign qualifications(s) do not present, during the application phase, the recognition of the degree or foreign diploma and the classification conversion to the Portuguese scale, the jury defines the conversion only for the application purposes based on the rules of the legal regime applicable to the recognition of foreign degrees and diplomas or, when not possible, applies the minimal classification of 10 points.

Note that foreign academic degrees need to be registered by a Portuguese institution, in accordance with  Decree-law no. 66/2018 , dated August 16th , and  Ordinance no. 33/2019 , dated January 25th . The presentation of the certificate is mandatory for signing the contract. More information can be obtained at: https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/reconhecimento?plid=374                                          

. ELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES: Without prejudice to the applicable rules to each type of research fellowship, the following candidates are eligible:

a) National citizens or citizens of other member states of the European Union;

b) Third-party states citizens;

c) Stateless persons;

d) Beneficiaries of political refugee status.

 

. SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS: The application must be submitted via email, with mandatory indication of the name and reference of the project in the subject of the email, to [email protected]   accompanied by the following documents:

- Application form available at https://www.ipleiria.pt/investigar/bolsas-idi/concursos-abertos/ (mandatory document)

- Document(s) proving the ownership of the academic degree(s) and/or required application diploma(s), preferably with the final average and curricular units’ classification. Candidates with foreign qualifications must prove their academic degree and foreign diploma in the terms of the Decree-law no. 66/2018, dated August 16th . These documents can be dismissed during the application phase, by submitting a declaration of honour available in the application form, which can only attest to facts that occurred prior to the application, with the verification of this condition occurring only in the contract signing phase;

-Document proving the enrolment and registration non-awarding degree course (optional presentation in the application stage, which in turn is a mandatory element when contracting the research grant);

- Updated candidate Curriculum Vitae;

- Document(s) supporting other evaluation parameter(s) indicated in the announcement;

- Other certifications and/or other documents considered relevant by the candidate.

. RESULTS | DISCLOSURE AND COMPLAINTS: The jury will send to the candidates, by e-mail, the provisional results of the evaluation (presented in the form of the minutes resulting from the evaluation process) within 90 working days  after the application deadline. After this disclosure, candidates have 10 working days to pronounce, if they wish, in the appropriate form available in the institutional webpage, under the terms of the administrative procedure code (CPA). The final decision will be taken within a maximum period of 60 working days after the conclusion of the previous hearing of interested parties, of which a complaint can be filed within 15 working days, after notification, to the highest executive body of the Polytechnic of Leiria. Within the scope of the research fellowship award procedure, if the final ordering list, duly approved, contains a number of approved candidates higher than the number of research fellowships to be filled, an internal recruitment reserve is always created, which can be used when there is need for occupation due to withdrawal of the scholarship holder, under the terms of the CPA, to be used during the eligibility of the project.

. APPLICABLE LEGISLATION AND REGULATION: Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação, approved by Law no. 40/2004, dated August 18th , in its current wording; Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação Científica do Instituto Politécnico de Leiria, Regulamento n.º 152/2021, de 22 de fevereiro, publicado na Série II do Diário da República n.º 36.

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering » Mechanical engineering

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Engineering » Mechanical engineering

Education Level

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Additional Information
Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Centre for Rapid and Sustained Product Development from the Polytechnic of Leiria

Country

Portugal

State/Province

Leiria

City

Marinha Grande

Postal Code

2430028

Street

R R. portugal - zona industrial da marinha GrandeS/N

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Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

State/Province

Leiria

City

Leiria

Website

https://www.ipleiria.pt/

Street

Leiria

E-Mail

[email protected]

Phone

244569441

STATUS: EXPIRED