Call for PhD Research Scholarships - (2) (# of pos: 4)

The UNINOVA – Instituto de Desenvolvimento de Novas Tecnologias / Institute for the Development of New Technologies opens a Call for granting two (2) PhD Scholarships (BD), from now on designated as PhD research grants, complying with the provisions of the FCT Regulation for Studentships and Fellowships (RBI) and the Research Fellowship Holder Statute (EBI).

The Scholarships will be financed by the FCT - Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia in the scope of the Collaboration Protocol for Financing the Multi-Year Plan for Research Grants for Doctoral Students, signed between the FCT and the R&D Unit nº 66 – Centro de Tecnologias e Sistemas (CTS) / Centre of Technology and Systems (CTS), in the following TEN (10) major scientific areas covered by CTS - Centre of Technology and Systems:

• Micro-nano Electronics Design
• Micro Electronics, Materials and Process
• Reconfigurable and Embedded Systems
• Signal Processing and Communications
• Energy Efficiency
• Intelligent Control and Decision Support Systems
• Computational Intelligence
• Collaborative Networks and Distributed Systems
• Interoperability and Complexity Systems
• Robotics and Automation Systems

APPLICATION SUBMISSION

The call is open from January 17th to January 31st , 2022, 6:00 pm (Lisbon time).

Applications and all the supporting documents provided in this Notice of the Call, must be submitted online, obligatorily to the following e-mail: [email protected]

Applications submitted by other means will not be accepted.

Each applicant may submit one application only, under penalty of cancellation of all applications submitted.

Providing false declarations or committing acts of plagiarism by applicants leads to the exclusion of the application without prejudice of taking other corrective and punitive disciplinary measures.

Aiming to support advanced training, PhD studentships will be granted to applicants that fulfill the requirements to join a study cycle that allows to obtain a PhD degree and that wish to develop research work that allows obtaining that degree.

TYPE AND DURATION OF SCHOLARSHIPS

The doctoral research grants are intended to finance the realization, by the grantee, of research activities leading to the attainment of the academic degree of doctor in Portuguese universities.

he research activities leading to the attainment of the academic degree of doctor will take place in the R&D Unit nº 66 - Center for Technologies and Systems (CTS), which will be the host institution for the scholarship holders, without prejudice to the work that can be carried out in collaboration between more than an institution.

The work plan may take place in full or in part at a national institution (scholarship in the country or mixed scholarship, respectively).

The duration of the scholarships is, as a rule, annual, renewable up to a maximum of four years (48 months), and scholarships cannot be awarded for a period of less than 3 consecutive months.

In the case of a mixed scholarship, the period of the work plan that takes place in a foreign institution cannot exceed 24 months.

ADMISSIBILITY

• Candidate's Admissibility Requirements

Can apply for this call:

• National citizens or citizens of other Member States of the European Union;

• Citizens of third States;

• Stateless;

• Citizens who are beneficiaries of political refugee status.

To apply for the PhD Research Scholarship it is necessary to:

• Scholarship’s Admissibility Requirements

It is essential, under penalty of non-admission to the Contest, to attach the following documents to the application:

• Documents proving that the candidate meets the required conditions, namely certificates of qualifications of the academic degrees obtained, with final average and with the ratings obtained in the various curricular units, as well as, if applicable, supplement(s) to the diploma(s). It is mandatory that all certificates and/or diploma(s) must have been officially recognized by a Portuguese University[1] . Hence, in case of presentation of foreign certificates, the applicant should:

• Curriculum Vitae (CV) of the candidate, with the e-mail address for receiving notifications within the scope of the grant award process and with the ORCID. All indicators (scientific papers, communications, book chapters, books, etc.) referred to in the CV and the respective tests must be accessible via the internet (the DOI must always be indicated for each individual curricular piece listed on the CV);
• Candidates are required to submit a Letter of Motivation (maximum of one A4 page), written in English, in which they explain the reasons why they intend to enter the PDEEC doctoral program and both the chosen research topic and its contextualization within the two selected scientific research areas of CTS;
• Activity (Work Plan) to be developed (maximum of three A4 pages ), prepared in English;
• Indication of the supervising (guidance) team (name, and academic function), namely, the TWO (co-) CTS Advisors who will supervise the PhD work;
• Declaration, under the commitment of honor, signed by the candidate, on how he/she will carry out his/her scholarship functions under an exclusive dedication regime, under the terms established in article 5 of the EBI bylaws;
• Applications that do not present the documents in a timely manner, under the terms of paragraphs a) to f) of point 5, and, when applicable, in accordance with the provisions of this Notice, will be excluded. Applications that exceed the page limits indicated in paragraphs c) and d) of point 5 will also be excluded.

WORK PLAN AND SCIENTIFIC GUIDELINES FOR THE SCHOLARSHIPS

The Work Plan will be developed by the candidate himself, and this activity plan is one of the admissibility requirements for the candidacy.

TERMS AND PROCEDURES FOR PRIOR HEARING, CLAIM AND APPEAL

After communicating the provisional list of the results of the evaluation, the candidates have a period of 10 working days to express their opinion during a prior hearing of interested parties, pursuant to articles 121 et seq. 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. A complaint may be filed against the final decision within 15 working days, or, alternatively, an appeal may be filed within 30 working days, both counting from the respective notification. Candidates who choose to submit a complaint must address their statement to the member of the Board of Directors of the FCT with delegated competence. Candidates who choose to present an appeal must address the same to the FCT Board of Directors.