FEUP - Research Grant - AFMcell

FEUP, Portugal

Updated: about 2 months ago

Job Type: FullTime

Deadline: 14 Mar 2024

29 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company: FEUP
Department: Human Resources Division
Research Field: Engineering » Mechanical engineering
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country: Portugal
Application Deadline: 14 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
Type of Contract: Other
Job Status: Full-time
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?: Not funded by an EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?: No

Offer Description

1 Research Grant Announcement (M/F)

Call open for applications for a research grant within the framework of project AFMcell, financed by Faculty of Engineering of University of Porto, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Mechanical Engineering

Admission requirements: Candidates who cumulatively meet the following two requirements may apply for this grant:

Requirement 1:

- Be a student enrolled in a doctoral program in the area of Mechanical Engineering, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

- To be enrolled in a non-academic degree course integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

and

Requirement 2:

Hold a master’s degree in Mechanical Engineering.

If the degree has been awarded by a foreign higher education institution, it must comply with the provisions of the Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of august 16th, and any formalities established there must be fulfilled until the time of signing the contract.

Activity Outline: Development of constitutive models for the simulation of the mechanical behavior of cancer cells. Implementation of subroutines for use in Abaqus. Simulation of the mechanical behavior of cells, using the finite element method.

Legislation and regulations: Law Nº. 40/2004, of 18th August, in its current wording (Statutes of Scientific Research Fellow) and and Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto.

Work place: The work will be developed at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Professor Marco Parente.

Grant duration: Initial duration of 3 months, with the predicted starting date in March of 2024, on an exclusive basis eventually renewable but never exceeding the project duration.

If the contracting procedures do not allow the scholarship to have a minimum duration of 3 consecutive months, in accordance with paragraph 2 of article 10 of the Research Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto, the grant will not be awarded.

The eventual renewal of the scholarship will be carried out as determined in article 10 of the Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto.

Stipend: The grant stipend amounts to 1.259,64€ according to the table of values of the Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto.

The payment will be made by bank transfer.

Selection procedure:

The curriculum of the candidates (60%) will be evaluated based on the merit of the candidate, and the following factors will be assessed:

a) Academic training (Master in Mechanical Engineering 10 points; Others Masters – 2 points)

b) Publications in the field of Computational Mechanics 5 points, Publications in other areas – 2 points

c) Research Experience in the project area – 5 points; in related areas – 3 points; Other areas – 1 point

The curriculum of each candidate will be evaluated in a 1-20 points scale. Candidates with less than 13 points in the curricular evaluation will not be invited for the interview.

In the interview (40%) topics related with the work plan, experience and the candidate’s CV will be discussed with the invited candidates.

If none of the candidates achieves a minimum final score of 13 points, the scholarship will not be awarded.

Selection Jury:

President: Professor Marco Paulo Lages Parente

Effective member: Professor João Pedro Sousa Ferreira

Effective member: Professor José Joaquim da Mota Machado

Substitute member: Professor Maria Elisabete Teixeira da Silva

Substitute member: Professor Dulce Alves de oliveira

Advertisement of final decision: The results of the evaluation will be released to the candidates by email to the email address indicated in the application process.

Deadline for applications and form of presentation of the applications:

The call is open from 01-03-2024 a 14-03-2024(until 23h59m, GMT time).

Applications must be formalized by email to [email protected] and to [email protected] , clearly stating the reference FEUP-AFMcell and including the following pdf documents: Motivation letter, Copy of certificates evidencing academic degree (referring the classification of each separated or integrated degree), detailed Curriculum Vitae; and other documents considered relevant by the applicant. In order to assure that all documents can be read, the preferred saving format is the Portable Document Format (.pdf).

Requirements

Research Field: Engineering » Mechanical engineering
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications