FEUP - Research Grant - InPSC-Mestre

1 Research Grant Announcement

Call open for applications for a research grant within the framework of project PTDC/EQU‑EQU/4193/2021 – InPSC – Inverted perovskite solar cells: a disruptive architecture enabling high-efficiency, high-stability and high cost-benefit, funded by national funds through the FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC), under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Chemical Engineering and related fields.

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 Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering or Chemistry, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

or

- 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.

Note: In the case of masters who are enrolled in non-academic degree courses, the scholarship can only be awarded to those who do not exceed, with this scholarship contract, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of two years in that typology of the scholarship, followed or interpolated.

and

Requirement 2:

- Hold a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering, Chemistry or related field.

Note: If the degree has been awarded by a foreign higher education institution, it must comply with the provisions of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16, so in the act of application, it is mandatory to present a document proving that the qualification complies with the provisions of the aforementioned Decree-Law, or, alternatively, a document proving that the candidate has already started this process. All formalities established in Decree-Law No. 66 /2018, of August 16, must be fulfilled until the time of signing the contract.

Activity Outline: The work to be carried out will consist of: 1) preparation and characterization of complete lab-scale inverted perovskite solar cells (glass and flexible substrates), and 2) development of scalable deposition processes for inverted perovskite solar cells.

Legislation and regulations: Law Nº. 40/2004, of 18th August, in its current wording (Statutes of Scientific Research Fellow) and Regulation of Research Grants of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, in force (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml.pt ) and Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto, in force.

Work place: The work will be developed at the Department of Chemical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Professor Luísa Andrade, Professor Adélio Mendes and Doctor Vera Duarte.

Grant duration: Initial duration of 6 months, with the predicted starting date in December 2022, on an exclusive basis eventually renewable but never exceeding the project duration.

If the recruitment procedures do not allow the grant to last for a minimum of 3 consecutive months, in accordance with paragraph 3 of article 6 of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. , the scholarship will not be awarded.

The eventual renewal of the scholarship will be carried out as determined in article 6 of the Research Grants Regulation of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.

Stipend: The monthly amount of the grant varies between 1,144.64 euros, according to the table of values of the grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in Portugal, and 1,450.00 euros, depending on the profile and previous experience of the candidate in the project area.

If the amount to be paid exceeds 1,144.64 euros, the remaining amount will be provided by FEUP funds, not coming from the funding.

The payment will be made by bank transfer.

Selection procedure: The curriculum of the candidates will be evaluated, followed by an interview.

The curriculum of the candidates will be evaluated based on the merit of the candidate and will focus the following factors:

a) Education (Master in Chemical Engineering, Environmental Engineering or Chemistry - 5 points; Others Masters – 3 points)

b) Master final score (up to 14 values – 3 points; 15 values – 4 points; equal or greater than 16 values – 5 points);

This classification is determined as follows:

• In the case of an Integrated Masters: Integrated Masters classification.
• In the case of an n‐year Bachelor's Degree + 2‐year Master's Degree: n/(n + 2) x Degree Rating + 2/(n + 2) x Master's Rating

c) Research experience in the project area – 5 points; in related areas – 4 points; Other areas – 2 point.

Candidates who obtain a score equal to or greater than 10 points in the curriculum evaluation will be accepted for the interview, which will be classified up to 5 points . During the interview, topics related to the candidate's work plan and experience, and CV will be discussed.

If the minimum score of 15 points is not reached by any of the candidates, the scholarship will not be awarded.

Selection Jury:

President: Professor Luísa Manuela Madureira Andrade Silva

Effective member: Doctor Vera Cristiana Moreira Duarte

Effective member: Doctor Tânia Sofia Teixeira Lopes

Supplementary member: Professor Adélio Miguel Magalhães Mendes

Supplementary member: Doctor Ana Mafalda Vaz Martins Pereira

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 06-10-2022 to 19-10-2022 (until 23h59m, GMT time).

Applications must be formalized by email to [email protected] and to [email protected] , clearly stating the reference FEUP-InPSC-Mestre and including the following pdf documents: Motivation letter, Copy of certificates evidencing academic degree (referring the classification of each separated or integrated degree), Curriculum Vitae; Declaration on honor that the candidate fulfills the requirement contained in article 6 of the Regulation for Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. (model below, for student 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) 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).

Declaration on honour

I, (identification of the scholarship holder), holder of the Citizen Card / Visa / Residence Permit no. valid until , declare under honour, to be in the conditions of no. 5 of article 6º of the Research Grants from FCT, IP - Regulation No. 950/2019, of 16 December.

Oporto, __/__/__

Signature

_________________

(scholarship holder)