FEUP - Research Grant - Sensitive Industry_Perfil_108

FEUP, Portugal

Updated: 29 days ago

Job Type: FullTime

Deadline: 12 Apr 2024

28 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company: FEUP
Department: Human Resources Division
Research Field: Engineering » Computer engineering
Engineering » Electrical engineering
Engineering » Mechanical engineering
Engineering » Biomedical engineering
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country: Portugal
Application Deadline: 12 Apr 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
Type of Contract: Temporary
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 Sensitive Industry, with nr.182852, co-financed by Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalization (COMPETE 2020), through national funds, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Signal and Image Processing

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 Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

- Holder of an academic degree 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 Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or related field.

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: Object segmentation, classification, recognition and tracking; Data fusion; Tests and validation.

Profile 108: Tasks SP1.A3.T4; SP1.A3.T5; SP1.A3.T7; SP1.A3.T8; SP1.A3.T9; SP1.A3.T10; SP1.A6.T2; SP1.A6.T3; SP1.A6.T4.

These tasks might be adjusted depending on the feasibility of the project. All changes that imply the assignment to other tasks will be subject to a request for approval by the Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal (AICEP).

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/financiamento/programas-de-financiamento/bolsas/ ) and Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto, in force.

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 João Manuel Ribeiro da Silva Tavares.

Grant duration: Initial duration of 12 months, with the predicted starting date in May 2024, on an exclusive basis eventually renewable but never exceeding the end of the project.

If it is not possible to ensure the duration of 12 months estimated in the previous paragraph, this duration will be adjusted according to the end date of the project, and provided that the minimum duration of 3 consecutive months is guaranteed, in accordance with paragraph 3 of article 6 of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.

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 grant stipend amounts to 1.259,64€ according to the table of values of the grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/financiamento/programas-de-financiamento/bolsas/ ).

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 weighted:

a) Academic training (Master in Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering 10 points; Others Masters – 2 points)

b) Publications in the area of Signal and Image Processing 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.

Selection Jury:

President: Professor João Manuel Ribeiro da Silva Tavares

Effective member: Professor José Joaquim da Mota Machado

Effective member: Professor Jorge Manuel Gomes Barbosa

Supplementary member: Professor Joaquim Gabriel Magalhães Mendes

Supplementary member: Professor António Manuel Ferreira Mendes Lopes

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 01-04-2024 to 12-04-2024 (until 23h59m, GMT time).

Applications must be formalized by email to [email protected] and to [email protected] , clearly stating the reference FEUP-Sensitive Industry_Perfil_108, 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; 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)

Requirements

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

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

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

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

Skills/Qualifications