22 Feb 2024
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
FEUP- Department
Human Resources Division- Research Field
Engineering » Chemical engineering
Engineering » Other- Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)- Country
Portugal- Application Deadline
7 Mar 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)- Type of Contract
Other- Job Status
Other- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme- Reference Number
FEUP |Research Grant |Thermo2024- 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 Base Funding - UIDB/50020/2020 of LSRE-LCM - Laboratory of Separation and Reaction Engineering - Laboratory of Catalysis and Materials, funded by national funds through the FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC), under the following conditions:
Scientific Area: Chemical Engineering
Admission requirements: Candidates who cumulatively meet the following requirements may apply for this grant:
Requirement 1:
- To be a student enrolled in a master’s degree or integrated master or in an integrated master's program who has already completed the 180 credits corresponding to the first six curricular semesters in the area of Chemical Engineering, requirement to be proven at the time of signing the contract.
or
- 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, requirement to be proven at the time of signing the contract.
Note: In the case of degree holders 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 bachelor’s degree in Chemical 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: This project aims to characterise electrolyte-based aqueous systems for liquid-liquid extraction of biomolecules and/or pharmaceutical pollutants. The project will include both experimental work and thermodynamic modelling.
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.
Workplace: The work will be developed at LSRE-LCM, Department of Chemical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Doctor Isabel Maria Duque Martins.
Grant duration: Initial duration of 6 months, with the predicted starting date inMarch 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 6 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 990,98 € 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 curricular evaluation of the candidates will be evaluated based on the merit of the candidate and the following factors will be assessed:
a) Academic education: bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering - 5 points; bachelor in other related area – 1 point.
b) Bachelor degree’s final classification: equal or higher than 16/20 - 5 points; equal or higher than 14/20 – 3 points; other -0 points.
c) knowledge on liquid-liquid extraction - up to 5 points.
The two best ranked candidates with a score equal to or higher than 12 points in the curricular evaluation, will be interviewed (up to 5 points). In the interview, topics related with the work plan, experience, motivation and candidate’s CV will be discussed.
The final score results from the sum of the curricular evaluation and the interview.
Selection Jury:
President: Doctor Isabel Maria Duque Martins
Effective member: Professor Ana Mafalda Peixoto Ribeiro
Effective member: Professor Alexandre Filipe Porfírio Ferreira
Supplementary member: Professor Cláudia Sofia Castro Gomes da Silva
Supplementary member: Professor Ricardo Jorge Nogueira dos Santos
Advertisement of final decision: The results of the evaluation will be released to the candidates
by e-mail to the e-mail address indicated in the application process.
Deadline for applications and form of presentation of the applications:
The call is open from 23/02/2024 to 07/03/2024 (until 23h59m, GMT time).
Applications must be formalized by email to [email protected] and to [email protected] , clearly stating the reference FEUP-Thermo2024 and including the following pdf documents: Motivation letter, detailed Curriculum vitae, Copy of certificates evidencing academic degree, Declaration on honour that the candidate fulfils the requirement contained in article 6 of the Regulation for Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. (model below, in case of 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.
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
Skills/Qualifications
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Specific Requirements
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Additional Information
Benefits
990,98 euros
Eligibility criteria
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Selection process
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Additional comments
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- Website for additional job details
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Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- FEUP - FACULDADE DE ENGENHARIA DA UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO
- Country
- Portugal
- State/Province
- PORTO
- City
- PORTO
- Postal Code
- 4200-465
- Street
- RUA DOUTOR ROBERTO FRIAS, S/N
- Geofield
Where to apply
[email protected]
Contact
- City
Porto- Website
https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt- Street
Rua Dr. Roberto Frias- Postal Code
4200-465
STATUS: EXPIRED
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