Notice for a Research Grant under the ExpoAdvance- Advancing Aggregate Exposure to Chemicals in EU, financiado pela EFSA (Direct Service Contract OC-EFSA-ED-2022-04)

7 Feb 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Instituto Nacional de Saúde Dr. Ricardo Jorge

Department

DGH

Research Field

Other

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

22 Feb 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

35

Offer Starting Date

7 Feb 2024

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

The Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge, I.P. (INSA), Department of Human Genetics, opens a call for the attribution of a Research Grant to candidates (M/F) with a Bachelor's degree, under Project , funded by ExpoAdvance- Advancing Aggregate Exposure to Chemicals in EU the European Commission (Grant Agreement 733032).

Requirements

Research Field

Other

Education Level

Bachelor Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

The conditions for opening the research grant call are as follows:

Scientific Area: Health or Biological Sciences, Chemistry, Bioinformatics

Admission Requirements:

Only applications that meet the following requirements, considered mandatory, will be considered:

• Degree in the areas of Health or Biological Sciences, Chemistry and related areas or Bioinformatics
• Students enrolled in courses in the scientific areas indicated above, aiming to consolidate their scientific training through the development of research work leading to obtaining the respective academic degree whether or not integrated into R&D projects.

Specific Requirements

The following requirements will be preference factors:

• Graduation or Post-graduation in bioinformatics

• Relevant and proven experience of more than 6 months (after graduation) in occupational health, toxicology, human biomonitoring or similar;

• Relevant experience in data analysis for NextGen sequencing, methylation, pathway analysis and nanotoxicology;

•  Experience in organizing data and information and preparing scientific production, including communications at conferences and articles in national or international peer-reviewed journals;

• Knowledge of English, spoken and written;

• Immediate availability.

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Excellent

Additional Information
Benefits

Monthly maintenance allowance amount:

The monthly amount of the grant corresponds to €930.98 (nine hundred and thirty euros and ninety eight cents), the current value of the scholarships awarded by the Science and Technology Foundation for the same category (https://www.fct.pt/ supports/bolsas/valores.phtml.pt). The amount of the Voluntary Social Insurance (1st step) is also added to this amount, and a Worker's Compensation Insurance is paid.

Eligibility criteria

Only applications that meet the following requirements, considered mandatory, will be considered:

• Degree in the areas of Health or Biological Sciences, Chemistry and related areas or Bioinformatics
• Students enrolled in courses in the scientific areas indicated above, aiming to consolidate their scientific training through the development of research work leading to obtaining the respective academic degree whether or not integrated into R&D projects.

Selection process

Candidates who do not meet the mandatory requirements listed above will be excluded. Candidates who do not present a graduation certificate with specification of the respective final score will also be excluded.

 

For candidates admitted to the call, the curricular evaluation will be carried out with a score from 0 to 20. If the Jury deems it necessary, it may call for an interview, by email, the three best-ranked candidates according to the curricular evaluation. In this case, the classification will have the following weighting: curriculum evaluation (70%), interview (30%).

 

Candidates will be ranked and the candidate with the highest score will be accepted. In case of impediment to the acceptance of the scholarship by the first selected candidate, the option may be the second classified (and so on) according to the list ordered by the Jury of the recruitment process. However, the jury reserves the right to decide that none of the available candidates meets the minimum requirements to occupy the open position, in which case a new recruitment procedure will be carried out.

 

Additional comments

 

Work plan:

Epigenetic assays in cells exposed to nanomaterials  or test chemicals.

Analysis,  interpretation and discussion of data from next generation sequencing using bioinformatics tools.

Colaboration in the preparation of publications of the results.

Colaboration in other activities in research from the Genetic Toxicology research group.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Instituto Nacional de Saúde Doutor Ricardo Jorge

Country

Portugal

City

Lisboa

Postal Code

1649-016

Street

Avenida Padre Cruz

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

State/Province

Portugal

City

Lisboa

Website

http://www.insa.min-saude.pt

Street

Av. Padre Cruz

Postal Code

1649-016 Lisboa

E-Mail

[email protected]

Phone

+351217508185

STATUS: EXPIRED