One Research Scholarship (Master) - PTDC/EQU-EQU/2223/2021 - #NOVAID-B183

19 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

NOVA.id.FCT- Associação para a Inovação de Desenvolvimento da FCT

Research Field

Engineering » Chemical engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

3 Apr 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Not Applicable

Job Status

Not Applicable

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

PTDC/EQU-EQU/2223/2021 - #NOVAID-B183

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Work Plan: The project aims to develop functionalized ionic liquids, and the functionalization of ionic-liquidbased aqueous biphasic systems, for biological applications. The selected fellow will have the opportunity to develop an innovative research work, involving a multidisciplinary approach, with emphasis on the determination of aqueous biphasic systems (ABS), proteins and VLPs partition, the study of protein-ionic liquid interactions, the study of protein stability and VLPs integrity, and development of purification systems in microfluidics and countercurrent chromatography.

Fellowship duration: The scholarship will have a duration of 9 months, starting in April 2024. The scholarship contract may eventually be renewed within the term of the project.

Application deadline and form of application submission: Application is open from March 20th to April 03th, 2024.

Documentation to be provided for application: Applications must be formalized, mandatorily, by sending the following documents: Curriculum Vitae, motivation letter, certificate of qualifications, and other relevant supporting documents, namely proof of enrolled in a cycle of studies leading to the attainment of the academic degree of doctor or a non-academic degree course integrated in an educational project of a Higher Education Institution. The documents proving this situation must be presented, at the latest, until the stage of contracting the scholarship, and before that they can be replaced by a declaration of honour.

* In case of foreign academic degrees, and to guarantee the application of the principle of equal treatment to applicants with national and foreign academic degrees, it is mandatory to submit the recognition of such degrees and the conversion of the respective final grade to the Portuguese grading scale.

Applications must be formalised: Applications must be sent by email to [email protected] (Doctor João M. M. Araújo).

Documentation to be provided in the context of contracting: Proof of enrollment in a PhD study cycle or enrollment in courses not awarding an academic degree; documents proving the holding of academic degrees and diplomas, or the respective recognition when they have been awarded by foreign higher education institutions.

Funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. /MCTES with national funds (PIDDAC)

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering » Chemical engineering

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Technology » Biotechnology

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Chemistry » Biochemistry

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field

Chemistry

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Recipients profile/category:

Mandatory requirements: MSc. in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemistry or similar areas will be considered, enrolled in a course that does not lead to an academic degree as part of an educational project at a Higher Education Institution, or enrolled in a PhD in relevant areas.

The BSc. and MSc. average must be equal to or greater than 14 values and 16 values, respectively.

Applicants must be enrolled in a cycle of studies leading to the attainment of the academic degree of doctor or a non-academic degree course integrated in an educational project of a Higher Education Institution. The documents proving this situation must be presented, at the latest, until the stage of contracting the scholarship, and before that they can be replaced by a declaration of honour.

* In case of foreign academic degrees, and to guarantee the application of the principle of equal treatment to applicants with national and foreign academic degrees, it is mandatory to submit the recognition of such degrees and the conversion of the respective final grade to the Portuguese grading scale.

 

Specific Requirements

Preferred factors: motivation for research, good work capacity, proven laboratory experience in one (or more) of the following fields, biphasic aqueous systems, ionic liquids, biomolecules partition, ionic liquid-protein interactions, protein activity / stability assays, expression and purification of proteins, cells culture and cytotoxicity assays; Publications and/or scientific communications on some of the areas is a plus; English proficiency; Immediate availability.

Additional Information
Benefits

Monthly maintenance allowance amount: The amount of the scholarship corresponds to 1 259,64€, having as reference the table of values of the scholarships awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in Portugal, with payment made monthly by bank transfer.

Eligibility criteria

Recipients profile/category:

Mandatory requirements: MSc. in Chemical Engineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Chemistry or similar areas will be considered, enrolled in a course that does not lead to an academic degree as part of an educational project at a Higher Education Institution, or enrolled in a PhD in relevant areas.

The BSc. and MSc. average must be equal to or greater than 14 values and 16 values, respectively.

Applicants must be enrolled in a cycle of studies leading to the attainment of the academic degree of doctor or a non-academic degree course integrated in an educational project of a Higher Education Institution. The documents proving this situation must be presented, at the latest, until the stage of contracting the scholarship, and before that they can be replaced by a declaration of honour.

* In case of foreign academic degrees, and to guarantee the application of the principle of equal treatment to applicants with national and foreign academic degrees, it is mandatory to submit the recognition of such degrees and the conversion of the respective final grade to the Portuguese grading scale.

Preferred factors: motivation for research, good work capacity, proven laboratory experience in one (or more) of the following fields, biphasic aqueous systems, ionic liquids, biomolecules partition, ionic liquid-protein interactions, protein activity / stability assays, expression and purification of proteins, cells culture and cytotoxicity assays; Publications and/or scientific communications on some of the areas is a plus; English proficiency; Immediate availability.

Selection process

Selection criteria: The selection methods to be used will be the following:

Applications considered admissible will be scored on a scale from 1 to 20, according to a curricular evaluation with the respective valuation: i. Laboratory experience (score from 1 to 20, 20%); ii. BSc. grade (grade from 1 to 20, 15%); iii. MSc. grade (grade from 1 to 20, 40%); iv. Publications and communications (score from 1 to 20, 20%); v. Letter of Motivation (grade from 1 to 20, 5%).

The curricular evaluation will have a valuation of 100%, and if there is a need to a tiebreaker, an interview will be used, attributing, in this situation, 50% (score from 1 to 20) to the curricular assessment and 50% (score from 1 to 20) to the interview.

Additional comments

Composition of the Selection Jury: President of the Jury: João M. M. Araújo, PhD. Effective Jury Members: Ana B. Pereiro, PhD; Inês Matos, PhD. Substitute Jury Members: Joana C. Bastos, PhD; José Paulo Mota, PhD.

Form of advertising/notification of results: The evaluation results proposed by the jury will be notified, up to 90 days after the deadline for the submission of applications, by email, of the results proposed by the jury, with access to the minutes and the final ranking list. After notification, candidates will have 10 working days to comment on the draft decision (prior hearing of interested parties, under the terms of the Code of Administrative Procedure). The final decision will be taken after the expiry of the prior hearing period, again notified to all candidates by e-mail. Of this final decision the candidates can file a complaint within 15 working days (to the e-mail address used for the notification), or an hierarchical appeal, within 30 working days, addressed to NOVA.ID.FCT's Board through the address [email protected] .

Drafts: The drafts of: i) fellowship contract, ii) final report to be presented by the fellowship holder, iii) final report to be presented by the scientific advisor, and; iv) declaration on honor, can all be found on NOVA.id.FCT website.

Website for additional job details

https://www.novaidfct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/PR%203127%20-%20NOVAID-B183…

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

LAQV, Department of Chemistry, NOVA School of Science and Technology, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa, under the scientific supervision of Doctor João M. M. Araújo, and the contracting entity is NOVA.id.FCT – Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT.

Country

Portugal

City

Caparica

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Caparica

Website

https://www.novaidfct.pt

Street

Campus de Caparica

Postal Code

2829-516 Caparica

STATUS: EXPIRED