Research Grant for Master Students in Archaeology - 1 vacancy

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

A call for applications is now open for the attribution of 1 grant within the scope of the R&D project “Estudo Histórico da Cidade de Braga” / UAUM, UMINHO/UAUM/2022_01, cofinanced by UMINHO, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Archaeology

Recipient category: Master Students in Archaeology

Requirement for granting the fellowship:

• The applicants may apply without prior registration in the course for which the fellowship is open. The requirement to enroll in a degree course or non-academic degree course will be verified on the date of contracting the fellowship;
• Only fellowships whose selected applicants present a valid proof of enrollment in a degree course or non-academic degree course will be contracted, according to the type of the fellowship, issued by the academic services of the Higher Education Institution, indicating, respectively, the academic year or its duration (star and term).

Candidates profile:

• Candidate’s curriculum vitae;
• Qualification certificate(s) mandatorily specifying the final classification and, if possible, the classification obtained in all subjects taken, or, in alternative, a declaration of honour by the candidate;
• For degrees obtained abroad, record of recognition of academic degrees awarded by foreign higher education institutions and record of the conversion of the respective final classification into the Portuguese classification scale, or alternatively, declaration of honour from the applicant;

Candidates may apply without prior enrolment in the course for which the scholarship is open. The requirement of enrolment in a degree-granting or non-degree-granting course will be verified on the date of contracting the fellowship.

• Only fellowships whose selected candidates present valid proof of enrolment in the degree-granting or non-degree-granting course will be contracted, according to the type of scholarship in tender, issued by the academic services of the Higher Education Institution, respectively with the indication of the current academic year or its duration (beginning and end).

• Enrolment in unaccredited non-degree courses will not be considered as proof of enrolment.

Applicants eligibility: Applicants must comply with the eligibility conditions laid down in article 9 of the Research Grants Regulation of the University of Minho.

Workplan and objectives to be achieved:

The work plan will consist of the following:

i. Execution of archaeological excavation work in the city of Braga and its surroundings;

ii. Preliminary treatment, classification and inventory of the assets collected in archaeological works;

iii. Processing of archaeological records and uploading to the 2ArchIS Database;

iv. Support in the preparation of archaeological intervention reports and articles to disseminate the results obtained. [VCA1] [VCA2]

v. Support for interpreted visitation projects of archaeological sites;

vi. Support in the preparation of archaeological intervention reports

Applicable legislation and regulations: Research Fellowship Holder Statutes, approved by Law no. 40/2004 of August 18, in its current version published by Decree-Law no. 123/2019 of august 28; Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho published in “Diário da República”, 2nd serie, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021.

Host/Contracting institution and scientific supervision: The workplan will be carried out in the (Archaeology Unit of University of Minho), located in the (Edifício dos Congregados, Avenida Central, 100, 4710-229 Braga, Portugal)), under the scientific supervision of the Full Professor Maria Manuela dos Reis Martins.

Fellowship duration: The grant will take place for a period of 6 months, with a provisional starting in September 2022. The fellowship grant may eventually be renewed up to 24 months.

Amount of the research grant: The value stipend (Monthly Maintenance Allowance) is 875,98€ per month, in accordance with the stipends values published by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT I.P.) in the country (Annex I – Monthly Stipends Values for the maintenance allowances of the FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships ) and Annex II of the Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in “Diário da República”, 2nd serie, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021, according to the applicable regulation.

Payment is made on the 23st of each month, through bank transfer to the Bank Identification Number of the fellow identified in the contractualization process.

Other benefits: Reimbursement of Voluntary Social Security (Social Security contributions), corresponding to the 1st level of discounts (for research grants with a total duration 6 months or higher) and personal accident insurance.

Exclusivity regime: The grantee will perform the activities under exclusivity, as foreseen in article 5º of the Research Fellow Statutes and applicable regulations.

Selection panel:

President of the Jury:

Doctor Maria Manuela dos Reis Martins (Full Professor of the history departament of the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Minho / Diretor of the Archaeology Unit)

Effective vowels:

Doctor Fernanda Eugénia Puga de Magalhães (Assistant Professor of the history departament of the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Minho)

Master Natália Maria Costa Botica (Computer specialist 3th grade of the Archaeology Unit of the University of Minho)

Substitute vowels:

Doctor Maria do Carmo Franco Ribeiro (Assistant Professor of the history departament of the Institute of Social Sciences of the University of Minho)

Doctor Rebeca Blanco-Rotea Principal Investigator of the LAB2PT

The first effective member will substitute the President of the selection panel in case of impediment, being nominate the first substitute member in the place of the first effective member.

Criteria and procedures for applications assessment and selection: The applications assessment will focus on the candidate's Merit, following evaluation criteria, valued on a scale of 1 to 5 values:

Applicant Merit - AM (100%):

The final classification of the applicant’s merit with the achieved through the following formula:

MC=(a*0,35)+(b*0,55)+(c*0,1) [VCA3]

The academic degrees and diplomas documents, being replaced by a declaration of honor of the candidate with the contents of academic results. The documents of academic qualification or respective recognition will be required in the contracting phase and must attest facts that occurred on a date prior to the application. In situations of divergence between the information contained in the declaration and the documentation submitted for contracting the grant, only the information contained in the latter will be consider. If the documents proving the ownership of the academic degree and diploma, or the respective recognition under the terms of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16, do not correspond to the classifications awarded in the evaluation of the academic path, which can change the candidate's ranking, the fellowship won’t be contracted.

Notes: Applicants with degrees obtained abroad must present proof of recognition of qualifications in Portugal and conversion of the final classification obtained in them to the Portuguese classification scale or declaration under the terms indicated in the previous point. Candidates who do not comply with one of these provisions, the selection panel will assign “0” in the grade of the graduation and/or master course. Candidates will be evaluated on the remaining parameters.

Disclosure of results: The evaluation results, based on the minutes, will be sent to the applicants by e-mail, according to the terms of Article 13 of the Regulation of UMinho.

If case of unfavourable results, the candidates have a period of 10 working days to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing to interested parties, pursuant to articles 121 and 122 of the Code of Administrative Procedure (DL no. 4 / 2015 of January 7th).

Complaint and appeal procedures: The final results of the evaluation will be published through an ordered list (alphabetically, by final grade obtained), posted in a visible and public place of the host unit, as well as by email to all applicants, enclosing for that purpose, the minutes of the jury deliberations.

The selected candidate must inform its willingness to accept the grant, in writing. In case of rejection, the fellowship will be awarded to the next candidate in the ordered list of applicants.

The final decision can be contested within 15 working days, by sending to the President of the jury the corresponding claim. Interested parties may also submit an optional hierarchical appeal, addressed to the Pro-Rector for Scientific Projects and Research Management.

Application deadline and submission: The call for applications is open from 22/09/2022 till 06-10-2022.

Applications must be formalized by sending an application letter with the following documents: curriculum vitae; qualifications certificate or declaration of the applicant; motivation letter; statement proving that meets the conditions for the grant typology, according to the application requirements; other documents important to the evaluation process).

Applications must be sent by email to ([email protected] ), indicating the reference of the call for applications in Subject. Applications submitted by other means will not be accepted.

Fellowship contractualization: The fellowship will be attributed by signing a fellowship contract between the University of Minho and the fellow, accordingly with the contract minute (annex IV of the Regulation of Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021).

The contract may only be concluded after all the documentation required is collected, which must take place within a maximum period of 6 months [including evidences of the academic degrees or diplomas and enrolment in degree courses or non-conferring courses, depending on the type of scholarship].

Once all the documentation has been received, the contracting entity has a period of 15 working days to conclude the scholarship contract, according to Article 15, no. 2 of the RBIC of UMinho. Once received, the fellow must return the contract duly signed within 15 working days.

The activities under the fellowship contract can only began after proper authorization by the contracting entity.

Term and cancellation of fellowship contracts: Without prejudice to the other causes provided the fellowship regulations (FCT and UMinho) and in the Statute of the Research Fellow, the fellowship ends with the completion of the work plan, as well as with the expiration date for which it was granted or renewed.

At the end of the fellowship, the grantee is obliged to present a Final Report of the work carried out, in accordance with the objectives and evaluation criteria defined with the scientific advisor, within 30 days after the end of the scholarship.

The final report must be prepared in accordance with Annex I of the Scientific Research Fellowships Regulation of the University of Minho (RBIC), through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021.

Declaration of Honor

Academic habilitations

(Full name), applicant to the research fellowship vacancy under the I&D project (title or reference), published in the Euraxess portal, reference (notice reference), hereby declares to have a degree on (name of the course), concluded in the University of (XXXX), on the (conclusion date), with the final grade of (XXXX).

I have submitted my diploma for recognition at the University of XXXXX, according to the Decree-Law nº 66/2018 of August 16th([1] ), concluded in the XX/XX/XXXX, with the final grade of XXXXX out of YY.

I also declare that I commit to provide proof of my diploma recognition obtained under the Portuguese Law, until the date of the conclusion of the fellowship contract, in case of being selected for the vacancy in this competition.

As this is true, this declaration will be dated and signed by me.

(Place), (date).

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