Organisation/Company: University of Minho
Department: Institute for Polymers and Composites
Research Field: Engineering » Materials engineering
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Positions: Bachelor Positions
Country: Portugal
Application Deadline: 24 Apr 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
Type of Contract: Other
Job Status: Full-time
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer DescriptionANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP Title: IPC/UID_05256/AJP/13/2025
Tenders are open for the award of a Research Grant with the support of the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), multi-annual funding 2025-2029, UID/05256: Institute of Polymers and Composites (IPC/UM), of its R&D activities, through national funds (OE) and, when eligible, co-financed by community funds under the following conditions:
1. Scientific Area: Marketing and Communication.
2. Recipient category: Students enrolled in a master's degree or a master's degree integrated into the educational project of a higher education institution, with skills proven by a CV in Marketing and Communication.
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 valid proof of enrolment in a degree course or non-academic degree course will be contracted, according to the type of the fellowship, indicating, respectively, the academic year or its duration (start and term).Candidates profile: Candidates with a bachelor's degree in Marketing, Communication Sciences, or related fields, with skills in implementing marketing and communication strategy.
3. Applicants eligibility: Applicants must comply with the eligibility conditions in article 9 of the Research Grants Regulation of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2019).
4. Workplan and objectives to be achieved: The work plan includes activities to develop a communication plan and strategy for the dissemination and promotion of project results; updating, maintenance, and coordination of the different communication platforms used by the project; writing, editing, and reviewing content for various online communication platforms and other media; preparation of activity reports and other documents supporting the project; participation in meetings and dissemination activities; organization of technical and scientific events.
5. 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 (RBIC), published in "Diário da República", 2nd series, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021 and Regulation of Research Studentships and Fellowships (RBI) of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. - in force.
6. Host/Contracting institution and scientific supervision: The workplan will be carried out at the Institute for Polymers and Composites of the University of Minho, under the scientific supervision of Professor António José Vilela Pontes.
7. Fellowship duration: The scholarship will last for 6 months, is planned to begin in April 2025. The scholarship contract may eventually be renewed, under the Regulation of Research Fellowships and Grants, up to the project execution limit.
8. Amount of the research grant: The monthly stipend is 1040.98 euros 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 série, 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 23rd 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 of 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.
9. Selection panel: The Jury is composed by the president, António José Vilela Pontes, Associate Professor with Aggregation, and the effective members, João Miguel Amorim Novais Costa Nóbrega, Associate Professor, and Olga Machado Sousa Carneiro, Associate Professor with Aggregation and the substitute members, Júlio César Machado Viana, Associate Professor, and Ana Vera Alves Machado Nóbrega, Associate Professor with Aggregation, all from the Department of Polymer Engineering at the School of Engineering at the University of Minho.
The first effective member will substitute the President of the selection panel in case of impediment, being nominated the first substitute member in the place of the first effective member.
10. 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:
Academic career (which reflects the classifications of academic degrees), with a weighting of 50%Personal curriculum (which reflects the scientific and professional career), with a weighting of 40%Motivation letter, with a weighting of 10%The final classification of the applicant's merit will be achieved through the following formula:
MC=(a*0.5) +(b*0.4) +(c*0.1)
The academic degrees and diplomas documents, or their respective recognition when awarded by foreign higher education institutions are not mandatory in the application phase, being replaced by a declaration of honour 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 to facts that occurred on a date before 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 considered. 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.
11. Disclosure of results: The provisional results of applications, based on the selection panel minutes, will be sent to the applicants by email until 90 working days from the applications deadline.
In 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).
12. Complaint and appeal procedures: The final results of the evaluation will be published through an ordered list by the 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 Vice-Rector for Research and Projects.
13. Application deadline and submission: The call for applications is open from April 7th to 24th, 2025.
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 ******, indicating the application/fellowship reference in the e-mail Subject. Applications submitted by other means will not be accepted.
The contract may only be concluded after all the documentation required is collected, which must take place within a maximum period of 6 months.
Once all the documentation has been received, the contracting entity has a period of 60 working days to conclude the scholarship contract. Once received, the fellow must return the contract duly signed within 15 working days.
The activities under the fellowship contract can only begin after proper authorization by the contracting entity.
15. Term and cancellation of fellowship contracts: Without prejudice to the other causes provided in 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.
16. The final report: must be prepared following Annex I of the Scientific Research Fellowships Regulation of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in Diário da República, 2nd Série, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021.
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