2 Research Initiation Grants (M/F)

Call open for applications for two Research Initiation Grant within the framework of project rePLANt – Implantação de estratégias colaborativas para a gestão integrada da floresta e do fogo, with the reference POCI-01-0247-FEDER-046081, co‐financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), through the Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalization (COMPETE 2020), under the PORTUGAL 2020 Partnership Agreement, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area:  Electrical and Computer Engineering/ Automation

Admission requirements:

• To be a student enrolled in a higher technical professional course, a bachelor's degree, in an integrated master's degree or in a master’s degree, in the area of Electrical and Computer Engineering or related areas, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

Or

• To be holder of an academic degree (bachelor's 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, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

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. 

In accordance with article 5º of the Regulation of Research Grants of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.:

• the scholarship can only be awarded to those who do not exceed, with this scholarship contract, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of one year in that typology of scholarship, followed or interpolated.
• The grant cannot be awarded to anyone who has already benefited from research grants directly or indirectly funded by FCT, awarded under the terms of Research Grant Holder Status

Activity Outline:

• Integration of Ground Penetrating Radar (GPR) equipment in previous FEUP applications (in terms of electrical / electronic connections and computer / software integration)
• Re-engineering of the data entry / perception / data output pipeline
• Documentation of the work carried out in a technical-scientific report

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.

Work place: The work will be developed at the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Professor Armando Jorge Sousa.

Grant duration: The grant will last until 30/06/2023, with the predicted starting date in April 2023, on an exclusive basis eventually renewable but never exceeding the end of the project.

The eventual renewal of the scholarship will be carried out as determined in article 5º of the Research Grants Regulation of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.

If the recruitment procedures do not allow the grant to last for a minimum of 1 consecutive month, in accordance with paragraph 3 of article 5 of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., the scholarship will not be awarded.

Stipend: The grant stipend amounts to 541,12 € 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:

Curricular evaluation which will focus on the merit of the candidate and the following criteria will be valued:

1. Academic training in the area of Electrical and Computer Engineering - 3 points; related areas – 1 point; other areas - 0 points.

2.      Academic training classification: average equal or higher than 14.5/20 - 3 points; average equal or above 12.5/20 and below 14.5/20 - 2 points; other - 0 points;

3.      Laboratory experience named in the admission requirements, including contact with Ground penetrating Radar (GPR) - up to 4 points; laboratory experience in other areas - 2 points; no laboratory experience - 0 points;

The four best ranked candidates, according to the above criteria, will be called for an interview. This will have an additional score of up to 10 points.

If the minimum score of 10 points is not reached by any of the candidates, the scholarship might not be awarded.

Selection Jury:

President:  Armando Jorge Miranda de Sousa (PhD., professor at FEUP)

1st Effective member: Filipe Neves dos Santos (PhD., investigator INESC TEC)

2nd Effective member: André Silva Aguiar (PhD., investigator INESC TEC)

1st Supplementary member:  Paulo José Cerqueira Gomes da Costa (PhD., professor at FEUP)

2nd Supplementary member: Pedro Luís Cerqueira Gomes da Costa (PhD., professor FEUP)

Advertisement of final decision: The results of the evaluation will be released to the candidates by email to the email address indicated in the application process.

Deadline for applications and form of presentation of the applications:

The call is open from 13/04/2023 to 27/04/2023 (until 23h59m, GMT time).

Applications must be formalized by email to asousa@fe.up.pt and to recursoshumanos@fe.up.pt, clearly stating the reference FEUP-REPLANT-GPR-II and including the following pdf documents: Motivation letter, Copy of certificates evidencing academic degree (referring to the course average - for each cycle or integrated cycle - and grades in the course units) detailed Curriculum Vitae, Declaration on honor that the candidate fulfills the requirement contained in article 5 of the Regulation for Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. (model below) 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 nos. 4 and 5 of article 5º of the Research Grants from FCT, IP - Regulation No. 950/2019, of 16 December.

Oporto, __/__/__

Signature

_________________

(scholarship holder)