Offer Description
ICT – INSTITUTE OF EARTH SCIENCES
Research Grant for Master’s Degree – 1 VACANCY
10 of October of 2024
A call for tenders is open for 1 Scholarship for a Master Degree holder, within the scope of the project The complex INTERlink of safeguarding wAter availabilitY and quality to mitigate and adapt to hydroclimatic extRemes (reference water4all: Water4All-2022-00261 and reference FCT: Water4All/0001/2022), financed by national funds through the Foundation for Science and Technology, under the following conditions:
Scientific area: Hydrology
Admission requirements:
Master’s degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Science and Technology, Environmental Engineering, Earth and Space Sciences or equivalent to the intended Scientific Area. This condition is eliminatory.
Experience in instrumentation and fieldwork (preferential factor)
Experience in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) (preferential factor)
Experience in environmental modelling (preferential factor)
Experience in analytical capacity, namely programming in Python, R, or similar
Good knowledge of English and Portuguese.
As set forth FCT Research Scholarship Regulation No. 950/2019 of December 16, 2019, article 3 and 6, candidates for “BI” (Research Grants) must comply as a rule condition for the award of the scholarship, the effective inclusion in study cycles leading to the attribution of academic degrees or in courses not leading to an academic degree. Courses that do not confer an academic degree correspond to the courses provided for in subparagraph e) of paragraph 3 of article 4 of Decree-Law No. 74/2006 of 24 March and must be developed in a higher education institution in association with at least one R&D unit, including a course plan in one or several research areas of the unit.
Work plan:
- Application of hydrological and hydrodynamic models for the case study;
- Support for field trips;
- Participation in project meetings;
- Participation in actions of dissemination and transfer of knowledge of the project;
- Dissemination of the results of the project, through the preparation of scientific publications and participation in scientific conferences;
- Support in the development of technical reports and project execution;
Applicable legislation and regulations: The granting of the Research Scholarship will be carried out upon the signing of a contract between the University of Évora and the scholarship holder, according to the version in Annex I, pursuant to the Research Scholarship Statute (Law no. 40/2004 of August 18, as amended) and considering the provisions of other applicable legislation and regulations, namely, the Research Grant Regulations of the University of Évora (published by Order no. 8131/2024, of July 22, 2024), and the Research Grant Regulations of the Science and Technology Foundation, I.P. (Regulation no. 950/2019, of July 22, 2024). º 8131/2024, of July 22, 2024), https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/2s/2024/07/140000000/0035300366.pdf and in the Research Grants Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. (Regulation no. 950/2019, of December 16, as amended).
Place of work: The work will be developed at Institute of Earth Sciences (ICT) and Center for Sci-Tech Research in Earth System and Energy (CREATE) of the University of Évora and of the Polythechnique of Beja, under the general coordination of the Administrator of the University of Évora and the scientific guidance of the Professors Diogo Costa and João Santos, who must draw up an opinion on the final activity report of the scholarship (Annex II), according to the draft in Annex III.
Duration of the scholarship: The scholarship will have a duration of 12 months, starting on January of 2025.
Amount of monthly maintenance allowance: The amount of the scholarship corresponds to € 1 259,64, according to the table of scholarships awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in Portugal (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_atualizacao-2024.pdf), payments being made monthly, by check or bank transfer.
Selection methods: The selection methods to be used will be the following:
Academic Qualifications: 50%
- Grade: 40%
- Adequacy: 60%
Curriculum Analysis: 35%
- Scientific Activity: 50%
- Professional Experience: 50%
Interview: 15% (can be face-to-face)
- Motivation: 50%
- Projects/Experience: 50%
Composition of the Selection Jury:
President – Professor Diogo Costa
1st Member – Professor João Santos
2nd Member – Jorge Duque – PhD
1st Alternate – Miguel Potes – PhD
2nd Alternate – Maria Helena Novais – PhD
Advertising/notification of results: The final results of the evaluation will be publicized, through an ordered list alphabetically posted in a visible and public place of the University of Évora, being the candidate approved notified through email.
To ensure the right of prior hearing of interested parties, the Final Classification project will be announced by any written means to all interested parties.
After communicating the provisional list of the results of the evaluation, candidates have a period of 10 working days to express their opinion in a preliminary hearing of interested parties. Based on the final ranking list, a reserve selection list will be drawn up, to be used for the possible recruitment of new scholarship holders within the scope of this project, up to the duration of the scholarship, which may be used in the eventuality of the first ranked candidate withdrawing, failing to present the mandatory documentation, or in the event of the scholarship holder canceling their scholarship early. In the eventuality that none of the candidates demonstrates the profile required to carry out the work plan, the jury reserves the right not to award the scholarship.
Application deadline and submission of applications: The tender is open from 31 of October to 29 of November of 2024 and the results of the selection will be published by 13 of December of 2024.
Applications must be formalized, obligatorily, by sending an application letter with the following documents: Curriculum Vitae, certificate of qualifications, reference or recommendation letters and other supporting documents considered relevant.
For the purposes of application, the evidence may be replaced by a declaration of honor signed by the candidate, but the failure to demonstrate that evidence, in the contracting phase, possession of the required degree on the deadline for application or the non-presentation of proof of enrollment in the study cycle or non-degree course, for scholarships with this component, imply the cancellation of the candidate’s application.
Academic degrees obtained in foreign countries require registration by a Portuguese Institution in accordance with Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of August 16 and Ordinance No. 33/2019, of January 25th.
The presentation of the certificate is mandatory for the signing of the contract. More information can be obtained at: https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/recognition?plid=374
Applications must be sent by email to:
Doctor Miguel Potes
ICT/CREATE of the University of Évora
email: mpotes@uevora.pt
ANNEX I, ANNEX II, ANNEX III:
https://www.uevora.pt/investigar/Oportunidades-de-Investigacao/concursos-bolsas-id?item=41527
