Offer Description
1 – Title
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (RF)
2 – Offer description
As per the terms laid down in Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da FCT (FCT Regulation for Research Fellowships), approved by Law no. 40/2004, 18 August, as it stands, we announce the launching of a call for awarding two research fellowship (RF) in the scope of the research project “Intelligent Flood Risk Assessment and Mitigation for Headwater Basins”, reference 2024.07287.IACDC/2024”.
3 – Financing source
100% by PRR (FF483), Component 5 – “Capitalização e Inovação Empresarial” (Capitalization and business innovation), in the framework of the investment “RE-C05-i08 – Ciência Mais Digital” (More Digital Science), measure RE-C05-i08.m04 – “Apoiar o lançamento de um programa de projetos de I&D orientado para o desenvolvimento e implementação de sistemas avançados de cibersegurança, inteligência artificial e ciência de dados na administração pública, bem como de um programa de capacitação científica” (support the launch of R&D projects program aimed at the development and implementation of advanced cybersecurity, artificial intelligence and data science systems in public administration , as well as a scientific training program).
4 – Scientific area
Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering or areas related to water resources
5 – Duration
The Grant shall be awarded for a 6-month period
6 – Reserve list
A reserve list for selection shall be drawn up for a 6-month period as from the date of the final decision of this call.
7 – Activity Regime
All the work shall be developed on an exclusive dedication regime, as per the provisions laid down in the Statute of the Research Fellow, approved by Law no. 40/2004, 18 August, as it stands, and in LNEC Regulation for Fellowships, available on LNEC website.
8 – Work plan and objectives
Support to data acquisition for the implementation of hydrological and hydraulic simulation models. Processing of information collected by in-situ sensors.
Implementation of hydrological and hydraulic simulation models to generate flood results for input into machine learning models.
9 – Location
Workplace: LNEC – National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, I.P.
Avenida do Brasil, 101 – 1700-066 Lisboa
Country: Portugal
Website: https://www.lnec.pt
Email: recrutamento@lnec.pt
The above activities shall be conducted at the Water Resources and Hydraulic Structures Unit of the Hydraulics and Environment Department (NRE/DHA) of LNEC, without prejudice to the possibility of performing temporary missions in Portugal.
10 – Qualifications
Eligible candidates are students enrolled in a master’s or integrated master’s degree in Civil Engineering, Environmental Engineering or related scientific areas.
Candidates should have the ability to work in multidisciplinary teams, motivation to, and experience in research activities in the fields mentioned in section 4, with preference being given to candidates with experience in hydrological and hydraulic modelling.
11 – Scientific supervision
The activities will be supervised by the assistant researchers João Nuno Fernandes and Rui Rodrigues from LNEC’s NRE/DHA.
12 – Monthly allowance
The Grant shall include a monthly allowance in the amount of € 1,040.98. The Grant fellow shall also be entitled to a specific social security system and to insurance against personal accidents at work.
13 – Selection methods and criteria
The evaluation of the applications shall be based on the Applicant’s Merits (MC), and the following evaluation criteria shall be scored on a 0 to 20 scale.
Applicant’s merits:
- Academic Background (PA) – scores of the academic degrees required by this call, namely degree (or equivalent) or MSc in the areas related to this call – 30%
- Professional Résumé (CP) – scientific and professional career – 30%
- Interview with the selection jury (ES) – 40%
where:
MC = (0.3 * PA) + (0.3 * CP) + (0.4 * ES).
The jury is entitled to decide not to award the Grant if the quality of the applicants is deemed below par (MC<14).
14 – Selection jury
President:
João Nuno Fernandes, Assistant Researcher
Members
Rui Rodrigues, Assistant Researcher
Gonçalo de Jesus, Assistant Researcher
Alternates:
Teresa Viseu, Principal Researcher
15 – Application documents
- at the time of the application:
- Letter of motivation (maximum: one A4 page).
- Degree certificate, with indication of the partial scores and final classification.
- Document stating the score obtained in each curricular unit of the course the applicant is attending.
Foreign certificates shall be valid only if they are dully endorsed by an issuing entity, or if a recognition/equivalence document is produced stating that the foreign qualifications correspond to the same Portuguese qualifications. The respective scores can only be used if they are officially converted to the Portuguese scoring scale (by DGES – Direção Geral do Ensino Superior or by a public higher education institution), even if the foreign classification corresponds to a 0 to 20 scale.
- Official document of enrollment in the degree course defined in paragraph 10 of the present notice.
Should the candidate be unable to produce such document, without any fault on his/her part, he/she may replace it by a sworn declaration stating that he/she has been enrolled in the said degree course.
- Detailed Curriculum Vitae.
- Other documents (optional), such as letters of reference and supporting documents of internships or complementary courses considered as relevant for the purposes of this Grant
- at the time of the awarding of the contract:
- Official document stating that the applicant is enrolled in the degree course defined in 10.
- Necessary information for preparing the contract.
16 – Deadline for applications
Between 07 to 20 may 2025
17 – Formalization of applications
The applications shall be formalized by one of the following means:
- Electronic mail addressed to recrutamento@lnec.pt., until 24h00 of the last day of the stipulated time limit
- directly to the Setor de Arquivo e Expediente Geral of LNEC, at Avenida do Brasil, 101, 1700-066 Lisboa.
- registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt addressed to LNEC, I.P., Avenida do Brasil, nº101, 1700-066 Lisboa; the date of delivery considered for the purpose of compliance with the stipulated time limit being the date of registration
In the last two cases, the applications shall be delivered in a sealed envelope, bearing the following information on the outside: “Concurso para atribuição de bolsas de investigação (BI) FCT na área de Recursos Hídricos e Obras Hidráulicas, no âmbito do projeto “Intelligent Flood Risk Assessment and Mitigation for Headwater Basins”, reference 2024.07287.IACDC/2024”.
18 – Notification of results
The final score of each evaluation stage shall be advertised in a list sorted by the final score obtained, all applicants being notified by electronic mail. The results shall also be published on the Recruitment page of LNEC’s website.
19 – Deadlines and procedures for preliminary hearing, claims and appeals
Once the provisional ranked list of the evaluation results has been communicated, applicants who have an unfavourable provisional decision may use their right to dispute it during the preliminary hearing phase (if requested), which takes place within 10 working days, according to the Administrative Procedure Code (CPA).
The final decision shall be disclosed after the analysis of applicants’ arguments presented in the preliminary hearing. Final decision can be claimed within 15 working days or, alternatively, appealed to the Board of Directors, within 30 working days, after the communication of the final results, respectively.
20 – Further information
Additional information can be obtained by phone: +351 218 443 892 or +351 218 443 216 or by electronic mail to the address referred to in 17. The applicants living outside of Portugal can also refer to the portal EURAXESS Portugal.
21 – Standard fellowship contract
Available on the Recruitmentpage of LNEC’s website.
22 – Model of the final report to be prepared by the research fellow and supervisor
Available on the Recruitment page of LNEC’s website.
