Description
Organisation/Company: NOVA.id.FCT- Associação para a Inovação de
Desenvolvimento da FCT
Research Field: Environmental science
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Application Deadline: 18/05/2022 00:00 - Europe/London
Location: Portugal › Caparica
Type Of Contract: Other
Job Status: Full-time
Hours Per Week: 35
Reference Number: BI02 - MACAU/0002/2019
A tender is open for the attribution of one (1) research fellowship within
the scope of the R&D project/institution “SeaSenseX - Next-generation
microsensors for marine mutagens and carcinogens” (MACAU/0002/2019), funded
Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.
Benefits
7. Monthly maintenance allowance amount: The net monthly allowance is
1.144,64 €, according to the table of values of the scholarships awarded
directly by FCT, I.P. in Portugal. Social Security is additionally included.
Payment will be made monthly by bank transfer.
Eligibility criteria
8. Selection criteria: Candidates will be selected according to four weighted
criteria: publications (35%); communications in scientific meetings (20%);
technical-laboratorial expertise relevant for the work program (30%) and
motivation letter (15%). Should the selection Juri see necessary, the top-
ranking candidates may be called for an interview. In that case, there will be
five weighted criteria: publications (30%), communications in scientific
meetings (15%); technical-laboratorial expertise relevant for the work
program (25%), motivation letter (10%) and interview (20%).
Selection process
9. Composition of the Selection Jury:
President:
Pedro M. Costa
Effective Juri Members
Bruno Veigas
Carolina Madeira
Substitute Juri Members
Ana Rita Grosso
Mário Diniz
10. Form of advertising/notification of results:
The evaluation results proposed by the juri will be notified, up to 90 days
after the deadline for the submission of applications, by email, of the
results proposed by the jury, with access to the minutes and the final ranking
list.
After notification, candidates will have 10 working days to comment on the
draft decision (prior hearing of interested parties, under the terms of the
Code of Administrative Procedure). The final decision will be taken after the
expiry of the prior hearing period, again notified to all candidates by
e-mail. Of this final decision the candidates can file a complaint within 15
working days (to the e-mail address used for the notification), or an
hierarchical appeal, within 30 working days, addressed to NOVA.ID.FCT's Board
through the address coord1@novaidfct.pt.
11. Application deadline and form of application submission: The tender is
open between 4 and 17 May 2022.
Applications (in English) must be sent by e-mail to pmcosta@fct.unl.pt, with
“bolsa SeaSenseX" indicated in subject during the abovementioned period.
Applications must include the following documents, in non-editable format
(PDF): i) CV; ii) M.Sc. certificate and certificate of enrollment in the
Ph.D. Program or a signed statement of commitment (however, in the latter
case, certification of enrollment must be provided by time of contracting;
iii) motivation letter, and iv) offprint of a scientific article published
as first author, considered to be the most relevant. The text of the e-mail
must include the applicant's name, contact and clear indication of the tender.
Additional comments
12. Drafts:
The drafts of: i) fellowship contract, ii) final report to be presented by
the fellowship holder, iii) final report to be presented by the scientific
advisor, and; iv) declaration on honor, can all be found on NOVA.id.FCT
website.
Web site for additional job details
https: // www. novaidfct.pt/wp-
content/calls/call/SeaSenseXEditalBolsa%20Mestr...
Offer Requirements
Skills/Qualifications
1. Scientific Area: Natural an Environmental Sciences
2. Recipients profile/category: The candidate must: i) hold a M.Sc. diploma
(by the time of tender opening) in Environmental Sciences or related and be
enrolled in a Doctoral Program of NOVA-SST; ii) have laboratory experience in
aquatic toxicology; iii) have published at least eight papers in indexed
international scientific journals, half of which as first author; iv) have
been the presenting author of at least three oral communication in
international scientific meetings. Preferential attributes are: experience in
toxicological assays (in vivo and in vitro) and biomarker analyses.
3. Work Plan: The work programme for the fist period of the fellowship (1
June 2002 and 30 Mat 2023) consists in the selection, adaptation and
optimization of biochemical biomarker assays for the determination of exposure
to marine toxicants, to be used in the sensors under development by the
project's team. The workplan primarily involves in vitro assays with distinct
matrices and model pollutants such as cadmium, able to interfere directly with
via redox reactions at sub-cellular level (namely by hindering the ETC and
anti-oxidant pool). O research fellow will also be involved in data analyses,
manuscript writing and hinging between the project's multiple partners.
Specific Requirements
4. Applicable legislation and regulations::
Law No. 40/2004, of August 18, amended and republished by Decree-Law No.
202/2012 of August 27 (Statute of the Scientific Research Fellow) and
amended by Decree-Law No. 233/2012 of October 29, by Law No. 12 /2013 of 29
January, by Decree-Law No. 89/2013, of 9 July and Decree-Law No. 123/2019, of
28 August; Regulation of Research Grants of NOVA.id.FCT – Association for
Innovation and Development of FCT; Regulation of Research Grants of the
Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. in force
(https: // www. fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml.pt);
5. Workplace: The work will be primarily developed at the SeaTox Lab of
UCIBIO, Department of Life Sciences, NOVA-SST, NOVA University of Lisbon,
under the scientific supervision of Pedro M. Costa.
6. Fellowship duration: The fellowship will last for 12 months starting at 1
June 2022.
Contact Information
Organisation/Company: NOVA.id.FCT- Associação para a Inovação de
Desenvolvimento da FCT
Organisation Type: Other
Website: https:// www. novaid.fct.unl.pt/
Country: Portugal
City: Caparica
Postal Code: 2829-516 Caparica
Street: Campus de Caparica
