Fct / Verão Com Ciência / Cicant / 2021 / Research Initiation Scholarship

.OFFER DESCRIPTION a) Scope On the scope of the initiative "Verão com Ciência ", funded by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), to the Centre for Research in Applied Communication, Culture, and New Technologies (CICANT; UID 5260), four Research Initiation Scholarships will be awarded to Bachelor's or Master's Degree students. Through this initiative, CICANT aims to familiarize students with the different possibilities of integrating diversity into scientific research, by including them in the activities and work plans of ongoing projects. Therefore, the promotion of basic scientific research skills is an objective. This initiative also aims to support students in the development of transversal research and professional skills, by giving them the experience of working in multidisciplinary teams. The students will be included in ongoing exploratory projects that study issues related to social impact, diversity, representation, and representativeness. b) Work plan and profile of the applicants During the fellowship period, students will receive initial training in different research methodologies provided by CICANT in articulation with the Principal Investigators of each project, to ease the integration of the students in the research team. The work plan to be developed and the profile of the applicants depends on the specificities of each project, as listed below. Students who received previous fellows or other research fundings from FCT are not eligible. 1.1) Workplan: The work plan is mainly framed in systematic literature review techniques and their crucial role in academic production, based on the development of three main skills: search of scientific databases, bibliography management, and content analysis. 1.2) Profile of the student: bachelor's or master's degree student in the field of social sciences with a particular interest in qualitative methodologies. Interest in the intersection between education and media and previous experience in conducting literature review will be valued. 2.1) Workplan: The student's work plan includes the activities of data analysis of the project's co-creation phase, namely through content analysis of focus groups with different educational stakeholders. 2.2) Profile of the student: bachelor's or master's degree student in the field of social sciences with a particular interest in qualitative methodologies. Interest in the field of media and education will be valued. 3.1) Workplan: The student's work plan includes the analysis of the national data of the project, through the implementation of statistical data analysis based on SPSS software. 3.2) Profile of the student: bachelor's or master's degree student in the field of social sciences with knowledge of statistical analysis and SPSS software. 4