Organisation/Company: FEUP
Department: Human Resources
Division: Research
Field: Engineering » Industrial engineering, Engineering » Other
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Positions: Master
Country: Portugal
Application Deadline: 25 Nov 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
Type of Contract: Not Applicable
Job Status: Not Applicable
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? European Union / Next Generation EU
Reference Number: FEUP | Research Grant | CircularTech_Master_ML_Out
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
1 Research Grant Announcement (M/F)
Call open for applications for a research grant within the framework of Agenda "CircularTech", nr. C644968678-00000054, investment project nr. 52, of the Incentive System "Agendas for Business Innovation", financed by the Recovery and Resilience Plan (PRR) and by European Funds NextGeneration EU, under the following conditions:
Scientific Area: Industrial Engineering and Management
Admission requirements: Candidates who cumulatively meet the following two requirements may apply for this grant:
Requirement 1:
Be a student enrolled in a doctoral program in the area of Services Engineering and Management, Industrial Engineering and Management, Management or Economics, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.
Or hold an academic 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.
Note: In the case of masters who are enrolled in non-academic degree courses, the scholarship can only be awarded to those who do not exceed, with this scholarship contract, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of two years in that typology of the scholarship, followed or interpolated.
and
Requirement 2:
Hold a master's degree in Industrial Engineering and Management.
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.
Activity Outline: The objective of this research, within the scope WP8 - "Waste Smart Management", is to explore the behaviour of consumers regarding circular economy practices. This includes:
Conduct a systematic literature review
Understand the behaviour from a field experiment
Write a scientific paper.
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 ( link ) and Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto, in force.
Work place: The work will be developed at the Department of Industrial Engineering and Management of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Professor Vera MIguéis.
Grant duration: Initial duration of 6 months, with the predicted starting date in December 2024, 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 6 of the Research Grants Regulation of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.
If the amount to be paid exceeds 1.259,64 euros, the remaining amount will be provided by FEUP funds, not coming from the funding. The payment will be made by bank transfer.
Selection procedure:
The curriculum of the candidates (60%) will be evaluated based on the merit of the candidate and the following factors will be weighted:
Academic training (masters in the area of industrial engineering - 5 points; master in related area – 2 points)
Scientific experience in the area mentioned in the admission requirements (until 1 year – up to 2 points; more than 1 year - up to 5 points)
Experience on web scrapping tools - up to 5 points
English language, to be verified through a motivation letter (up to 5 points)
Scientific articles (one or more published articles (5 points), one article under review (2 points))
The three best ranked candidates with classification of 13 points or higher in the curricular evaluation will be interviewed. In the interview (40%), topics related to the work plan, experience, motivation and candidate's CV will be discussed. If the minimum score of 18 points is not achieved by any of the candidates, the respective scholarship may not be awarded.
Selection Jury:
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 12/11/2024 to 25/11/2024 (until 23h59m, GMT time).
Applications must be formalized by email to ****** and to ******, clearly stating the reference FEUP-CircularTech_Master_ML_Out and including the following pdf documents:
Motivation letter
Copy of certificates evidencing academic degree (referring the classification of each separated or integrated degree)
Detailed Curriculum Vitae
Declaration on honour that the candidate fulfills the requirement contained in article 6 of the Regulation for Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. (model below, for students 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)
Other documents considered relevant by the applicant.
In order to assure that all documents can be read, the preferred saving format is the Portable Document Format (.pdf).
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 no. 5 of article 6º of the Research Grants from FCT, IP - Regulation No. 950/2019, of 16 December.
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: FEUP - FACULDADE DE ENGENHARIA DA UNIVERSIDADE DO PORTO
Country: Portugal
State/Province: PORTO
City: PORTO
Postal Code: 4200-465
Street: RUA DOUTOR ROBERTO FRIAS, S/N
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