One Research Fellowship (Reference 154/2024/Bi/Agendasprr) At The Centre For Environmental And [...]

Office of the Vice-Rector of Cooperation
Organisation/Company: Universidade de Aveiro
Department: Office of the Vice-Rector of Cooperation
Research Field: Physics » Other
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Positions: Master Positions
Country: Portugal
Application Deadline: 28 Nov 2024 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Full-time
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? European Union / Next Generation EU
Reference Number: 154/2024/BI/AgendasPRR
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description A call for application is now open for the attribution of 1 (one) Research Fellowship, with reference 154/2024/BI/AgendasPRR, for development of scientific and technological research activities, under the scheme «Agendas Mobilizadoras para a Inovação Empresarial», namely "ATE - Aliança para a Transição Energética" project, at the Centre for Environmental and Marine Studies (CESAM) Research Unit, at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, with the following conditions:
1. Scientific Area: Meteorology and Physical Oceanography and related fields.
2. Funding entity: funded by the PRR - Recovery and Resilience Plan and by the NextGenerationEU, through the scheme «Agendas para a Inovação Empresarial».
3. Admission Requirements: Master enrolled in a non-awarding degree course at the University of Aveiro, or students enrolled in a Doctoral programme, in the Meteorology and Physical Oceanography and other related scientific fields. In addition, the following requirements will be valued: experience in atmospheric and climate modelling with the WRF atmospheric model, analysis of output files from atmospheric and climate models in NetCDF format, experience in meteorological instrumentation, Surfer software, ArcGIS/QGIS, VaPOR, GrADS, participation in scientific projects in Meteorology, Climatology and Climate Change, experience in writing scientific articles and communications at scientific conferences, knowledge of programming languages such as MATLAB, Python and FORTRAN.
The proof of enrolment must be made until the contract signing date, and the candidate may attach a declaration of honor to confirm that they meet the admission requirements.
If the qualification has been conferred by a foreign higher education institution it must be recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution, under the terms of the provisions of article 25 of Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of August 16th, which approves the legal regime of recognition of academic degrees and diplomas of Higher Education, attributed by foreign higher education institutions, and of paragraph e) of no. 2 of article 4 of Decree-Law no. 60/2018, of August 3rd, and any formalities established therein must be fulfilled by the date of the hiring act.
4. Eligibility: candidates who comply with provisions of paragraph a) nº1 from article 2 of the Statute of the Research Fellow are eligible, as amended by Decree-Law nº 123/2019, of 28 of August, and also the provisions of article nº 9 of the Scientific Research Grant Regulations of the University of Aveiro.
5. Work Plan: Carrying out atmospheric and climate simulations with the WRF numerical weather forecast model; analysis of the climate change signal in several meteorological and climate variables (temperature, precipitation, wind, heat waves, fire risk indexes, surface solar radiation, among others); elaboration of scientific articles and communications in scientific conferences; support to other activities and research tasks of the research group where the candidate will be integrated.
6. Legislation and regulations: the fellowship assignment will be done according to the Statute of the Scientific Research Fellow, published in Decree-Law nº 123/2019, of 28 of August; Scientific Research Grant Regulation of the University of Aveiro, Regulation No. 292/2020, published in Diário da República No. 61, Series II, of March 26th; Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16th (Legal regime of recognition of academic degrees and diplomas of higher education awarded by foreign higher education institutions) (available at https://www.ua.pt/en/sgrh/bolseiros ).
7. Place of work: the work will take place at the Physic Department of the University of Aveiro, under the scientific supervision of Doctor David João da Silva Carvalho.
8. Duration of the grant: the research fellowship will last for 6 (six) months, with an expected starting date on the 1st of January 2025. The fellowship may be renewed up to the maximum limit of approved funding, during the project implementation period, and without exceeding the duration limits defined for the type of fellowship in article 9 of Regulation no. 292/2020, of February 28th, published in Diário da República, no. 61, Series II, of March 26th (Scientific Research Grant Regulation of the University of Aveiro).
9. Monthly allowance: The monthly allowance is €1,259.64 according to the table of values of monthly allowance set out in Attachment III of the Regulation on Scientific Research Scholarship of University of Aveiro, subject to any updates that may occur if applicable. In the case the candidate is enrolled in a doctoral programme, he/she will receive an additional monthly supplement up to 229,20€, foreseen in the Rectoral Order nº58 -REIT/2022 – University of Aveiro. The supplement value will be precisely defined according to the doctoral programme in which the candidate is enrolled. The payment will be made by bank transfer. The candidate may also be reimbursed for the amount corresponding to the Voluntary Social Security, in case of adherence.
10. Selection method: the selection methods to be used is the Curricular Evaluation with the option of Interview.
The sub criteria to be assessed under Curricular Evaluation (with a weight of 0 - 20 points) are:
- Weighted average of academic degrees obtained to date (75%);
- R&D experience in the scientific area of the competition (15%);
- Number of scientific publications (10%).
If the jury considers that do not have the conditions for deciding based on Curricular Evaluation, an interview may be held, where the final score will be 60% for curricular evaluation and 40% for interview.
The jury reserves the right to not admit candidates for interview that do not reach the minimum classification of 10 points (in a scale from 0 to 20 points), as well as not to assign the research fellowship if among candidates there is no one who has a minimum final classification of 10 points.
12. Period for submission of applications: the call is open between 15 of November to 28 of November of 2024. Only applications received in this period will be considered for evaluation. Applications must be submitted by e-mail to ****** with identification of the reference number in the email subject.
Applications should include the following mandatory documents: certificate(s) of qualifications, curriculum vitae, declaration of honor, application form, motivation letter, and supporting documents deemed relevant. The candidate should also indicate the e-mail address to be notified for all purposes within the scope of this procedure.
Failure to comply with the deadline for submission of the application, as well as the incorrect formalization of the application, result in the exclusion of the application.
13. Publication/notification of results: the results of the evaluation will be published within 60 working days after the final date of submission of the application, whereas the candidates will be notified by email. For the purposes of prior hearing of interested parties, the deadline of 10 working days after notification is set, as provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure. At the end of the period for hearing the interested parties, and in the absence of any response from them, the list of candidates will become final. Candidates may lodge a complaint against the final decision within 10 working days after notification of the final decision, by appealing to the Rector.
14. Research fellowship duration: The final ranking list of candidates will be valid for 12 months for the purpose of constituting a reserve list for selection.
University of Aveiro, 12 of November of 2024

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