Scientific Research Fellowship – Inov.Am:Wp10

10 months, eventually renewable until the end of the project or the maximum duration for this research fellowship type.
The fellowship is due to start in 03/2025.

Organisation/Company: Politécnico de Leiria

Department: CDRSP

Research Field: Engineering » Materials engineering

Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)

Positions: Master Positions

Country: Portugal

Application Deadline: 21 Jan 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/London)

Type of Contract: Scholarship contract

Job Status: Other

Hours Per Week: 35

Offer Starting Date: 8 Jan 2025

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? NextGenerationEU

Reference Number: WP10

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description Polytechnic of Leiria is now opening applications for 1 (one) scientific research fellowship, within the project "INOV.AM - Inovação em Fabrico Aditivo: WP10 – PIMMach", in European funds allocated to Portugal by the PRR, within the scope of the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (MRR) of the European Union (EU), framed in the Next Generation EU, for the period 2021 – 2026, under the following conditions:

SCIENTIFIC AREA: Materials Engineering or related areas.

RECIPIENTS: PhD students in Materials Engineering or related areas or holders of a Master's degree in Materials Engineering or related areas who are enrolled in courses that do not confer an academic degree, in association with a Research Unit (UI), or graduates in Materials Engineering or related areas who are Master's students in Materials Engineering or related areas or who are enrolled in courses that do not confer an academic degree, in association with a Research Unit (in accordance with articles 5 to 7 of the FCT regulations).
Preference is given to master's degree holders.

DURATION: 10 months, eventually renewable until the end of the project or the maximum duration for this research fellowship type.
The fellowship is due to start in 03/2025.

WORK PLAN: Research and development in the production of filaments based on metal powders for the manufacture of products for injection molds by 3D printing and subsequent stages of binder removal, sintering and characterization.

WORKPLACE AND SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION: The work will be developed at the Centre for Rapid and Sustained Product Development from the Polytechnic of Leiria (CDRSP-PLeiria), under the supervision of PhD professor Fátima Maria Carvalhinhas Barreiros.

GRANT FINANCIAL COMPONENTS: Monthly maintenance stipend of €1,259.64 to holders of a master's degree or €990.98 to holders of a bachelor degree, according to the FCT Regulation for Studentships and Fellowships.
Plus, if applicable, the monthly Voluntary Social Insurance, according to the conditions defined in the Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação, as well as the Personal Accident Insurance, during the research fellowship period.

PAYMENT: The maintenance stipend will be monthly processed, through bank transfer, to the account identified by the research fellow.

ACTIVITY SCHEME: Exclusivity, according to the applicable legislation.

EVALUATION PANEL: The jury responsible for the applications evaluation will be constituted by PhD professors.

APPLICATION DEADLINE: January 08, 2025 to January 21, 2025

SELECTION METHOD AND EVALUATION CRITERIA: The evaluation will be made through curriculum analysis and possible interview, focusing on the merit of the candidate, weighted according to the following:

Academic Qualification (HA): final master grade or final graduate grade. Professional/Academic Experience (EPA): Has excellent professional/academic experience – 20/20 points Has very good professional/academic experience – 17 points Has good professional/academic experience – 14 points Has enough professional/academic experience – 10 points Has insufficient professional/academic experience – 2 points No mention of professional/academic practice – 0 points Specific knowledge (CE): knowledge of the preparation and optimization of mixtures of metal powders with polymeric materials; knowledge of additive manufacturing; knowledge of materials processing, in particular metals, including the steps of debinding and sintering; knowledge of materials characterization.
Excellent knowledge – 20 points High knowledge – 15 points Low level of knowledge – 5 points With the final grade NF = [HA*0.5 + EPA*0.2 + CE*0.3].
If the jury decides by reasoned deliberation, the three first classified in the curriculum analysis will be invited for an interview, with the final grade (NFE) = [NF*0.8 + ENT*0.2].
Candidates who, at the end of the assessment, obtain a classification of less than 9.5 will be excluded from the contest.

Observation: If the candidate(s) with foreign qualifications(s) do not present, during the application phase, the recognition of the degree or foreign diploma and the classification conversion to the Portuguese scale, the jury defines the conversion only for the application purposes based on the rules of the legal regime applicable to the recognition of foreign degrees and diplomas or, when not possible, applies the minimal classification of 10 points.

ELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES: Without prejudice to the applicable rules to each type of research fellowship, the following candidates are eligible:

National citizens or citizens of other member states of the European Union; Third-party states citizens; Stateless persons; Beneficiaries of political refugee status. Document(s) proving the ownership of the academic degree(s) and/or required application diploma(s), preferably with the final average and curricular units' classification.
Candidates with foreign qualifications must prove their academic degree and foreign diploma in the terms of the Decree-law no.
66/2018, dated August 16th.
These documents can be dismissed during the application phase, by submitting a declaration of honour available in the application form, which can only attest to facts that occurred prior to the application, with the verification of this condition occurring only in the contract signing phase. Document proving the enrolment and registration in the study cycle or in non-awarding degree course, as stated in the application announcement (optional presentation in the application stage, which in turn is a mandatory element when contracting the research grant); Updated candidate Curriculum Vitae; Document(s) supporting other evaluation parameter(s) indicated in the announcement; Other certifications and/or other documents considered relevant by the candidate. RESULTS | DISCLOSURE AND COMPLAINTS: The jury will send to the candidates, by e-mail, the provisional results of the evaluation (presented in the form of the minutes resulting from the evaluation process) within 90 working days after the application deadline.
After this disclosure, candidates have 10 working days to pronounce, if they wish, in the appropriate form available in the institutional webpage, under the terms of the administrative procedure code (CPA).
The final decision will be taken within a maximum period of 60 working days after the conclusion of the previous hearing of interested parties, of which a complaint can be filed within 15 working days, after notification, to the highest executive body of the Polytechnic of Leiria.
Within the scope of the research fellowship award procedure, if the final ordering list, duly approved, contains a number of approved candidates higher than the number of research fellowships to be filled, an internal recruitment reserve is always created, which can be used when there is need for occupation due to withdrawal of the scholarship holder, under the terms of the CPA, to be used during the eligibility of the project.

The Vice-President of the Polytechnic of Leiria

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Requirements Research Field: Engineering » Materials engineering

Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent

Additional Information Work Location(s) Number of offers available: 1

Company/Institute: Centre for Rapid and Sustained Product Development (CDRSP)

Country: Portugal

State/Province: Leiria

City: Marinha Grande

Postal Code: 2430-028

Street: Rua de Portugal - Zona Industrial da Marinha Grande

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