The candidates must hold a master’s degree in the field of Biological Sciences, and be enrolled, at the time of application, in a doctoral program, aiming at consolidating their scientific training through the development of research work leading to the achievement of the respective academic degree, or being enrolled in non-academic degree courses integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units.
The candidate must have technical and scientific knowledge on the use of experimental systems in marine sciences.
A demonstrated experience to perform experiments both in the laboratory and field, use of biochemical and molecular biomarkers and experience in deep-sea campaigns and projects is an advantage.
Very good fluency in English is expected.
The candidate will mainly be involved in experiments of deep-sea ecology/ecotoxicology and development of new hyperbaric systems for deep-sea research/maintenance of deep-sea organisms.
Law nº. 40/2004, 18th August (Research Fellowship Holder Statute) in its current version, FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships and CIIMAR Grants Research Regulation.
Whenever the degree of the candidate selected for the position is from a foreign institution it needs to be recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution accordingly to the Decree-Law no. 66/2018 of 16th August until the signature of the contract.
The work will be carried out at CIIMAR, Av. General Norton de Matos, s/n, Matosinhos, under the scientific supervision of Prof. João Coimbra and Prof. Miguel Santos
Duration of six (6) months, starting in April 2020, under the regime of exclusive dedication, eventually renewable according to legal terms up to the end of the project.
The monthly maintenance allowance is €1064 (one thousand and sixty four Euros), in agreement with the monthly maintenance stipend table of the grants directly attributed by FCT, I.P. within the country https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores .
The ranking of candidates will be performed by a global evaluation based on the evaluation of the Curriculum Vitae (40%), experience in the research field (60%).
Interviews may be required for the top-three scoring candidates. If so, the interview will be scored at 50%.
President of the jury: Prof. João Coimbra
Vogal: Prof. Miguel Santos
Vogal: Prof. Filipe Castro
The final results of the evaluation will be published through a list sorting the candidates according to their attributed mark, on the CIIMAR website and by e-mail; in case of disagreement, the candidates have a 10-working day term in which to contest the decision, if he/she so wishes, as provided for in the Código do Procedimento Administrativo in a preliminary hearing setting. The jury reserves the right to not assign the grant depending on the quality of the applications.
The competition is open from 26 march until 13 april 2020. The applications must be formalized, compulsorily, by sending the following documents:
The applications must be sent by e-mail to: mgalvao@ciimar.up.pt. The applications that do not include all the elements previously indicated will not be considered.