FEUP – Research Grant – FEUP-2DTherapy-BI2

1 Research Grant Announcement (M/F)

Call open for applications for a research grant within the framework of project UTAP-EXPL/NPN/0044/2021 –2D-Therapy – “New 2D nanomaterials for cancer phototherapy and immunotherapy”, funded by national funds through the FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC), under UT Austin PT Program, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Biomedical Engineering

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 Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biology, Biochemistry or related fields, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

or

– Holder of 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 Biomedical Engineering, Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biology, Biochemistry or related field.

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:

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 ( https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml.pt ) and Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto, in force.

Work place: The work will be developed at LEPABE, Department of Chemical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), and at i3S – Institute for Research & Innovation in Health, under the scientific supervision of Professor Doctor Fernão D. Magalhães and Doctor Artur Moreira Pinto.

Grant duration: the grant runs until 31-03-2023, with the predicted starting date in November 2022, on an exclusive basis eventually renewable but never exceeding the project duration. If the hiring procedures do not allow the grant to last for a minimum of 3 consecutive months, in accordance with paragraph 3 of article 6 of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. , the scholarship will not be awarded.

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.

Stipend: The grant stipend amounts to 1.144,64€ according to the table of values of the grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores ).

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 assessed:

a) Academic training (Master in Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biology, Biochemistry or related fields 5 points; Others Masters – 2 points)

b) Publications in the area of Chemical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Biology, Biochemistry or related fields 5 points, Publications in other areas – 2 points

c) Research Experience in the project area – 10 points; in related areas – 5 points; Other areas – 1 point

The curriculum of each candidate will be evaluated in a 1-20 points scale. Candidates with less than 14 points in the curricular evaluation will not be invited for the interview.

In the interview (40%) topics related with the work plan, experience and the candidate’s CV will be discussed with the invited candidates.

Selection Jury:

President: Doctor Artur Daniel Moreira Pinto

Effective member: Professor Fernão Domingos de Montenegro Baptista Malheiro de Magalhães

Effective member: Professor Margarida Maria da Silva Monteiro Bastos

Supplementary member: Professor Maria José Cardoso Oliveira

Supplementary member: Professor Susana Gomes dos Santos Barber

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 18-10-2022 to 31-10-2022 (until 23h59m, GMT time).

Applications must be formalized by email to [email protected] and to [email protected] , clearly stating the reference FEUP-2DTherapy-BI2 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 honor 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 student 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) and 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.

Porto, __/__/__

Signature

_________________

(scholarship holder)