Scientific Initiation Studentships – (BL26/2024-IST-ID)

Organisation/Company

Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento _IST-ID

Department

DRH

Research Field

Engineering » Civil engineering

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

25 Mar 2024 – 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Not Applicable

Job Status

Not Applicable

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Reference Number

PTDC/ECI-TRA/3120/2021

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Applications are open for one Scientific Initiation Studentships, within the framework of project Streets4ALL (1801P.01142.1.01), PTDC/ECI-TRA/3120/2021,  financed by national funds through FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC

Workplan: The candidate will undertake tasks related to the STREETS4AL project. Initially, an examination of the dynamic space allocation strategies outlined in the project will be conducted. Subsequently, a literature review will be performed on evaluating the effectiveness of public policies in sustainable urban mobility. The next step involves identifying stakeholders impacted by dynamic reallocation, including pedestrians, cyclists, motorists, public transport users, commerce, local authorities, among others. For each stakeholder group, the candidate will pinpoint the primary impacts resulting from the studied solutions. Additionally, success indicators will be established to evaluate impacts from diverse perspectives for each stakeholder. To achieve this, the candidate will extensively characterize the case study, utilizing field data collection. This thorough analysis will serve to demonstrate the methodology’s applicability and validate success evaluation indicators. The culmination of this work will be the preparation of a preliminary scientific paper intended for publication in an international journal.

Duration: The research fellowship(s) will have the duration of 3 months. It’s expected to begin in April/2024 and may be eventually renewed up to the maximum of 3 months.

It is mandatory to formalize applications with the submission of the following documents: i) B1 Form – Fellowship application (https://ist-id.pt/concursos/bolsas/ ); ii) Curriculum Vitae; iii)academic degree certificate, where applicable; iv) proof of enrollment at an academic degree course or at a course that does not award an academic degree; v) declaration on honour that the applicant does not exceed with this contract, including the possible renovations, an accumulated period of one year in this type of studentship, continuously or with interruptions, and has not held any other fellowship directly  or indirectly funded by FCT.

Applications must be submitted to the email: [email protected]  

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering » Civil engineering

Education Level

Undergraduate

Skills/Qualifications

Admission Requirements:

Additional Information
Benefits

Monthly maintenance allowance: According to the values for Research Fellowships awarded by FCT in Portugal (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_atualizacao-2024.pdf ), the amount of the monthly maintenance allowance is € 601,12, being the payment method an option of the Fellow by Wire Transfer/Check

Eligibility criteria

Admission Requirements:

Selection process

Selection methods: The selection methods will be the following:  i) Curriculum evaluation; ii)  experience in research in the field of environmental engineering, energy and transport (especially in urban mobility and active modes); iii) individual interview, with the respective weight of (i) 50%, (ii) 25% and (iii) 25%. During the interview, if a candidate does not evidence enough proficiency in English, the application will not be considered.

Composition of the selection Jury: Filipe Moura, Ana Sá e Rosa Félix

Announcement/ notification of the results: The final evaluation results will be communicated to all applicants by email.

Deadlines and procedures of complaint and appeal . A complaint may be lodged from the final decision within 15 working days, or an appeal to the Executive Board of IST-ID within 30 working days, both counted from the respective notification

Additional comments

Legislation and Regulations: Statute of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law nr. 40/2004, of August 18, as worded by Decree-Law nr. 123/2019, of August 28; FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships, available on https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf and https://dre.pt/application/file/a/127230968 .

Workplace: The work will be developed at CERIS of Instituto Superior Técnico, under the scientific coordination of Prof Filipe Moura.

Website for additional job details

https://ist-id.pt/concursos/bolsas/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

IST-ID

Country

Portugal

Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail

[email protected]

Contact

City

Lisbon

Website

http://ist-id.pt/

Street

Av. Rovisco Pais

Postal Code

1049-001 Lisboa

STATUS: EXPIRED