Competition for The Award of a Research Scholarship

A competition is open for the award of a Research Grant (BI) within the scope of the STAR research project - eSTereoselective environmental processes in Antibiotics: contribution to Resistance - 2022.02842.PTDC, with financial support from FCT/MCTES through national funds ( PIDDAC), under the following conditions:
**Scientific Area**: Environmental Chemistry

**Requirement 1**:

- Be a student enrolled in a master's degree or an integrated master's degree who has already completed 180 credits corresponding to the first six curricular semesters in the area of Environmental Chemistry or related areas and with knowledge in the area of chirality

or
- holder of an academic degree enrolled in a course that does not award an academic degree as part of the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units.

Note: In the case of holders of an academic degree who are enrolled in courses that do not confer an academic degree, the scholarship can only be attributed to those who have not exceeded, with the conclusion of the scholarship contract in question, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of two years in this type of scholarship, consecutive or interpolated.

and

**Requirement 2**:

- Hold a Bachelor's degree in the area of environmental chemistry or related areas with knowledge of chirality.

If the qualification was granted by a foreign higher education institution, it must comply with the provisions of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16, and any formalities established there must be completed until the moment of hiring.

**Work plan and objectives to achieve**:
The project aims to monitor chiral drugs in environmental samples. To this end, it is intended:
**Host entity/contracting entity**:1H-TOXRUN of the University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS-CESPU) / CESPU.

**Workplace**: The work will be carried out in the 1H-TOXRUN laboratories of the University Institute of Health Sciences (IUCS-CESPU), Gandra, Paredes under the scientific guidance of Prof. Cláudia Ribeiro, Professor Alexandra Maia and Dr. Ana Rita Ribeiro.

**Duration of the scholarship and Activity Regime**: The scholarship will last for 6 months, starting in November 2024, on an exclusive basis, possibly renewable, but not exceeding the project completion date.

If it is not possible to guarantee the duration of 6 months provided for in the previous paragraph, this duration will be adjusted depending on the end date of the project, and provided that the minimum duration of 3 consecutive months is guaranteed, as provided for in nº 3 of the article. 6th of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.

Any renewal of the grant will be carried out as determined in article 6 and article 15 of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.

**Support regime and dissemination of results**: As determined in article 30 of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.

a) Academic training: Degree in the field of Environmental Chemistry - 4 points; Degree in related areas - 2 points;
b) Final Degree Classifications: equal to or greater than 14 points - 4 points; 13 values - 3 points; up to 12 values - 2 points;
c) Knowledge and research experience in the area of the work plan (up to 5 points);
d) Proficiency in the English language, to be assessed through a motivation letter (up to 2 points).

The final assessment results from the sum of the curricular assessment and the interview assessment.

**Composition of the Selection Jury**:
President — Professor Cláudia Ribeiro

1st effective member - Professor Alexandra Maia

2nd effective member - Doctor Ana Rita Ribeiro

The competition is open from 26/09/2024 to 11/10/2024 (until 11:59 pm, local time)
- Motivation letter (written in English),
- Certificates proving academic qualifications in the proposed areas,
- Proof of experience in laboratory activities for the work to be carried out,
- Detailed CV,
- Declaration on honor that you comply with the requirement contained in article 6 of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. (model below, in the case of a student enrolled in a course that does not award an academic degree as part of the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units).
- _____________________

Declaration under oath of honor

I, (identification of scholarship holder), holder of Citizen Card / Visa / Residence Permit no., valid until, declare on honor, that I meet the conditions set out in no. 5 of article 6 of the Scholarship Regulations of Research at FCT, I.P. - Regulation no. 950/2019, of December 16th.

Porto, __/__/___
- _________________

(Signature of Fellow)

**Documentation to be provided at the time of contracting**: in addition to those referred to in the previous poi