Research Grant

Organisation / Company Universidade de Aveiro Department Departamento de Fisica Is the Hosting related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

A tender is hereby opened for the award of one Research Grant(s) (RG) under Sensimarine - Sensores inovadores para digitalização da aquacultura, COMPETE2030-FEDER- of Department of Physics, under the following conditions:

3.1. 2. Students enrolled in master
3.1. 2. Study Area: Physical Engineering, Physics, Chemical Engineering, Chemistry, Materials and related fields

Candidates must meet the following mandatory requirements: knowledge and/or experience in the electrical characterization of devices and/or sensors.

Applicants are eligible if they comply with paragraph a) of no.1 of article 2, of the Research Fellow Statute in the wording given by Decree-Law no. 123/2019, of August 28th, and also the provisions of article 9 of the Scientific Research Grant Regulations of the University of Aveiro.

1 – Preparation of printed electrodes for sensors based on screen-printing and photolithography techniques, for cortisol detection in aquaculture; 2 – Electrical and electrochemical analysis (resistivity, capacitance and electrochemistry) of the produced sensors, assessing response characteristics and lifetime; evaluation in different states of degradation.

Research Fellow Statute, as amended by Decree-Law No. 123/2019, of August 28th; Scientific Research Grant Regulation of the University of Aveiro, Regulation No. 292/2020, published in Diário da República No. 61, Series II, of March 26th; Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16th (Legal regime of recognition of academic degrees and diplomas of higher education awarded by foreign higher education institutions).

The work will be carried out at Department of Physics of the University of Aveiro, under the scientific supervision of Professor Doctor Luiz Fernando Ribeiro Pereira.

The grant duration will be .six months, starting in january of 2027, and may be renewed for additional periods of six months, up to the maximum limit of approved funding. Under no circumstances shall it exceed the limits defined in nos. 5 and 6 of article 9, of Regulation no. 292/2020, of February 28th, published in Diário da República, no. 61, Series II, of March 26th (Scientific Research Grant Regulation of the University of Aveiro).

The amount of the grant corresponds to €1.090,98, according to the table of values of monthly maintenance allowances, set out in Appendix III of the Scientific Research Grant Regulation of the University of Aveiro, subject to any updates that may occur and are applicable. The fellow may also be reimbursed for the amount corresponding to the Voluntary Social Security, in case of adherence to this plan.

The selection methods to be used will be the following: Curriculum evaluation, with the option of an interview with the respective value of 20 points for the Curriculum Evaluation, which will be carried out according to the following criteria and weightings:

• - R&D experience in the scientific area of the competition (70%);
• - Average grade in Curricular Units of interest in the scientific area of the competition (30%);

The Interview selection method may be used if the jury does not consider itself sufficiently qualified to decide based on the Curriculum Evaluation. If an Interview takes place, the final evaluation will be weighted at 90% for the curriculum evaluation and 10% for the interview. Only candidates obtaining a weighted average score of at least 14 out of 20 will be eligible for selection.

President: Professor Luiz Fernando Ribeiro Pereira, Assistant Professor; Full Members: Dr. José Carlos Germino, Junior Researcher and Dr. Kais Iben Nassar, Entry-Level Researcher;

Alternate Advisors: Dr. Sílvia Luísa Soreto Teixeira, Assistant Researcher and Professor Dr. Ana Maria Pinto de Moura, Assistant Professor, all from the University of Aveiro.

The results of the evaluation shall be made public no later than 60 working days after the closing date for submission of applications and shall be notified to the applicants. The candidates are informed, in a prior hearing, under the terms established in the Code of Administrative Procedure, of the probable meaning of the final decision, an