Feup|1 Research Grant Announcement | Ref.A Feup-Innovalg-Bi3-Bols-Feup-26-54

Organisation/Company FEUP Department Human Resources Division Research Field Engineering » Other Engineering » Chemical engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Application Deadline 26 Oct ***:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
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1 Research Grant Announcement (M/F)
Call open for applications for a research grant within the framework of project "INNOVALG - Innovative Microalgae Products for Food Industries Through Strain Improvement and Regenerative Fermentation Technologies", with nr. * and operation code at the Funds Platform (Balcão dos Fundos) COMPETE-FEDER-**, co-financed by the European Union through the COMPETE ** Programme, of Portugal , under the following conditions: Scientific Area : Bioengineering 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 Chemical and Biological Engineering, 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 Bioengineering 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. *, of august 16th, and any formalities established there must be fulfilled until the time of signing the contract.
Activity Outline: Evaluation of the carotenoid and amino acid profiles of microalgal biomass;
elemental analysis of the biomass;
project dissemination.
Legislation and regulations:
Law No. *, 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 and Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto, in force.
Work place : The work will be developed at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision ofJosé Carlos Magalhães Pires.
Grant duration : Initial duration of
6 months, with the predicted starting date in
November

, on an exclusive basis eventually renewable but never exceeding the project duration.
If it is not possible to ensure the duration of 6 months estimated in the previous paragraph, this duration will be adjusted according to the end date of the project, and provided that the minimum duration of 3 consecutive months is guaranteed, in accordance with paragraph 3 of article 6 of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. 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 ***,64 € according to the table of values of the grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the Country.
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 weighted:
a) Academic training (Master inBioengineering – 10 points;
Master inEnvironmental Engineering, Chemical Engineering or Biochemistry – 6 points;
Other Masters – 2 points)
b) Degree'sfinal classification:equal or greater than 17 values – 5points;
16 values – 4points;
15 values – 3points;
Others – 1 point;
This rating is determined as follows: In the case of the Integrated Master: final classification of the Integrated Master.
In the case of an n-year Bachelor degree + 2 years Master: n/(n + 2) x Bachelor degree's classification + 2/(n + 2) x Master's classification.
c) Research Experience in the project area – 5 points;
in related areas – 3 points;
Other areas – 1 point.
The curriculum of each candidate will be evaluated in a 1-20 points scale.
Candidates with less than 13 points in the curricular evaluation will not be invited for the interview.
In the interview (