A Research Scholarship For A Master'S Or Integrated Master'S Student

Organisation/Company Terraprima Research Field Agricultural sciences » Other Economics » Agricultural economics Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Bachelor Positions Application Deadline 16 Oct ***:00 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 40 Offer Starting Date 25 Oct Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Other EU programme Reference Number COMPETE-FEDER-** Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No Offer Description
(BL*) CALL FOR APPLICATIONS FOR RESEARCH GRANT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF R&D PROJECTS AND INSTITUTIONS A research scholarship for a Master's or integrated Master's student COMPETE-FEDER-** A call for applications is now open for the award of a research scholarship within the scope of the Terraprima – Serviços Ambientais project entitled "AVALON – Assessing, Optimising and Remunerating for Sustainability in Ruminant Systems" (COMPETE**-FEDER-**), co-funded by the COMPETE*
* programme, under the following

conditions:
Scientific Field : Environmental Accounting and Agricultural Sustainability.
Admission

requirements:
In compliance with the provisions of Article 6 of the FCT Research Grants Regulation (Reg. no. **), the candidate must be enrolled in an integrated master's or a master's degree. Work plan : The grant holder will join the AVALON project team, collaborating on Activities 2 – Sustainability Assessment of Agricultural Holdings, 6 – Integrated Optimisation and 7 – Remuneration: Projects for the Voluntary Carbon Market and Certification.
As part of Activity 2, they will participate in the collection, organisation, processing and analysis of data from agricultural holdings, with a particular focus on assessing the economic and social dimensions of sustainability.
In the economic component, they will support the conventional financial assessment of farms by organising and analysing data on costs, revenues, profits and other economic performance indicators; in the social component, they will assist in the systematisation and analysis of information relating to employment, working conditions, animal welfare and the nutritional characteristics of products.
As part of Activity 6, the candidate will support the integration of the various technical, economic and environmental results produced by the project, contributing to the analysis and evaluation of scenarios for optimising production systems and to the organisation of results relating to technical, economic and environmental optimisation, as well as multi-criteria optimisation.
In Activity 7, the candidate will participate in the collection, systematisation and analysis of information relating to the Voluntary Carbon Market, including methodologies for carbon sequestration and the reduction of CH4 emissions, criteria for additionality, permanence and monitoring, as well as requirements associated with the sustainability certification of beef.
The work will also include the statistical processing and presentation of data, the use of IT tools for organising and analysing information, and support in the preparation of reports, technical documents and other elements necessary for the integration and application of the project's results.
Duration of the scholarship : The grant will last for 12 months, with a planned start date in October **. Amount of the monthly maintenance grant : The grant amounts to €1,*
* per month, in accordance with the scale of grants awarded directly by FCT, I.
P. in Portugal ( ). The grant holder may choose to be paid by bank transfer or cheque.
The grant holder will be reimbursed for the cost of voluntary social security contributions (up to the amount corresponding to the first bracket). Selection methods : Academic record assessment: 75%, as follows:
a. 20% allocated to the degree classification (1st Cycle) (score from 1 to 20); b. 25% based on demonstrable knowledge of the collection, organisation, processing and analysis of information (score from 1 to 20); c. 15% based on experience gained in international exchange programmes (score from 1 to 20); e. 5% based on experience in publishing scientific articles in journals or presenting papers at national or international conferences (score from 1 to 20).
Individual interview (only in the event of a tie between the highest-ranked candidates): 25 per cent (score from 1 to 20). This interview will assess the candidate's motivation and aptitude for the planned activities, and their availability to carry out their activities at the locations specified in the work plan. Method of publication/notification of results : All candidates will be notified of the final assessment result by email. The competition is open from 9 to 16 October *
* [FP2] (inclusive). Requirements
Research Field Economics » Agricultural economics Education Level Bac