Scientific Research Fellowship: Papel Pedra Portugal

Organisation/Company Politécnico de Leiria Department CDRSP Research Field Engineering » Materials engineering Engineering » Mechanical engineering Engineering » Biomedical engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Other Positions Application Deadline 4 Nov ***:59 (Europe/London) Country Portugal Type of Contract Other Type of Contract Extra Information research fellowship contract Job Status Other Job Status Extra Information 06 months, eventually renewable Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 22 Oct Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description The University of Leiria and Oeste is now opening applications for 1 (one) research fellowship (BI) within the project "PAPEL PEDRA PORTUGAL: PSER - PAPEPO", financed by University of Leiria and Oeste, under the following conditions:
SCIENTIFIC AREA: Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering.
RECIPIENTS: Graduates in Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering or related areas who are Master's students in Materials Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomechanics, Biomedical Engineering or related areas
DURATION: 06 months, eventually renewable until the end of the project or until the eligibility limit assigned to the profile for this scholarship. The fellowship is due to start in *.
WORK PLAN: The PAPEPO – Stone Paper Portugal project, promoted by MVC, focuses on the principles of the circular economy and aims to transform natural limestone (calcium carbonate) into a value-added product. As a project partner, CDRSP seeks to optimize the formulation of the composite material used in order to validate the feasibility of producing paper from calcium carbonate.
Requirements definition;
Product and process improvement;
Production process modelling and optimization;
Technological maturation and commercialization;
Implementation and presentation of the final project.
WORKPLACE AND SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION: The work will be developed at the Centre for Rapid and Sustained Product Development from the University of Leiria and Oeste (CDRSP-ULO), under the supervision of PhD professors: Rui Miguel Barreiros Rúben.
GRANT FINANTIAL COMPONENTS: Monthly maintenance subsidy, in the amount of € **,98 according to the FCT, I.P. (
To this amount is added the monthly amount referring to the Voluntary Social Security, if applicable, in accordance with the conditions defined in the Statute of Research Fellows. The scholarship holder will benefit from Personal Accident Insurance during the course of the scholarship.
PAYMENT: The maintenance stipend will be monthly processed, through bank transfer, to the account identified by the research fellow.
ACTIVITY SCHEME: Exclusivity, according to the applicable legislation.
EVALUATION PANEL: The jury responsible for the applications evaluation will be constituted by PhD Professors: Rui Miguel Barreiros Ruben (president), Pedro José da Silva Carreira and Marcelo Rudolfo Calvete Gaspar (effective members); Joana Filipa Abreu Pereira Valente and Jorge Miguel Peralta Siopa (substitute members).
APPLICATION DEADLINE: october 21, to november 04, **.
SELECTION METHOD AND EVALUATION CRITERIA: The evaluation will be made through curriculum analysis, and will focus on the merit of the candidate, where they will be considered and weighted according to the following:
A) Academic Qualification (40%): final grade of bachelor's degree
B) Professional/Academic Experience (30%)
Has excellent professional/academic experience – 20 values.
Has very good professional/academic experience – 17 values.
Has good professional/academic experience – 14 values.
Has enough professional/academic experience – 10 values.
Has insufficient professional/academic experience – 2 values.
No mention of professional/academic practice – 0 values.
C) Specific knowledge (30%)
1) Additive manufacturing; 2) FTIR characterization and energy modelling.
Excellent knowledge – 20 values.
High knowledge – 15 values.
Medium knowledge – 10 values.
Low level of knowledge – 5 values.
No knowledge – 0 values.
with the final grade FG = [A*0.4 + B*0.3 + C* 0.3]. Candidates who, at the end of the assessment, obtain a classification of less than 9.5 will be excluded from the contest.
Observation: If the candidate(s) with foreign qualifications(s) do not present, during the application phase, the recognition of the degree or foreign diploma and the classification conversion to the Portuguese scale, the jury defines the conversion only for the application purposes based on the rules of the legal regime applicable to the recognition of foreign degrees and diplomas or, when not possible, applies the