Notice for International Call to hire a Principal Researcher UI/297/2020 – “#NOVAID208”

By decision of the Board of Directors, NOVA.id.FCT - Associação para a Inovação e Desenvolvimento da FCT (“NOVA.id.FCT”) opens an international call to hire a Principal Researcher, with the internal reference “#NOVAID208”, under a unfixed term employment contract to conduct research activities in the field of Mathematics, within the scope of the research unit “Center for Mathematics and Applications” (NOVA Math) (UI/297/2020), financed by “Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.”/MCTES (FCT, I.P.) (ref. UIDB/00297/2020 and UIDP/00297/2020) through national funds (PIDDAC) (OE). This international call for hiring a Principal Researcher is under the funding of UIDB/00297/2020 which can be changed to UIDP/00297/2020.

1. Type of contract and applicable legislation:

The hiring of a Principal Researcher shall be made by means of an Unfixed Term Employment Contract entered into in accordance with the Portuguese Labour Code approved by the Law no. 7/2009 of February 12th, as amended. The contract should have a foreseen duration of 12 months, with possible extension. The contract should begin in September of 2023. The present hiring procedure is further governed inter alia by Decree-law no. 57/2016 of August 29th, as amended by the Law no. 57/2017 of July 19th and Regulatory decree no. 11-A/2017 of December 29th.

2. Main attributions and activities and exclusivity:

The Principal Researcher must carry out, on a regular basis, research and development activities and all other scientific and technical activities within the scope of the missions of the respective institutions and also: a) Participate in the design of research and development programs and its translation into projects; b) Coordinate and guide the execution of research and development projects; c) Develop training activities within the scope of scientific research and development methodology; d) Follow up on research work initiated by grant holders, research interns and research assistants and participate in their training; e) Guide and participate in the institution's training programs. The Principal Researcher shall fully devote the whole of his/her professional activity to NOVA.id.FCT, on an exclusive basis.

3. Place of work:

The work is to be carried out at the facilities of the Center for Mathematics and Applications (NOVA Math), hosted at the Department of Mathematics, located in NOVA School of Science and Technology, NOVA University Lisbon (NOVA SST) and the researcher shall travel, in Portugal or abroad, as required by his/her attributions or as necessary for his/her activity.

4. Monthly remuneration:

The Principal Researcher shall earn a monthly remuneration in the gross amount of €3.754,40 by reference to the remuneration index 220 for the principal researcher category in the scientific research career.

5. Admission Requirements:

Applicants to this call may be national, foreign or stateless candidates holding a Ph.D. degree in the field of Mathematics or related areas within the scope of the research carried out at NOVA Math. The registration and/or recognition in Portugal of the doctoral degree will be verified at the time of signing the contract, under the provisions of article 25 of Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of August 16th. Candidates should present a work plan in Mathematical Analysis topics developed at NOVA Math. Refer to the NOVA Math webpage for further information: https://novamath.fct.unl.pt. 

6. Evaluation of the Applications and Composition of the Jury:

Applications shall be subject to evaluation by a jury that shall follow the procedure established in articles 13 and 14 (by virtue of article 19) of Decree-Law no. 57/2016 of August 29th, as amended by Law no. 57/2017 of July 19th.

Pursuant to Article 13 of Decree-Law no. 57/2016 the jury is composed of the following members:

- Chairperson: Oleksiy Karlovych, NOVA Math e DM-FCT-NOVA.

- Member: Fabio Chalub, NOVA Math e DM-FCT-NOVA.

- Member: Fernanda Cipriano, NOVA Math e DM-FCT-NOVA.

- Member: José Ferreira Alves, CMUP e DM-FCUP.

- Member: José Miguel Urbano, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology, Saudi Arabia e CMUC, Universidade de Coimbra.

7. Selection criteria:

The selection of the Principal Researcher will be carried out through the evaluation of the scientific and curricular achievements as established by Decree-Law no. 57/2016 of August 29th, as amended by Law no. 57/2017 of July 19th and the selection criteria and their respective weighting shall be as follows:

a) CV;

b) Motivation letter;

c) Work plan in the field of Mathematical Analysis;

d) Adequacy of the work plan to the scientific strategy objectives of NOVA Math;

e) Interview (will be conducted by videoconference).

In accordance with item d) of selection criteria, preference will be given to candidates that carry out research work in one of NOVA Math's research themes of Mathematical Analysis.

Each of the items (a) to (e) is rated with a score from 0 to 100. All applications will be evaluated on a scale of 0 to 100 points, using a weighted average, with the following weighting of the items: (a) 40%; (b) 10%; (c) 20%; (d) 20%; (e) 10%. Only the three candidates with the highest score obtained with items (a) to (d) and with a minimum of 65 points will have an interview. Candidates who obtain less than 75 points will not be hired.

8. Final Decision:

The final deliberation of the jury shall be homologated by the ultimate governing body of NOVA.id.FCT that is also responsible for the decision of hiring.

The list of admitted and excluded candidates and the final list of classifications will be published on the website of NOVA.id.FCT (www.novaidfct.pt) and sent by electronic mail with receipt of delivery to all candidates.

9. Submission of Applications:

A tender is open from the 11th of May to the 25th of June, 2023.

Documentation to be provided when applying: Applications must be formalized, obligatorily, by sending the following documents written in Portuguese or English and, preferably, in PDF files:

a) CV with reference number for “ORCID”, “MathSciNet author profile”, “WoS ResearcherID at Publons” and “Scopus Author ID”;

b) Motivation letter, including a synopsis of the scientific career;

c) Work plan (maximum of 5 pages);

d) Copy of Doctoral Certificate;

e) Copies of at most 5 publications representative of the experience in the targeted research area;

f) Declaration on honour (according to the draft available here for download).

Form of submission of applications: Applications should be sent by email to novamath.secretariado@fct.unl.pt with subject: Principal Researcher application – Analysis.

10. Non-discrimination and equal access policy:

NOVA.id.FCT actively promotes a non-discrimination and equal access policy, reason for which no candidate can be benefited, prejudiced or deprived of any duty, based on age, sex, disability, sexual orientation, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, religion or political beliefs.