Call for a Research Scholarship - BI-Mestre-CELLECTIVE-02.7/2023

Call is open for the award of 1 (one) Research Grant under the project CELLECTIVE – PTDC/CTM-CTM/4653/202 – Dynamic CELLulosE structures with aCTIVE colour changing for photonic and security applications, for the development of R&D activities to be carried out by PhD students or graduates and masters enrolled in non-academic degree courses, financed “Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia, I.P.”, under the following conditions:

Recipient admission requirements /Profile:

1. Be graduates enrolled in academic degree course;
2. Not exceed, with the conclusion of the scholarship contract in question, an accumulated period of 2 (two) years, consecutive or interspersed, if is a master enrolled in a non-academic degree course, or of 4 (four) years if enrolled in a Doctorate;
3. Have training in the areas of Materials Engineering, Micro and Nanotechnologies Engineering, Physics Engineering, or other related areas that have given the candidate experience in the preparation of suspensions of cellulose nanocrystals, deposition of films based on cellulose nanocrystals and integration in photonic devices and energy conversion.

Candidates who have obtained the degree abroad must have the degree recognized in Portugal, pursuant to Decree-Law No. 66/2018 of August 16.

Work plan: The candidate will develop research work performing the following tasks with the following objectives:

1. Deposition of cellulose crystals by electrodeposition for application in photonic devices and energy conversion
2. Electrical and optical characterization of structures and devices based on cellulose nanocomposites.
3. Optical characterization of responsive structures
4. Preparation of reports and scientific articles based on the work described above.

Applicable legislation and regulations: Statute of the Scientific Research Grantee, approved by Law No. 40/2004 of August 18, amended and republished by Decree-Law No. 202/2012, of August 27 and amended by Decree-Law No. 233/2012 of 29 October, Law No. 12/2013 of January 29 and Decree-Law No. 123/2019 of August 28 and The Regulation of Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, IP - 2019, available in  https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf  and  https://dre.pt/application/file/a/127230968.

It is subsidiarily applicable the Regulation of UNINOVA Research Grants, approved by deliberation of the Board of Directors of the FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, in the meeting of March 2 of 2022.

Workplace: Thework will be carried out at UNINOVA’s facilities, in other facilities located on the FCT/NOVA Campus and/or in other facilities that may be necessary for its execution, under the scientific guidance of Dr. Luís Pereira. UNINOVA will be the contracting entity.

Duration of the grant: The fellowship will have an estimated duration of 5 (five) months, until December 31, 2023, possibly renewable within the duration of the project, as long as it does not exceed the period mentioned in point b) of the admission requirements and is scheduled to begin in July 2023.

Application deadline and form of submission of applications: The competition is open for the period from June 30^th to July 13^th 2023.

Applications must be formalised by submitting the following documentation:

...        Letter of application;

...        Curriculum Vitae;

...        Motivation Letter;

...        Certificate of Qualifications (and grade recognition, if applicable) or declaration of commitment of honor on the ownership of such element(s), according to the draft available on the UNINOVA website (https://www.uninova.pt/job-opportunity/internal-documents),  in the Job Opportunities tab.

            Upon contracting, the Certificate of Qualifications (and Grade Recognition Certificate, if applicable) must be delivered;

...        Informed consent statement duly dated and signed, according to the draft available on the UNINOVA website  (https://www.uninova.pt/job-opportunity/internal-documents),  in the Job Opportunities tab;

...        Copy of ID;

...        Other documents attesting to what was reported on the CV.

In the event of contractualization, the selected candidate must present the Proof of registration in a doctorate or in a course not conferring an academic degree.

Applications must be submitted to UNINOVA or submitted by email  to cenimat.rh@fct.unl.pt, and to recrutamento@uninova.pt with the subject BI-Mestre-CELLECTIVE-02.7/2023.