Scholarship for a Bachelor’s Degree - Project MONSOON

CIDEHUS - Centro Interdisciplinar de História, Culturas e Sociedades da

Universidade de Évora

Research Scholarship for a Bachelor´s Degree – 1 Vacancy

27^th of June of 2023

A call for tenders is open for one Scholarship for a Bachelor´s degree holder within the scope of the project MONSOON – The Habsburg Estado da Índia in digital perspective (1580-1640), 2022.07730.PTDC, financed by national funds through FCT/MCTES, under the following conditions:

Scientific area: Informatics and Engineering

Admission requirements:

The candidates must have a degree in Informatics, Mathematics Applied to Economics and Management, Engineering and Technology, or similar, without the possibility of substituting qualifications for training or professional experience.

Other preferred job requirements are:

- Computer knowledge in the area of WEB programming;

- General knowledge of programming, namely in PHP, HTML, JQUERY, SOLR and Python;

-Experience working in databases and linked data.

As set forth FCT Research Scholarship Regulation No. 950/2019 of December 16, 2019, article 3 and 6, candidates for “BI” (Research Grants) must comply as a rule condition for the award of the scholarship, the effective inclusion in study cycles leading to the attribution of academic degrees or in courses not leading to an academic degree. Courses that do not confer an academic degree correspond to the courses provided for in subparagraph e) of paragraph 3 of article 4 of Decree-Law No. 74/2006 of 24 March and must be developed in a higher education institution in association with at least one R&D unit, including a course plan in one or several research areas of the unit.

Work plan:

The scholarship holder must carry out the following tasks throughout the duration of the scholarship:

1. Support for the tasks of the MONSOON project;
2. Elaboration of a digital platform for the different outputs of the project;
3. Articulation between software (INCEPTION, QGIS, GEPHI);
4. Publication of multimedia material concerning the project;
5. Elaboration of a video;
6. Collaboration in the organization of events.

Applicable legislation and regulations: The granting of the Research Scholarship will be carried out upon the signing of a contract between the University of Évora and the scholarship holder, as set in the template former.fct.pt/apoios/Minuta_Contrato_Bolsa.docx, pursuant to the Research Scholarship Statute (Law No. 40/2004 of August 18 and Decree-Law No. 123/2019 of August 28) and in accordance with the legislation and Regulation of Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, IP in force, regulation nº950/2019 of December 16, 2019: https://files.dre.pt/2s/2019/12/241000000/0009100105.pdfand other applicable rules.

Place of work: The work will be developed at CIDEHUS – Interdisciplinary center for History, Societies and Cultures of the University of Évora, under the scientific guidance of the Doctor Ana Sofia Ribeiro and e Doctor Renata Vieira.

Duration of the scholarship: The scholarship will have a duration of 8 months, starting on September 2023. The scholarship contract may be renewed up to the end of the funding project's budget allocation.

Amount of monthly maintenance allowance: The amount of the scholarship corresponds to €930,98, according to the table of scholarships awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in Portugal (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_2023.pdf), payments being made monthly, by check or bank transfer.

Selection methods: The selection methods to be used will be the following: curriculum evaluation and interview, with the respective valuation of 80% and 20%. Both criteria will be evaluated up to 100 points.

Composition of the Selection Jury:

President: Doctor Ana Sofia Ribeiro

Efective Member: Doctor Renata Vieira

Efective Member: Doctor Daniela Schmidt

Alternate Member: Doctor Paulo Quaresma

Alternate Member: Doctor Marlo Souza

Advertising/notification of results: The final results of the evaluation will be publicized, through an ordered list by final grade obtained sent by email to all candidates and posted in a visible and public place at Palácio do Vimioso of Évora University, being the approved candidate notified through email.

To ensure the right of prior hearing of interested parties, the Final Classification project will be announced by any written means to all interested parties.

After communicating the provisional list of the results of the evaluation, candidates have a period of 10 working days to express their opinion in a preliminary hearing of interested parties.

Application deadline and submission of applications: The tender is open from July 12^th to August 10^th of 2023 and the results of the selection will be published by August 18^th of 2023.

Applications must be formalized, obligatorily, by sending an application letter with the following documents: Curriculum Vitae, certificate of qualifications, motivation letter and other supporting documents considered relevant.

For the purposes of application, the evidence may be replaced by a declaration of honor signed by the candidate, but the failure to demonstrate that evidence, in the contracting phase, possession of the required degree on the deadline for application or the non-presentation of proof of enrollment in the study cycle or non-degree course, for scholarships with this component, imply the cancellation of the candidate's application.

Academic degrees obtained in foreign countries require registration by a Portuguese Institution in accordance with Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of August 16 and Ordinance No. 33/2019, of January 25th.

The presentation of the certificate is mandatory for the signing of the contract. More information can be obtained at: https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/recognition?plid=374 

Applications must be sent by email to:

Doctor Renata Vieira

CIDEHUS – Interdisiciplinary Center for History, Cultures and Societies of the University of Évora

email: cidehus@uevora.pt