Open Research Fellow Position for a Master Student | CEICEF_2023

Admission Requirements:
Candidates must hold a bachelor degree in a Social Sciences area and be enrolled in a Master's Degree in a Social Sciences area (Article 6 of FCT Regulation for Research Fellowships -Reg. nr. 950/2019).
Academic degrees obtained in foreign countries shall be registered by a Portuguese institution, according to the Decree-Law nr. 66/2018, of August, 16th, and the Ordinance nr. 33/2019, of January, 25th. It is mandatory to present the certificate to sign the contract.
More information is available on: https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/reconhecimento?plid=374

Monthly maintenance allowance:
According to the values for Research Fellowships awarded by FCT in Portugal
(https://former.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores.phtml.ptthe amount of the monthly maintenance allowance is
930,98 € € + Voluntary Social Security Insurance (SSV). The payment will be made monthly by Bank Transfer.

Selection methods:
The selection process will be developed based on the curriculum evaluation. In the event that several candidates demonstrate that they have the profile suited for carrying out the workplan, the jury reserves the right to call the three best rated candidates on the curriculum evaluation for an interview that will have a weight of 40% in the final grade. If the jury deems it unnecessary to conduct an interview, the curriculum evaluation will have a final weighting of 100%.
The evaluation and ranking criteria are as follows:
a) academic path (30%);
b) research experience (40%)
c) experience demonstrated in the items indicated in the preferred factors (30%).
The curriculum evaluation of candidates will proceed in compliance with the criteria indicated, on an entire scale between 0 and 100.

The jury reserves the right to:
a) invite the best-scoring candidate for the position in question, following the order established in the final ranking list, whenever the selected candidate does not meet the requirements for formalizing the contract or in case of unavailability;
b) not award the fellowship if none of the candidates matches the desired profile.

Work plan:
This work is primarily concerned with research, collection and analysis of information on internationalisation in higher education and any related topics of interest to this Commission.
A Master's thesis may be based on the work developed.

Composition of the selection Jury: President: Doctor José Vicente Serrão (CIES-Iscte/Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa), Doctor Patrícia Ávila (CIES-Iscte e Universidade da Beira Interior) and Doctor Diana Mendes (BRU-Iscte/Iscte – Instituto Universitário de Lisboa).
Notification of the results:
The final evaluation results will be publicized through a list of admitted and excluded and a final ranking list, with all candidates being notified by email. There will be 10 working days for complaints/appeals following the announcement of the results.
Application period and documents:
The call is open from September 20 until October 11, 2023.
Applications must be formalised on Iscte's recruitment portal (https://recrutamento.iscte-iul.pt/jobs) by submitting the following documents:
i) detailed Curriculum Vitae;
ii) copy of the bachelor’s degree certificate with the grades of the curricular units listed;
iii) proof of enrollment at a master academic degree course or, alternatively, a declaration on honor that the candidate will be able to present this document on the date of signing the contract;
iv) other relevant documents, including letter(s) of recommendation.

Applications submitted by any other means will not be considered.