Research Fellowship - 53/ECUM/CFUM/2023 – NanoAir-1 vacancy

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

53/ECUM/CFUM/2023 - NanoAir Research Fellowship - 1 vacancy

A call for applications is now open for the attribution of one (1) Research Grant (BI) for Masters enrolled in a PhD program or Masters enrolled in non-degree courses, within the scope of the R&D project NanoAir – Nanomaterials Applied on Innovative Road Pavements for Air-Cleaning, (PTDC/FIS-MAC/6606/2020), financed by national funds through FCT/MCTES, through the Operational Program PIDDAC, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Physics Engineering, Optical Engineering or related areas.

Recipient category: Research grant (BI) for R&D activities for Masters enrolled in a PhD program or Masters enrolled in non-degree courses as part of the institution's educational project, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units.

Requirement for granting the fellowship:

•             The applicants may apply without prior registration in the course for which the fellowship is open. The requirement to enroll in a degree course or non-academic degree course will be verified on the date of contracting the fellowship;

•             Only fellowships whose selected applicants present a valid proof of enrollment in a degree course or non-academic degree course will be contracted, according to the type of the fellowship, issued by the academic services of the Higher Education Institution, indicating, respectively, the academic year or its duration (star and term).

•             Enrollment in non-certified course (without curricular units) will not be considered as proof of enrollment

 Candidates profile: On the date of the respective hiring, candidates must prove enrolment in PhD in Civil Engineering, or in a related field, or non-academic degree course. It is a mandatory requirement to have a background in Physics Engineering, Optical Engineering, or related areas; Preferred factors: background in Civil Engineering.

Applicants’ eligibility: Applicants must comply with the eligibility conditions laid down in article 9 of the Research Grants Regulation of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2019).

Workplan and objectives to be achieved:

1) Definition and analysis of the parameters involved in assessing the impacts of a road modified with advanced materials: economic, health, environmental, and life cycle.

2) Analysis of the economic viability of the developed technology.

Applicable legislation and regulations: Research Fellowship Holder Statutes, approved by Law no. 40/2004 of August 18, in its current version published by Decree-Law no. 123/2019 of august 28; Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in “Diário da República”, 2nd serie, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021 and Regulation of Research Studentships and Fellowships (RBI) of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. - in force.

Host/Contracting institution and scientific supervision: The work will be developed at the Physics Center of the Universities of Minho and Porto (CF-UM-UP) and at the Institute for Sustainability and Innovation in Structural Engineering (ISISE) at the University of Minho, in Guimarães, under the scientific guidance of professor Joaquim Alexandre dos Santos Almeida de Oliveira Carneiro, professor Elisabete Fraga de Freitas and Doctor Iran Gomes da Rocha Segundo.

Fellowship duration: The scholarship is scheduled to start in November 2023 and final at the end of the project.

Amount of the research grant: The value stipend (Monthly Maintenance Allowance) is 1.199,64 Euros per month, in accordance with the stipends values published by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT I.P.) in the country (Annex I – Monthly Stipends Values for the maintenance allowances of the FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships) and Annex II of the Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in “Diário da República”, 2nd serie, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021, according to the applicable regulation.

Payment is made on the 23st of each month, through bank transfer to the Bank Identification Number of the fellow identified in the contractualization process.