Job Information
- Organisation/Company
- FEUP
- Department
- Human Resources Division
- Research Field
- Engineering » Electrical engineeringEngineering » Computer engineeringEngineering » Mechanical engineeringEngineering » Biomedical engineering
- Researcher Profile
- First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Country
- Portugal
- Application Deadline
- Type of Contract
- Other
- Job Status
- Full-time
- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
- Not funded by an EU programme
- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
- No
Offer Description
1 Research Grant Announcement (M/F)
Call open for applications for a research grant within the framework of project Sensitive Industry, with nr.182852, co-financed by Operational Programme for Competitiveness and Internationalization (COMPETE 2020), through national funds, under the following conditions:
Scientific Area: Computer Vision
Admission requirements: Candidates who cumulatively meet the following two requirements may apply for this grant:
Requirement 1:
- Be a student enrolled in a doctoral program in the area of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering, or related field, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.
or
- Holder of an academic degree enrolled in a non-academic degree course integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.
Note: In the case of masters who are enrolled in non-academic degree courses, the scholarship can only be awarded to those who do not exceed, with this scholarship contract, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of two years in that typology of the scholarship, followed or interpolated.
and
Requirement 2:
- Hold a master’s degree in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or related field.
If the degree has been awarded by a foreign higher education institution, it must comply with the provisions of the Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of august 16th, and any formalities established there must be fulfilled until the time of signing the contract.
Activity Outline: Object segmentation, classification, recognition and tracking; Data fusion; Tests and validation. .
Profile 110: Tasks SP1.A3.T4; SP1.A3.T5; SP1.A3.T7; SP1.A3.T8; SP1.A3.T9; SP1.A3.T10; SP1.A6.T2; SP1.A6.T3; SP1.A6.T4.
These tasks might be adjusted depending on the feasibility of the project. All changes that imply the assignment to other tasks will be subject to a request for approval by the Agência para o Investimento e Comércio Externo de Portugal (AICEP).
Legislation and regulations: Law Nº. 40/2004, of 18th August, in its current wording (Statutes of Scientific Research Fellow) and Regulation of Research Grants of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, in force ( https://www.fct.pt/financiamento/programas-de-financiamento/bolsas/ ) and Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto, in force.
Work place: The work will be developed at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Professor João Manuel Ribeiro da Silva Tavares.
Grant duration: Initial duration of 12 months, with the predicted starting date in May 2024, on an exclusive basis eventually renewable but never exceeding the end of the project.
The eventual renewal of the scholarship will be carried out as determined in article 6 of the Research Grants Regulation of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.
Stipend: The grant stipend amounts to 1.259,64€ according to the table of values of the grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/financiamento/programas-de-financiamento/bolsas/). The payment will be made by bank transfer.
Selection procedure:
The curriculum of the candidates (60%) will be evaluated based on the merit of the candidate and the following factors will be weighted:
a) Academic training (Master in Master in Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Engineering, Mechanical Engineering, Biomedical Engineering – 10 points; Others Masters – 2 points)
b) Publications in the area of Computer Vision – 5 points, Publications in other areas – 2 points
c) Research Experience in the project area – 5 points; in related areas – 3 points; Other areas – 1 point
The curriculum of each candidate will be evaluated in a 1-20 points scale. Candidates with less than 13 points in the curricular evaluation will not be invited for the interview.
In the interview (40%) topics related with the work plan, experience and the candidate’s CV will be discussed with the invited candidates.
Selection Jury:
President: Professor João Manuel Ribeiro da Silva Tavares
Effective member: Professor José Joaquim da Mota Machado
Effective member: Professor Jorge Manuel Gomes Barbosa
Supplementary member: Professor Joaquim Gabriel Magalhães Mendes
Supplementary member: Professor António Manuel Ferreira Mendes Lopes
Advertisement of final decision: The results of the evaluation will be released to the candidates
by email to the email address indicated in the application process.
Deadline for applications and form of presentation of the applications:
The call is open from 01-04-2024 to 12-04-2024 (until 23h59m, GMT time).
Applications must be formalized by email to tavares@fe.up.pt and to recursoshumanos@fe.up.pt, clearly stating the reference FEUP-Sensitive Industry_Perfil_110, and including the following pdf documents: Motivation letter, Copy of certificates evidencing academic degree (referring the classification of each separated or integrated degree), detailed Curriculum Vitae; Declaration on honor that the candidate fulfills the requirement contained in article 6 of the Regulation for Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. (model below, for student enrolled in a non-academic degree course integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units) and other documents considered relevant by the applicant.
In order to assure that all documents can be read, the preferred saving format is the Portable Document Format (.pdf).
Declaration on honour
I, (identification of the scholarship holder), holder of the Citizen Card / Visa / Residence Permit no. valid until _____, declare under honour, to be in the conditions of no. 5 of article 6º of the Research Grants from FCT, IP - Regulation No. 950/2019, of 16 December.
Oporto, __/__/__
Signature
_________________
(scholarship holder)
Requirements
- Research Field
- Engineering » Electrical engineering
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
- Research Field
- Engineering » Computer engineering
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
- Research Field
- Engineering » Mechanical engineering
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
- Research Field
- Engineering » Biomedical engineering
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
Full announcement also available at https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?p_nr=161952
Full announcement also available at https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?p_nr=161952
Additional Information
1259,064 euros
Full announcement also available at https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?p_nr=161952
Full announcement also available at https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?p_nr=161952
Full announcement also available at https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt/noticias_geral.ver_noticia?p_nr=161952
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available
- 1
- Company/Institute
- FEUP
- Country
- Portugal
- Geofield
Where to apply
- recursoshumanos@fe.up.pt
Contact
- City
- Porto
- Website
- Street
- Rua Dr. Roberto Frias s/n
- Postal Code
- 4200-465