It is open competition for the award of two Research Grants (BI) under the project PRR-C05-i03-I-000242 - FeedValue - Potential use and valorisation of by-products in the manufacture of compound feed for animals and in the production of organic fertilizers, under the provisions of paragraph a) of paragraph 1 of article 2 of the Statute of the Research Fellow in the wording given by Decree-Law No. 950/2019 of 16 December, under the following conditions:

Funding Sources: The project is funded by PRR-C05-i03-I-000242 - FeedValue - Potential use and valorisation of by-products in the manufacture of compound feed for animals and in the production of organic fertilizers

Scientific Area: Agricultural Sciences

Admission requirements:

Students enrolled in a doctoral degree in Agricultural Sciences or related areas, or a master’s degree in the scientific area of Agricultural Sciences enrolled in courses not conferring an academic degree integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units.

The proof of registration must be made until the contractualization, and the candidate may attach a declaration of commitment of honor in how he meets the admission requirements.

If the degree has been conferred by a foreign higher education institution, it must comply with the provisions of Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of 16 August, and Ordinance no. 33/2019, of 25 January, and any formalities established therein must be fulfilled until the date of hiring.

Preferential Conditions:

Preferential conditions are: proven experience in the area of Animal Science, research projects in the area of Agricultural Sciences, project management, as well as participation in research, demonstration and dissemination activities, with high motivation to work in teams, good fluency in Portuguese and good level of English read, written and spoken.

Work plan: Collaboration on different tasks in the context of the FeedValue project namely: "Collaboration on different project tasks. In vivo experimental assays to evaluate the zootechnical performance and enteric methane emission of sheep with different diets. Laboratory tests to evaluate the emission of gases from sheep and cattle manure with different food by-products. Data collection, organization and database management. Treatment and integration of data and results according to the objectives of the project. Critical analysis of the results. Preparation of reports. The work will be developed at the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu."

Applicable laws and regulations: Law No. 40/2004 of August 18, which approves the Statute of the Research Fellow, amended by Decree-Law No. 202/2012 of August 27, by Law No. 12/2013, of January 29, by Decree-Law No. 89/2013, of July 9 and by Decree-Law No. 950/2019 of December 16, FCT Research Grants Regulation,  Available at https://www.fct.pt/financiamento/programas-de-financiamento/bolsas/ and Regulation of Research Grants of the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu, published in the Diário da República, no. 112, 2nd series, of June 9, 2020.

Workplace: The work will be developed in the facilities of the Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu and may be temporary and occasionally developed in the partner entities of the project, under the scientific guidance of Professor José Luís da Silva Pereira.

Duration of the scholarship: The scholarship will have a duration of 12 months, starting in July 2024, possibly renewable until the maximum term provided for in article 3 paragraph 2 of the Statute of the Research Fellow, and may not, in any case, exceed the end of the project.

Amount of the monthly maintenance allowance: The amount of the scholarship will be 1259,64€ according to the table of values of the stock exchanges in force fixed for this type of exchange by the FCT (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_atualizacao-2024.pdf). The payment of the scholarship is made between the 20th and 30th of each month through transfer to the NIB of the Scholarship Holder indicated in the Contracting Process.

Selection methods: Applications will be evaluated taking into account the merit of the candidate and his resume, and there may be recourse by the jury to an interview where the communication skills and knowledge acquired with the work already carried out will be evaluated, with the respective evaluation:

A. Basic academic qualification (30%); B. Proven experience in recent research, demonstration and dissemination activities within the scientific area of the application (40%); C. Interview (30%). The three best classified in the sum of criteria A and B will be selected for the interview.

Composition of the Selection Jury:

President: Professor José Luís da Silva Pereira, Coordinator professor with habilitation of the Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu

Effective Member: Professor António Manuel Cardoso Monteiro, Coordinator professor of the Agrarian School of Viseu of the Superior Agrarian School of Viseu

Effective Member: Professor Dulcineia Maria de Sousa Ferreira Wessel, Coordinator professor of the Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu

Alternate Member: Professor Jorge Belarmino Ferreira de Oliveira, Coordinator professor of the Escola Superior Agrária de Viseu.

Form of publicity / notification of the results: The final results of the selection process will be published in an ordered list posted in a visible and public place of the Central Services of the Polytechnic Institute of Viseu; notifications to candidates will be made by e-mail.

By decision of the jury, a scholarship of candidates may be constituted, with a validity of 18 months after the date of completion of the selection process.

The final results will always be conditioned and subject to the obligation to comply with the provisions of the Statute of the Research Fellow.

After disclosure of the draft results of the evaluation, candidates have 10 working days to comment, if they understand in accordance with the Code of Administrative Procedure (CPA). The final decision will be taken within a maximum of 15 working days after the conclusion of the prior hearing of the interested parties, of which a complaint may be lodged within 15 working days after notification.

Contract and final report templates: The contract model and the final report to be prepared by the scholarship holder and the advisor are those that are annexed to the IPV research grants regulation.

Application deadline and form of submission of applications: The competition is open in  the period from 13/06/2024 to 26/06/2024, only applications being admitted within the established deadline.

Applications must be formalized, mandatorily, through e-mail to ipv_nbolseiro@sc.ipv.pt indicating the reference of the project in the subject (PRR-C05-i03-I-000242 - FeedValue - BI Master), accompanied by the following documents, duly dated and signed:

• Declaration under commitment of honor in how the candidate will enroll until the date of contractualization in a master's or doctoral  degree in the scientific area of Agricultural Sciences or related or in course not conferring an academic degree integrated in the educational project of a Portuguese higher education institution, under the terms required as conditions of admission,  or proof of said inscriptions;
• Certificate of degree and/or master for candidates who compete as enrolees in a course not conferring an academic degree integrated in the educational project of an institution of higher education in the scientific area of Agricultural Sciences with one or more R&D units;
• Detailed Curriculum Vitae, with telephone contact, e-mail and documents considered relevant by the candidate.

The selection / ranking is conditioned and will only give rise to effective hiring if the candidate has delivered, by the end of the deadlines established in this notice, all the documents necessary for hiring.

Applications submitted by hand or by CTT are not accepted.

The  Vice President of the Institute, Professor Helena Maria Vala Correia