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14 Mar 2025

Job Information

Organisation/Company
Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento _IST-ID
Department
DRH
Research Field
Engineering » Nuclear engineering
Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Positions
Master Positions
Country
Portugal
Application Deadline
Type of Contract
Not Applicable
Job Status
Not Applicable
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by a EU programme
Reference Number
PTDC/FIS-PLA/1616/2021
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

Applications are open for 1 Research Studentship, within the framework of project PARADiSE – The plasma road to solar fuels in Associação do Instituto Superior Técnico para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento (IST-ID), 1801P.0119.1.01, financed by national funds through FCT/MCTES (PIDDAC

Workplan: This fellowship is aimed at developing modeling tools for the study of low-temperature plasmas, specifically focusing on the development of actinometry techniques to be integrated into the Lisbon Kinetics (LoKI) tool for the study of CF4 plasmas. The work will build upon and expand ongoing research dedicated to describing CO2 plasmas for the detection of oxygen atom concentrations.

Duration: The research fellowship will have the duration of 5 months and is expected to begin in March 2025. The grant contract can be renovated up to the maximum of 12 months, including the duration of the initial contract. When the academic degree or diploma is awarded during the term of the scholarship contract, the scholarship can be completed under the contractual terms established.

It is mandatory to formalize applications with the submission of the following documents: i) B1 Form – Fellowship application (https://ist-id.pt/concursos/bolsas/  ); ii) Curriculum Vitae; iii) academic degree certificate, where applicable; iv) proof of enrollment at a course that does not award an academic degree; v) motivation letter; vi) declaration on honour that the applicant does not exceed with this contract an accumulated period of two years in this type of studentship, continuously or with interruptions. 

Applications must be submitted to the emailcarla.reis@tecnico.ulisboa.pt 

Where to apply

E-mail
carla.reis@tecnico.ulisboa.pt

Requirements

Research Field
Physics » Other
Education Level
Master Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications

Admission Requirements: 

               a) to hold a bachelor or master degree and be enrolled at a course that does not award an academic degree and it is integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, performed in association or cooperation with one or several R&D units;

b) not to exceed with this contract, including the possible renovations, an accumulated period of two years in this type of studentship, continuously or with interruptions. 

Additional Information

Benefits

Monthly maintenance allowance: According to the values for Research Fellowships awarded by FCT in Portugal (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tabela_valores_SMM_2025.pdf ), the amount of the monthly maintenance allowance is € 1309,64, being the payment method of the Fellow by wire transfer.

Eligibility criteria

Admission Requirements: 

               a) to hold a bachelor or master degree and be enrolled at a course that does not award an academic degree and it is integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, performed in association or cooperation with one or several R&D units;

b) not to exceed with this contract, including the possible renovations, an accumulated period of two years in this type of studentship, continuously or with interruptions. 

Selection process

Selection methods: The selection methods will be the following: curriculum evaluation, motivation letter and interview, classified on a scale from 1 to 5, with the respective weights of 40%, 30% and 30%. Preferential factor: experience in modelling or laboratory work in plasmas.

Composition of the selection Jury: Vasco Guerra, Tiago Silva and Pedro Viegas

Announcement/ notification of the results: The final evaluation results will be communicated to all applicants by email.

Deadlines and procedures of complaint and appeal. A complaint may be lodged from the final decision within 15 working days, or an appeal to the Executive Board of IST-ID within 30 working days, both counted from the respective notification.

Additional comments

Legislation and Regulations: Statute of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law nr. 40/2004, of August 18, as worded by Decree-Law nr. 123/2019, of August 28; FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships, available on https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf and https://dre.pt/application/file/a/127230968 .

Workplace: The work will be developed at Institute for Plasmas and Nuclear Fusion (IPFN) under the scientific supervision of Dr. Tiago Silva.

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Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
IST-ID
Country
Portugal
Geofield

Contact

City
Lisbon
Website
Street
Av. Rovisco Pais
Postal Code
1049-001 Lisboa

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