Post-doctoral Research Fellowship

PhD in Linguistics. Preference will be given to candidates with a research background in second language acquisition and experimental phonology.

Essential skills:

§  Strong background in experimental design (in setting up and running speech perception and production experiments in Gorilla or similar online platforms, in particular)

§  Experience in collecting data online

§  Ability to use audio-recording equipment and tools for processing audio files

§  Knowledge of data analysis, including linear-mixed effects modeling

§  Excellent publication and conference presentation record

§  Functional competence in written and spoken English (if non-native)

Desirable skills:

§  Experience in conducting systematic reviews and meta-analyses

§  Experience in writing ethics protocols and preregistration forms

§  Experience in coordinating small research teams

§  Excellent time-management skills

Ability to speak and/or understand Portuguese

Functional competence in written and spoken English (if non-native).

Ability to speak and/or understand Portuguese.

Preference will be given to candidates with a research background in phonetics and phonology, laboratory phonology and second language acquisition.

The salary will be based on the pay scale of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology, please see link below.

The current salary for post-doctoral Research Fellows is 1,741€ per month.

To be eligible for his position (Art. 7, Reg. n.º 950/2019, FCT Regulations), applicants need to fulfil the following criteria:

1.       Completion of a doctorate in the three years prior to the submission of the application to this position;

2.       Completion of a doctorate in an institution that is different from the host institution of this project (NOVA University Lisbon);

3.       Applicants cannot exceed three years of post-doctoral experience in the same type category (FCT post-doctoral Research Fellowship), including the contractual period of this project.

4.       Applicants cannot have been employed as a post-doctoral Research Fellow at FCSH beforehand.

As noted above, applicants whose doctoral degree was granted by a university outside of Portugal are required to have the degree officially recognized by the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (Ministério da Ciência, Tecnologia e Ensino Superior) before signing the employment contract.

https://www.dges.gov.pt/en/pagina/degree-and-diploma-recognition

Evaluation criteria:

CV – 35%

Interview – 25%

Short presentation – 15%

Writing sample (2 papers) – 15%

References – 10%

The short presentation should consist of two parts. In the first part, the candidate should summarize one of their recent empirical studies and reflect on their scientific relevance and impact. In the second part, the candidate should focus on the topic of online data collection. The section should include a reflection on advantages and disadvantages of collecting data remotely (via the internet). The presentation will take place online and should last up to 10 minutes. Evaluation criteria include clarity of presentation, capacity to synthesize and reflect on research findings and methodologies, and relevance of the presentation to the ProPerL2 project.

Interview panel: Professor Susana Correia (Chair), Professor Anabela Rato, Professor Patrick Rebuschat (Substitute: Professor Rute Costa)

Notification of results: The successful applicant will be notified via email. After the publication of the results, candidates have 10 days to

After communication of the provisional list with the evaluation results, candidates have a period of 10 working days to comment, if they wish, in a prior hearing of interested parties, under the terms of article 121 in the Code of Administrative Procedure. The final decision must be taken within a maximum period of 60 working days after the conclusion of the prior hearing of interested parties or the public consultation. A complaint may be lodged against the final decision within 15 working days, or an appeal may be lodged with the maximum executive body of the funding body within 30 working days, both after the respective notification.

Draft_ scholarship_contract: https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/static/documentos/concursos/bolseiros/Minutas/Contrato_Bolsa.pdf

Draft_Final report to be prepared by the grantee: https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/static/documentos/concursos/bolseiros/Minutas/Relatorio_%20final_bolseiro.pdf

Draft_Final report to be prepared by the supervisor: https://www.fcsh.unl.pt/static/documentos/concursos/bolseiros/Minutas/Relatorio_final_a_elaborar_pelo_Orientador_Cientifico.pt