One (1) Research Initiation Scholarship (BII)

Enrolment in a Musicology degree (Licentiate) or equivalent.

Applicable legislation and regulations:

Research Initiation Scholarships - Compliance with the provisions of article 5 of the FCT Research Scholarships Regulation (Reg. no. 950/2019):

a) be enrolled in a higher professional technical course, a degree, an integrated master's degree or a master's degree, or be a graduate and be 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 several R&D units;

b) not exceed, with the conclusion of the fellowship contract in question, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of one year in this type of fellowship, consecutive or interspersed;

c) not have already benefited from any other research grant directly or indirectly financed by FCT.

Academic degrees obtained in foreign countries require registration by a Portuguese institution, in accordance with Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16, and Ordinance No. 33/2019, of January 25. The presentation of the certificate is mandatory for the signature of the contract. More information can be obtained at: https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/reconhecimento?plid=374

Law no. 40/2004, of 18 August (Statute of Scientific Research Fellows), as amended by Decree-Law no. 123/2019, of 28 August; FCT Research Grants Regulation, available at https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf and https://dre.pt/application/file/a/127230968

Preferential requirements: second year of the degree completed at the time the studentship starts, command of written English and IT skills. Previous experience with the Portuguese Early Music Database.

The research fellowship corresponds to €541,12 monthly

Selection process: The selection methods will be the following: a) curriculum evaluation, on a grading scale from 0 to 10, with weighting of the academic background (0-5 points) and the preferential requirements (0-5 points); b) optional interview, carried out by decision of the jury. In the event of an interview, the weighting of each of the selection methods, a) and b), will be 50%.

The approved candidates will be notified by e-mail in due course. The candidates will be notified of the date and place of the interview by the same means.

The final results, in the form of a list ordered according to the points obtained by each candidate, will be published on the CESEM website (http://cesem.fcsh.unl.pt), and the successful candidate will be notified by email.

Composition of the Jury:

President: Elsa De Luca, PI of ECHOES;

1st member: Manuel Pedro Ferreira, University Professor;

2nd member: Svetlana Poliakova, Assistant Professor;

substitute member: Alberto Medina de Seiça, Integrated Researcher;

substitute member: Zuelma Chaves, PhD Scholarship FCT.

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.pdf