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5 PhD Research Grants in the area of Communication Sciences and Technologies in the scope of the collaboration protocol between FCT and DigiMedia Research Center

11 Nov 2022

Job Information

Organisation/Company
University of Aveiro
Department
Department of Communication and Art
Research Field
Communication sciences
Communication sciences » Media studies
Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
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 an EU programme
Reference Number
UI/05460/2020
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

The Digital Media and Interaction Research Centre (DigiMedia) of the University of Aveiro (UA) opens a call for tender for the award of 5 (five) PhD Research Grants, in the area of Communication Sciences and Technologies, under the Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da FCT (RBI) and the Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação (EBI).

The grants will be funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) under the Protocolo de Colaboração para Financiamento do Plano Plurianual de Bolsas de Investigação para Estudantes de Doutoramento, signed between FCT and the Digital Media and Interaction Research Center (DigiMedia), (UI/05460/2020).

Deadline for applications and how to submit applications:

The call is open from November 11, 2022 and 11:59 pm (Lisbon time) on December 9, 2022.

Applications should be sent by e-mail to digimedia@ua.pt (email address).

Requirements for Eligibility of the Candidate:

To apply for a PhD Research Grant, you must:

• Have a degree or a master's degree in Communication Sciences and Technologies or in areas considered to be related.

• Permanently and habitually live in Portugal, if the work plan associated with the grant takes place, partially, in foreign institutions (mixed grants), a requirement applicable to both national and foreign citizens.

• Not having benefited from a doctoral or doctoral grant in companies directly funded by FCT, regardless of its duration.

• Not hold a Doctor's degree.

Regarding the aforementioned eligibility requirements, the following should be noted:

• In the case of academic degrees awarded by foreign higher education institutions, and in order to ensure the application of the principle of equal treatment to candidates who hold foreign and national academic degrees, the recognition of these degrees and the conversion of the respective final classification for the Portuguese classification scale is mandatory.

The recognition of foreign academic degrees and diplomas as well as the conversion of the final classification to the Portuguese classification scale can be requested at any public higher education institution, or at Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES, only in the case of automatic recognition). Regarding this matter, we suggest consulting the DGES portal at the following address: http://www.dges.gov.pt.

• Only candidates who have completed the cycle of studies leading to a Degree or Master's degree by the end of the application period will be admitted. If they do not yet have a course completion certificate, a declaration of honor from candidates that they have completed the necessary qualifications for the purposes of the competition will be accepted by the end of the application deadline. The granting of the grant is always dependent on the presentation of proof of ownership of the academic qualifications necessary.

Requirements for Eligibility of Application:

Applications must be formalized by sending the following documents:

• Elements of the identity card/citizen card/passport;

• Curriculum vitae of the candidate, which must include: identification, academic path, professional experience, participation in scientific events (with or without communication), participation in research projects, publications, other elements considered relevant for the assessment of the application (the mentioned indicators in the CV, such as scientific articles, must be accessible online or the respective proof must be submitted in the application);

• Qualification certificates of the academic degrees held, specifying the final classification and, if possible, the classifications obtained in all the subjects taken, or, alternatively, a declaration of honor by the candidate that he/she completed the degree or master's degree until the end the application deadline;

• Registration of recognition of academic degrees awarded by foreign higher education institutions and registration of the conversion of the respective final classification to the Portuguese classification scale, or, alternatively, declaration of honor by the candidate that he/she obtained the recognition of the foreign degree equivalent to that of graduate or master until the end of the application period;

• Motivation letter;

• Work plan to be developed, with the following mandatory elements: title, supervisor(s), abstract (up to 150 words), keywords, state of the art (up to 500 words), research questions and/or objectives, detailed description (up to 1,000 words), schedule and execution indicators, framework and relevance for the strategic project of DigiMedia (up to 300 words), bibliographic references (up to 20 references);

• Write the application and all documents associated with it, including motivation letters, in Portuguese or English.

Work plan:

The work plan is part of the proposal submitted by the candidate, in order to comply with the Requirements for Eligibility of Application.

The execution of the planned work plan will be under the scientific supervision of an integrated doctoral researcher from DigiMedia.

Type and duration of the grants:

Research grants for doctoral studies are intended to fund the carrying out of research activities leading to the achievement of the academic degree of Doctor in Portuguese universities.

The research activities will take place at DigiMedia, which will be the host institution for the grantees, without prejudice to the work being carried out in collaboration between more than one institution.

The research activities must be framed in the strategic plan of DigiMedia, and must be developed within the scope of the following Doctoral Programs:

• Doctoral Program in New Media, University of Aveiro

• Doctoral Program in Information and Communication on Digital Platforms, a partnership between the University of Aveiro and the University of Porto

• Doctoral Program in Multimedia in Education, University of Aveiro

The duration of the grants is, as a rule, annual, renewable up to a maximum of four years (48 months), and cannot be awarded for a period of less than 3 consecutive months.

 

 

 

 

Requirements

Research Field
Communication sciences
Education Level
Undergraduate
Specific Requirements

Requirements for Eligibility of the Candidate:

To apply for a PhD Research Grant, you must:

• Have a degree or a master's degree in Communication Sciences and Technologies or in areas considered to be related.

• Permanently and habitually live in Portugal, if the work plan associated with the grant takes place, partially, in foreign institutions (mixed grants), a requirement applicable to both national and foreign citizens.

• Not having benefited from a doctoral or doctoral grant in companies directly funded by FCT, regardless of its duration.

• Not hold a Doctor's degree.

Regarding the aforementioned eligibility requirements, the following should be noted:

• In the case of academic degrees awarded by foreign higher education institutions, and in order to ensure the application of the principle of equal treatment to candidates who hold foreign and national academic degrees, the recognition of these degrees and the conversion of the respective final classification for the Portuguese classification scale is mandatory.

The recognition of foreign academic degrees and diplomas as well as the conversion of the final classification to the Portuguese classification scale can be requested at any public higher education institution, or at Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES, only in the case of automatic recognition). Regarding this matter, we suggest consulting the DGES portal at the following address: http://www.dges.gov.pt.

• Only candidates who have completed the cycle of studies leading to a Degree or Master's degree by the end of the application period will be admitted. If they do not yet have a course completion certificate, a declaration of honor from candidates that they have completed the necessary qualifications for the purposes of the competition will be accepted by the end of the application deadline. The granting of the grant is always dependent on the presentation of proof of ownership of the academic qualifications necessary.

Additional Information

Benefits

Grant financial elements

Grant holders receive a monthly maintenance allowance in accordance with the table in Annex I of the RBI. The amount of the grant corresponds, at the moment, to €1,144.64, according to the table of monthly maintenance allowance amounts set out in Annex I of Regulation no. 950/2019, subject to any updates that may be applicable, under the terms of no. 2 of article 18 of Regulation no. 950/2019, of November 29th, published in Diário da República, no. 241, Series II, of December 16th (Research Grants Regulation of FCT, I.P.).

The grant may also include other elements, under the terms set out in article 18 of the RBI and for the amounts provided for in Annex II.

All grant holders benefit from personal accident insurance in relation to research activities, supported by FCT.

All grant holders who are not covered by any social protection scheme can ensure the exercise of the right to social security by joining the Seguro Social Voluntário, under the terms of the Código dos Regimes Contributivos do Sistema Previdencial de Segurança Social, with FCT assuring the charges resulting from contributions under the terms and within the limits set out in article 10 of the EBI.

Payments due to the grantee are made by bank transfer to the account identified by the grantee. Payment of the monthly maintenance allowance is made on the first working day of each month.

Payments for the registration, enrollment or tuition fees are made by FCT directly to the national institution where the scholarship holder is registered or enrolled in the doctorate.

Eligibility criteria

Applicants are eligible if they are:

• National citizens or citizens of other member states of the European Union;

• Citizens of third States;

• Stateless persons;

• Citizens benefiting from political refugee status.

To apply for a PhD Research Grant, you must:

• Have a degree or a master's degree in Communication Sciences and Technologies or in areas considered to be related.

• Permanently and habitually live in Portugal, if the work plan associated with the grant takes place, partially, in foreign institutions (mixed grants), a requirement applicable to both national and foreign citizens.

• Not having benefited from a doctoral or doctoral grant in companies directly funded by FCT, regardless of its duration.

• Not hold a Doctor's degree.

Regarding the aforementioned eligibility requirements, the following should be noted:

• In the case of academic degrees awarded by foreign higher education institutions, and in order to ensure the application of the principle of equal treatment to candidates who hold foreign and national academic degrees, the recognition of these degrees and the conversion of the respective final classification for the Portuguese classification scale is mandatory.

The recognition of foreign academic degrees and diplomas as well as the conversion of the final classification to the Portuguese classification scale can be requested at any public higher education institution, or at Direção-Geral do Ensino Superior (DGES, only in the case of automatic recognition). Regarding this matter, we suggest consulting the DGES portal at the following address: http://www.dges.gov.pt.

• Only candidates who have completed the cycle of studies leading to a Degree or Master's degree by the end of the application period will be admitted. If they do not yet have a course completion certificate, a declaration of honor from candidates that they have completed the necessary qualifications for the purposes of the competition will be accepted by the end of the application deadline. The granting of the grant is always dependent on the presentation of proof of ownership of the academic qualifications necessary.

Selection process

Evaluation criteria

The evaluation takes into account the merit of the candidate and the merit of the candidate's proposal.

Applications considered eligible will be scored on a scale of 1 to 100 in each of the following evaluation criteria:

Criterion A – Merit of the candidate, with a weight of 50%;

Subcriterion A1 - Academic merit, with a weight of 20%

The score obtained in this criterion results from the final classifications of the degrees obtained.

Subcriterion A2 - Personal, academic and professional background, with a weight of 30%

The candidate's curriculum will be analyzed and weighted in an integrated manner.

Criterion B – Merit of the candidate's proposal, with a weight of 50%;

Subcriterion B1 - Merit of the work plan, with a weight of 40%

Subcriterion B2 - Letter of motivation, with a weight of 10%

For the purpose of deciding on the award of grants, candidates will be ranked according to the weighted average of the classification obtained in each of the two criteria (four sub-criteria), translated by the following formula:

├ Final Classification =((0.20×A1)+(0.30×A2))+((0.40×B1)+(0.10×B2))

The evaluation panel is made up of the following elements:

• Nelson Troca Zagalo (UA) (Panel Coordinator)

Permanent members

• Carlos Manuel das Neves Santos (UA)

• Maria João Lopes Antunes (UA)

• Óscar Emanuel Chaves Mealha (UA)

• Lídia de Jesus Oliveira Loureiro da Silva (UA)

Form of publication/notification of results

The evaluation results are communicated via e-mail to the e-mail address used by the candidate to send the application/indicated in the application.

Deadline and procedures for complaint and appeal

After the communication of the provisional list of assessment results, candidates have a period of 10 working days to, if they wish, speak at a preliminary hearing of interested parties, pursuant to articles 121 and following of the Code of Administrative Procedure.

The final decision will be made after the analysis of the pronunciations presented in the preliminary hearing of interested parties. A complaint may be lodged against the final decision within 15 working days, or, alternatively, an appeal may be lodged within 30 working days, both counting from the respective notification. Candidates who choose to submit a complaint must address their pronunciation to the member of the FCT Board of Directors with delegated competence. Candidates who choose to appeal must address the same to the FCT Board of Directors.

Additional comments

Applicable legislation and regulations

The process is governed by this Opening Notice, by the FCT Research Grants Regulation, approved by Regulation No. 40/2004, of 18 August, and by other applicable national and community legislation.

Research Grant contracts’ requirements

The following documents must be sent for the purposes of contract:

a) Copy of the civil, tax and, where applicable, social security identification document(s);

b) Copy of the qualifications certificates of the academic degrees held;

c) Presentation of recognition of foreign academic degrees and conversion of the respective final classifications to the Portuguese classification scale, if applicable;

d) Document proving enrollment in one of the Doctoral Programs identified in this Notice;

e) Statement by the supervisor(s);

f) Document proving the candidate's acceptance by the institution where the research activities will take place;

g) Updated document proving compliance with the exclusive dedication regime.

Failure to deliver any of the documents necessary to complete the grant contracting process, within 6 months from the date of communication of the decision, implies the expiry of said grant and the termination of the process.

Funding

The grants awarded under this call for proposals will be financed by FCT with funds from the State Budget and, when eligible, with funds from the European Social Fund, to be made available under PORTUGAL2020, through, in particular, the Northern Regional Operational Program (NORTE 2020), Regional Operational Program of the Center (Centre 2020) and the Regional Operational Program of Alentejo (Alentejo 2020), in accordance with the regulatory provisions established for this purpose.

Grants renewal terms and conditions

The renewal of the grant always depends on a request submitted by the grantee, within 60 working days prior to the start date of the renewal.

Information and publicity of funding granted

In all R&D activities directly or indirectly funded by the grant, namely, in all communications, publications and scientific creations, as well as theses, carried out with the support provided for the grant, mention must be made of financial support from FCT and the Fundo Social Europeu, in accordance with the graphic standards of each operational programme.

Non-discrimination and equal access policy

FCT and the University of Aveiro promote a policy of non-discrimination and equal access, so that no candidate can be privileged, benefited, harmed or deprived of any right or exempt from any duty on grounds.

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Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
5
Company/Institute
DigiMedia - University of Aveiro
Country
Portugal
State/Province
Aveiro
City
Aveiro
Postal Code
3810-193
Street
Campus Universitário de Santiago, edificio 21
Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail
digimedia@ua.pt

Contact

State/Province
Aveiro
City
Aveiro
Website
Street
Campus Universitário de Santiago, edificio 21
Postal Code
3810-193
E-Mail
cris@ua.pt
Phone
(+351) 234 370 389