First Stage Researcher_Computer Science

A tender is open for the attribution of two Research Scholarship within the scope of the R&D

Unit “Digital Human-Environment Interaction Labs” (HEI-Lab), Universidade Lusófona,

financed by internal funding, SEED FUNDING. COFAC - Cooperativa de Formação e Animação Cultural, C.R.L

What is funded

Research Scholarship

Duration

The fellowship is for an initial period of 12 months.

Eligibility

The following may apply to this Call for Proposals: National citizens or citizens of other

Member States of the European Union; Citizens of third countries; Stateless persons;

Citizens benefiting from political refugee status.

 

Candidate Admissibility Requirements:

Master degree in the field of Computer Science or other related field;

● Undergraduate degree in the field of Computer Science or other related and relevant

degree in the field;

● Enrolled in the doctoral programme in Computer Science – New Media and Ubiquitous

Systems;

● Residing in Portugal permanently and habitually, a requirement applicable to both national

and foreign citizens;

● Proficient in English.

 

Application Admissibility Requirements

It is essential, under penalty of non-admission to the Competition, to attach the following

documents to the application:

● Curriculum vitae of the candidate, with indication of the electronic address, and all

scientific production (scientific articles, books, chapters, communications, etc.) must be

accessible on the RESEARCH GATE, ORCID or VITAE Science platform, or in a PDF

format file;

● Certificates of academic qualifications held, specifying, compulsorily, the final classification

and, if possible, the classifications obtained in all subjects taken. Alternatively, declaration of

honour from the candidate that he/she has completed the degrees required in the

announcement by the application deadline;

● Letter of Motivation;

● Programme of work to be carried out within the scope of the doctoral programme and the

mission of the UI&D HEI-Lab;

● Any other documents that the candidates believe to be relevant for the assessment of their

merit;

● Recognition of Foreign Degrees and Diplomas - In the case of academic degrees awarded

by foreign higher education institutions, and in order to guarantee the application of the

principle of equal treatment to candidates holding foreign and national academic degrees, it

is mandatory to recognize those degrees and convert the respective final classification into

the Portuguese classification scale. The recognition of foreign academic degrees and

diplomas as well as the conversion of the final classification into the Portuguese

classification scale may be requested in any public higher education institution, or in the

Directorate General of Higher Education (DGES, only in the case of automatic recognition).

Regarding this matter, we suggest consulting the DGES portal through the following

address: http://www.dges.gov.pt.

The documents proving the possession of academic degrees and diplomas, or the

respective recognition when they have been awarded by foreign higher education

institutions, may be waived during the application stage, being replaced by a declaration of

honour from the candidate (link), and this condition will only be verified during the

scholarship contracting stage. This declaration must attest facts that occurred prior to the

application.

Monthly maintenance allowance amount:

The scholarship amount corresponds to € 1 199.64 based on the table of scholarships

awarded directly by FCT, I.P., in the country, with payment made monthly by bank transfer.

Form of submission of applications: Applications should be sent by email to

ana.mourato@ulusofona.pt subject BI_HEI-Lab

Evaluation and selection criteria and procedures:

Applications deemed admissible will be scored on a scale of 0 to 100 on each of the

following evaluation criteria:

● Criterion A - Final mark of degree + master degree, with the weight of 30%.

● Criterion B - Evaluation of the work proposal to be carried out within the scope of the

doctoral and the HEI-Lab mission, with the weight 30%.

● Criterion C - Integrated evaluation of the curricular and/or professional and artistic

trajectory of the candidate, based on an overview of his/her scientific merits, with the weight

of 20%.

● Criterion D - Motivation letter with the weight of 20%.

For the purpose of the decision on the award of grants, candidates will be ranked according

to the weighted average of the classification obtained in each of the four criteria, translated

by the following formula:

Classification Merit = (30% × A) + (30%× B) + (20% × C) + (20% × D)

For tie-breaking purposes, the candidates will be ranked on the basis of the marks awarded

for each of the evaluation criteria in the following order of precedence: criterion A, criterion B,

criterion C, and criterion D.

The Jury may decide to invite the three candidates with the best scores to an interview, in

which case the following evaluation sub-criteria shall apply

a. Interpersonal Skills (20%)

b. Demonstrated knowledge in research in the area of the competition (50%)

c. Motivation (10%)

d. Language Skills (20%)

The classification of the Interview will be obtained by applying the following formula:

Interview = a + b + c + d

In case the interview is held, the final classification of Merit and Interview will be obtained by

applying the following formula:

Final Classification = (Merit*0,7) + (Interview*0,3)

If the interview does not take place, the final classification will correspond to 100% of the

evaluation obtained in the Candidate's Merit.

The jury may not award the scholarship if the quality of the candidates is inferior to the

desired quality.

The candidate will be required to participate in R&D activities taking place at UI&D HEI-Lab.

 

Composition of the Selection Committee

President

Pedro Gamito, Director of the HEI-Lab

Effective Members

Micaela Fonseca, Vice -Director of the HEI-Lab

Jorge Oliveira, Vice -Director of the HEI-Lab 

Should the President of the Jury be unable to attend, he will be replaced by the first effective

member, and the alternate member will be appointed to replace the effective member.

Substitute member:

Phil Lopes, Researcher HEI-Lab