Ph.D. Fellowship

Outline

A concourse for the attribution of 1 (one) Research Scholarship is opened under the project COFAC/ILIND/COPELABS/2/2022, financed by internal funds through the COFAC.

What is funded

Research fellowship

Reference: SF/COPELABS/BOLSA/ESTUDANTE1/2024

Duration

The grant has duration of 3 months, with possible extension up to 6 months, starting on June 1, 2024.

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.

A competition for the attribution of 1 (one) Research Scholarship is opened under the project COFAC/ILIND/COPELABS/2/2022, financed by internal funds through the COFAC, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Telecommunications and Networks;

Admission requirements: Admission requirements: a) to be enrolled in a PhD study program; b) not to exceed, with the conclusion of the scholarship contract in question, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of one year of having this type of scholarship, continuous or intermittent; c) not have already been a beneficiary of any other research grant directly or indirectly financed by FCT.

Work plan: This studentship will develop an Uplink NOMA enabled Autonomous Underwater Vehicle (AUV)-assisted data collection strategy for Pixelated VLC Backscattering integrated underwater wireless sensor network.  Develop pixelated VLC-backscattering scheme for this  proposed system setup. Here we use multiple smaller reflectors and LCD shutters to form a number of pixels compared to the two pixels in OOK. The main contribution of this task is to achieve higher throughput at the AUV/Diver for data collection mechanism such that peak Age of Information  will get reduced compared to single career pulse modulation in underwater for the proposed system setups.

Applicable legislation and regulations: Statute of the Research Fellow (EBI), approved by Law n.º 40/2004 of August 18, in the current wording published by Decree-Law n.º 123/2019 of August 28 Regulation of Research Grants, n.º Order No. 950/2019 of 12-16-2019, from the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. – in effect.

Rules for Granting and Management of Scholarships in the context of R&D Projects, including projects of infrastructure, the multiannual funding program for R&D units and other FCT Version 2023 funding instruments are available at:

https://www.fct.pt/financiamento/programas-de-financiamento/bolsas/

https://files.dre.pt/2s/2019/12/241000000/0009100105.pdf

https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_atualizacao-2024.pdf

https://dre.pt/dre/legislacao-consolidada/lei/2004-58216179

Workplace: The work will be developed at COPELABS, under the scientific supervision of Prof. Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody.

Scholarship duration: The grant has a duration of 3 months, with possible extension up to 6 months, starting on June 1, 2024.

Monthly maintenance allowance amount: The scholarship amount corresponds to € 1 259,64, according to the table of values of scholarships awarded directly by FCT, IP in Portugal https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_atualizacao-2024.pdf).

The scholarship will be paid monthly on the last working day of each month by bank transfer.

Selection methods: The selection methods to be used will be the following: - Curriculum Vitae [40%]; - Level of knowledge in the field of Telecommunications, with an emphasis on the work in the planed area [30%].; interview [30%].. 

The Selection Jury composition: 1. Prof. Dushantha Nalin K. Jayakody, Prof. Auxiliar, Lusófona University 2. Slavisa Tomic, Prof. Associado, Lusófona University 3. Prof. Rui Dinis, Professor Associado, FCT/University Nova de Lisboa.

Form of announcement/notification of results: The final results of the evaluation will be published in an alphabetically ordered list, posted in a visible and public place at COPELABS, and the scholarship winner will be notified by email. Application deadline and form of submission of applications: The tender is opened from 18-04-2023 until 17:00 on 03-05-2024. Applications must be formalized, mandatorily, by sending an application letter accompanied with the following documents: Curriculum Vitae, Motivation Letter, Certificate of Qualifications, copy of identification document and other documents that verify to what is reported in the candidate’s CV. Applications must be delivered to COPELABS or submitted by email to rebeka.tomic@ulusofona.pt with the subject SF/COPELABS/BOLSA/ESTUDANTE1/2024.