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NOTICE OF OPENING OF AN INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION FOR THE RECRUITMENT OF A DOCTORATE UNDER THE DECREE-LAW No. 57/2016, OF AUGUST 29, WITH THE AMENDMENTS INTRODUCED BY LAW 57/2017, OF 19 JULY AND COMPLEMENTARY LEGISLATION

Public Notice Number PBA_2025 /IST-ID

1. The Executive Board of the Association of Instituto Superior Técnico for Research and Development (IST-ID) took a decision to open an international selection competition for one doctorate position for the exercise of activities of in the scientific area(s) of Biological Sciences in the form of an employment contract under an unspecified fixed-term work contract under the “Código do Trabalho” (Labor Code), aiming at (i) Conducting advanced scientific research on the roles played by bacterial symbionts in macroalgal health in aquaculture facilities; (ii) coordinating the sampling, (metagenomic) DNA extraction, sequencing and analyses of microbiomes associated with Porphyra spp. reared in aquaculture across seasons; (iii) screen bacterial symbionts of algae for their ability to degrade algal-derived polysaccharides and produce polyhydroxyalkanoates; (iv) supervising master and PhD students on experiments designed to foster microbiome-assisted production of algal biomass; (v) preparing scientific articles and help coordinate science dissemination events (e.g., workshops, colloquia) in the framework of the abovementioned workplan.
This position is offered within the framework of the project “Pacto da Bioeconomia Azul” (Blue Bioeconomy Pact, Reference C632741873-00467082, investment n.º 16) at IST-ID, financed by the European Union and national funds through the “Instituto de Apoio às Pequenas e Médias Empresas e à Inovação” (IAPMEI) and the Recovery and Resilience Plan.

2. Applicable law:

Decree-Law No. 57/2016, of August 29, the regulations for hiring doctorates to stimulate scientific and technological employment in all areas of knowledge (RJEC), with the amendments introduced by Law No. 57 / 2017, dated July 19, also taking into account the provisions of Regulatory Decree No. 11-A / 2017, of December 29.

“Código do Trabalho” (Labor Code), approved by Law No. 7/2009, of February 12, in its current wording.

3. In compliance with article 13 of RJEC, the jury of the competition is composed as follows:
Mário Nuno de Matos Sequeira Berberan e Santos, Full Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon, and President of the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB);
Rodrigo da Silva Costa, Associate Professor at Instituto Superior Técnico, University of Lisbon;
Maria Teresa Ferreira Cesário Smolders Research Scientist at the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB), Instituto Superior Técnico.

4. The place of work is located at the Institute for Bioengineering and Biosciences (iBB), Instituto Superior Técnico, Alameda Campus, Lisbon, Portugal.

5. In compliance with the provisions of the Regulatory Decree No. 11-A / 2017, of December 29, this tender is open for the remuneration level (NR) 33 of the single remuneration table (TRU) which corresponds to a monthly remuneration of 2 351.53 Euros.

6.
6.1 Decree Law no. 57/2016, of August 29, which approved the regulations for hiring doctorates to stimulate scientific and technological employment in all areas of knowledge (RJEC), is an enabling norm for this international selection competition.

6.2 The opening of this competition is intended for the selection of a doctorate's place for the exercise of activity under an unspecified fixed-term work contract under the “Código do Trabalho” (Labor Code) approved by Law No. 7/2009, of February 12, in its current wording, being the basis of contracting the execution of a service determined, precisely defined and non-durable, being the contracting necessarily financed regardless of its provenance.

6.3 The maximum duration of the unspecified fixed-term work contract is the duration of the , and which is, expectedly, 8 .

6.4 Termination of the financing, termination of the project or completion of the tasks that are the subject of this competition shall determine the expiration of the contract that will operate with the communication referred to in article 345 (1) of the “Código do Trabalho”(Labor Code), meaning that the employer shall notify the termination of the contract to the employee, at least seven, 30 or 60 days in advance, according to whether the contract lasted up to six months, six months to two years, or per longer period."

7. The competition is open for national candidates, foreigners and stateless persons who hold the degree of “Doutor” or hold the recognition of that degree under the terms of the Decree-Law n.o 66/2018, of August 16, in a branch of knowledge or specialty that covers the of Biological Sciences or related scientific area, and are also holders of a scientific and professional curriculum that reveals an adequate profile to the activity to be developed.

8. Formalization of applications:

8.1 Applications are formalized by means of an application form, made available at http://ist-id.pt/concursos/emprego-cientifico-projetos/ electronic address, addressed to the President of Instituto Superior Técnico Association for Research and Development (IST-ID), stating the identification of this notice, full name, affiliation, number and date of identity card, Citizen Card, or number identification number, date and place of birth, marital status, profession, residence and contact address, including e-mail address and telephone contact.
The recognition of the “Doutor” degree should be obtained by the date of the act of contracting.
In the application form, the candidate must indicate his / her consent so that the communications and notifications in the context of this hiring procedure can take place by electronic mail, to the electronic address indicated in that application form.

8.2 The application shall be accompanied by documents proving the conditions laid down in point 7 for admission to this invitation to tender, in particular:
a) Copy of certificate or diploma;
b) “Tese de doutoramento” or equivalent document(s) that determined the award of the academic degree of “Doutor”;
c) Detailed curriculum vitae, structured in accordance with the items in points 12 and 14, indicating the works, and adding a copy of them, that the candidate considers most relevant to each of the items in points 12 and 14;
d) Scientific project, focusing on Diversity and function of microbiomes in aquaculture facilities, with emphasis on growth and health promoting features of bacterial symbionts of macroalgae (please provide a workplan no longer than three pages focusing on the objectives listed in item 1. above);
e) Other documents that the candidate justifies to be relevant to the analysis of his/her application.

8.3 Applicants submit the documents referred to in 8.1 and 8.2 in PDF format at the electronic address above indicated, issued up to the last day of the tender opening period, which is fixed at 10 working days after publication of this Notice. An applicant may, by reason of the impossibility or technical difficulty of sending any of the documents referred to in 8.1 and 8.2 by e-mail, deliver them on physical support, respecting the above date, by registered mail with acknowledgment of receipt to the address postal service “Av. Rovisco Pais, 1. 1049-003 Lisboa” or by hand at IST-ID Human Resources Division. Not being accepted the justification of the candidate for the delivery of documents only in physical format, the President of the Jury will give a reasonable time to present them also in digital support.

8.4 The application and documents may be submitted in Portuguese or English, although the President of the Jury, and when a member of the Jury is a non-native Portuguese speaker, may request that, within a reasonable time, the candidate translates into English a document previously presented in Portuguese.

9. By decision of the President of IST-ID, candidates who do not comply with the provisions of point 8 are not admitted to the competition. Candidates who do not submit the application using the form or who do not deliver all the documents referred to in points 8.2 (a) to (d) or who present them unreadable, incorrectly completed, or invalid are eliminated. The jury is also entitled to require any candidate, in case of doubt and for the purposes of admission to competition, to present documentary evidence of the declarations in the submitted documents.

10. Approval on absolute merit:

10.1 The Jury will deliberate on its approval or rejection on absolute merit, by a justified vote where no abstentions are admitted.

10.2 A candidate is considered approved on absolute merit when he/she obtains a favorable vote of more than half of the members of the jury.

10.3 Candidates who have a scientific and curricular path relevant to the scientific area(s) of the competition and taking into account their suitability for the additional weighting criteria identified in 14.5 will be approved on absolute merit.

10.4 The unfavorable vote to approval on absolute merit can still be justified by the failure to fulfill the following circumstance:

a) the Scientific Project prepared by the candidate is shown to be clearly insufficient and misaligned with the scientific area (s), suffering from serious inaccuracies or not supported by previous work of the candidate.

11. According to article 5 of RJEC, the selection is made through the evaluation of the scientific and curricular path of the candidates.

12. The evaluation of the scientific and curricular path focuses on relevance, quality and timeliness:

ㆍof the scientific, technological, academic, cultural or artistic production during the last five years and considered more relevant by the candidate;

ㆍof the applied or practice-based research activities developed over the last five years and considered as having the greatest impact by the candidate;

ㆍof the activities of extension and dissemination of knowledge developed during the last five years, in particular in the context of promoting the culture and scientific practices considered by the candidate to be of greater relevance;

ㆍof the activities of science, technology and innovation programs management or of the experience in observing and monitoring the scientific and technological system or higher education, in Portugal or abroad.

13. The period of five years referred to in the preceding paragraph may be increased by the jury, at the request of the candidate, when justified on grounds of suspension of scientific activity for socially protected reasons, namely for reasons of parental leave, prolonged serious illness, and other situations of unavailability for work legally protected.

14. The assessment criteria are set out in this entry, with the option mentioned in point 14.5, with particular emphasis on the curriculum vitae and the contributions considered to be of higher relevance by the candidate in the last 5 years:

14.1. Quality of the scientific, technological, cultural or artistic production, considered more relevant by the candidate, and relevant to the project to be developed, which was given a weighting factor of 80% considering:

ㆍScientific publications;

ㆍRecognition by the international scientific community;

ㆍCoordination and participation in scientific projects;

ㆍAccompaniment and orientation of students, trainees and research fellows.

14.2. Activities of applied or practice-based research, considered to be of greatest impact by the candidate, and relevant to the project to be developed, which was given a weighting factor of 5% considering:

ㆍVocational training actions;

ㆍProvision of services and integrated consultancy;

ㆍDesign, project and production of scientific achievements.

14.3. Activities of extension and dissemination of knowledge, particularly in the context of the promotion of culture and scientific practices, considered of greater relevance by the candidate, and relevant to the project to be developed, which was given a weighting factor of 10% considering:

ㆍPublications of scientific and technological outreach;

ㆍServices to the scientific community and to society.

14.4. Contribution to activities related to the management of science, technology and innovation programs, or experience in the observation and monitoring of the scientific and technological system or higher education, in Portugal or abroad, and relevant to the project to be developed, with a weighting factor of 5% considering:

ㆍPositions in boards of the university, school, or research unit;

ㆍOther positions in national and international scientific organizations.

14.5. Additional parameters:

ㆍRelevance and quality of the scientific project proposed;

ㆍContribution to marine symbioses research using metagenomics and experimental biology;

ㆍExpertise in microbial ecology, blue biotechnology, and (meta)genomics;

ㆍExpertise in traditional microbiology and marine bacteria cultivation.

15. The jury may select up to 3 candidates for a presentation session followed by a debate. This session is not a selection method.

16. The Jury may request additional documents for verification of the candidate's claims.

17. Classification of candidates:

ㆍEach jury member assigns scores from 0 to 100 points;

ㆍCandidates are ranked based on these scores;

ㆍAbsolute majority is required for decisions, no abstentions allowed.

18. Minutes of jury meetings will be kept and are available upon request.

19. The final jury decision is approved by the President of IST-ID.

20. False statements by candidates will be punished according to the law.

21. Lists of admitted/excluded candidates and final rankings will be published on the IST-ID website and notified via email.

22. After notification, candidates have 10 working days to submit rebuttals. Final jury decisions are given within 90 days from the application deadline.

23. This competition may be terminated upon filling the vacancy or the homologation of the final list.

24. IST-ID follows a non-discrimination and equal access policy regardless of various personal attributes.

25. Under D.L. No. 29/2001, of February 3, disabled candidates have preference in case of a tie in classification. They must declare their disability and communication needs on the application form.