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UNIVERSITY OF PORTO

PUBLIC NOTICE 1360/2025

Doctor Pedro Miguel Barbosa Alves Costa, Associate Professor at the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto, Vice-Rector of the same University:

I hereby inform that, by my order of July 21, 2025, in the exercise of the powers delegated by Dispatch No. 9493/2022, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, No. 148 of August 2, and for a period of 30 working days, counting from the working day immediately following the publication of this notice in the Diário da República, a documentary competition is opened for an Assistant Professor in the scientific domain of Medical and Health Sciences, scientific area of Basic Medicine, scientific sub-area of Immunology, for the disciplinary area of Biological Sciences, at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto.

1. Applicable legal provisions

Articles 37 to 51, 61, and 62-A of the Statute of the University Teaching Career (ECDU), republished by Decree-Law No. 205/2009, of August 31, and amended by Law No. 8/2010, of May 13, and Regulation of Competitions for the Recruitment of Full, Associate, and Assistant Professors of the University of Porto (hereinafter referred to as the Regulation), approved by Dispatch No. 12913/2010, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, No. 154, of August 10, and amended by Deliberation (excerpt) No. 380/2019, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, No. 64, of April 1.

2. Funding

This competition is open under the FCT-Tenure Program – 1st Edition, published through the Notice of Competition Opening (AAC) with reference PRR n.º 02/CO6-iO6/2024 and the application approved by the Foundation for Science and Technology with reference 2023.14718.TENURE.003

3. Job Description

3.1. Scientific Area(s): Basic Medicine

3.2. Disciplinary Area(s): Biological Sciences

3.3. Category: Assistant Professor

3.4. Number of vacancies: 1

3.5. Remuneration: Level 1, index 195

3.6. Functional content:

It will be the responsibility of the Assistant Professor to carry out the functions provided for in article 4 and in paragraph 3 of article 5 of the ECDU, namely, and according to the application better identified in point 2 of this notice:

a) Carry out scientific research activities at i3S, integrated into the Infection, Immunity, and Regeneration (IIR) Program, aimed at enhancing the understanding of the mechanisms governing the interactions between the host and pathogenic agents, including the study of bacterial, viral, and parasitic pathogens, as well as the immune system response, with the goal of developing new antimicrobial therapies and new vaccination strategies;

b) Strengthen and promote innovation in teaching methods associated with advances arising from research in microbiology and immunology at FFUP;

c) Provide teaching services in the field of Microbiology, supervise and guide students in the 2nd and 3rd cycles, namely in the Master's in Microbiology in Health, the Master's in Clinical Analysis, and the 3rd cycle in Pharmaceutical Sciences, at FFUP;

d) Contribute to the mission of i3S and FFUP by supporting advanced training and participating in doctoral programs.

e) Participate in university outreach activities, scientific dissemination, and the economic and social valorization of knowledge;

f) Participate in the management of the respective university institutions;

g) Participate in other tasks assigned by the competent management bodies that fall within the scope of university teaching activities at FFUP.

4. Administrative admission requirements for the competition

Under Article 41-A of the ECDU, only those who hold a Doctorate degree may be admitted to this competition.

If the doctorate was awarded by a foreign higher education institution, it must be recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution, in accordance with the provisions of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, published in the Diário da República, 1st series, No. 157, of August 16. This formality must be fulfilled by the time of hiring.

5. Approval on absolute merit

5.1. In the absence of grounds for rejecting applications, the Jury will deliberate on their approval or disapproval on absolute merit, through justified nominal voting, with abstentions not being allowed.

5.2. A candidate is considered approved on absolute merit if they are approved by an absolute majority of the voting jury members.

5.3. The absolute merit approval of the candidates depends on holding a comprehensive curriculum that the jury considers to fundamentally possess scientific and pedagogical merit, research capacity, and developed activity compatible with the disciplinary area for which the competition was opened and suitable for the respective teaching category, as documented in the respective information submitted for the competition.

5.4. For the purposes of the evaluation referred to in the previous point, a favorable vote must be substantiated by the cumulative fulfillment of the following qualitative and quantitative circumstances or requirements:

a) The candidate must hold a Doctorate degree in the field of Health Sciences or Life Sciences;

b) Possess a curriculum whose merit the jury members deem to have adequate scientific and pedagogical levels, research capacity, and fundraising ability through national or international competitions, as well as activities developed compatible with the disciplinary area and category for which the competition is open;

c) Present at least 15 scientific publications in indexed journals, in the Q1 and Q2 quartiles of the most recent edition of the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from the Web of Science (WoS); being the first or last author in at least 5; Indicate the 5 most representative works;

d) Have an h-index (Scopus) of 10 or higher and at least 300 citations, both according to the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) from the Web of Science (WoS);

e) Relevant scientific experience in the field of Immunology and Infection evidenced by participation in at least 4 funded research projects in competitive competitions (national or international);

f) Experience in supervising/co-supervising students of the first, second, and third cycles (minimum number of 4 supervisions/co-supervisions in progress or completed) in the field of Immunology and Infection.

g) Present a letter of support from a group leader at i3S in which they will be integrated to carry out their research project.

6. Evaluation and ranking based on relative merit

Once successful candidates have been admitted based on absolute merit, the Selection Committee will proceed to their ranking by relative merit, based on the established selection dimensions and criteria, respective weighting and final valuation system, established under the provisions of no. 6 of Article 50 of the ECDU and Article 16 of the Regulations.

6.1. Evaluation methodology

Candidates approved on absolute merit are subject to a curricular evaluation, considering the general functions assigned to university teachers by Article 4 of the ECDU, focusing on the aspects and respective criteria identified below.

6.2. Aspects of the evaluation

The evaluation of candidates focuses on the following aspects and Scientific - Pedagogical Project, emphasizing the curricular aspects in the disciplinary area for which the competition was opened, with special emphasis on the specific domains of Immunology and Infection.

1. Scientific Merit (VMC) – 60%
2. Experience and Pedagogical Merit (VEMP) – 15%
3. University Extension Tasks and Economic and Social Valorization of Knowledge (VTC) - 5%
4. University Management (VGU) – 5%
5. Scientific-Pedagogical Project (PCP) – 15%

6.3. Evaluation criteria

The criteria to be considered in the evaluation of each of the aspects of assessment and the Scientific-Pedagogical project identified in the previous point, along with the weighting to be assigned to each of them in the final grade, are detailed below.

6.3.1. Criteria for evaluating the Scientific Merit aspect (VMC) - 60%

The scientific merit of the candidate will be evaluated, and this must demonstrate a solid background in immunology and infection, framed within biological sciences, medical sciences, health sciences, and basic medicine. The scope of the required experience and knowledge should be understood based on the range of curricular units offered in the Microbiology Laboratory.

6.3.1.1. Scientific production (MC1): scientific publications relevant to the area in which the recruitment process is open: books, book chapters, and articles in internationally indexed journals, scored according to the number, type of publication, and impact factor, when applicable (50%).

6.3.1.2. Coordination and participation in scientific projects (MC2): Coordination or participation in competitively funded scientific projects through national or international agencies or other public or private entities in the area where the competition is open (20%).

6.3.1.3. Presentations at international conferences by the candidate (MC3): Oral presentations at international conferences by the candidate, especially those given by invitation (5%).

6.3.1.4. Postgraduate training and international experience (MC4): Internships, research scholarships, or additional academic training in national or foreign institutions of teaching or scientific research in the area for which the competition is open, lasting more than 3 months and resulting in measurable outcomes (publications; obtaining a degree, etc.) (15%).

6.3.1.5. Awards, scholarships, and other distinctions (10%).

6.3.2. Criteria for evaluating the Experience and Pedagogical Merit aspect (VEMP) – 15%

The pedagogical experience of candidates in higher education will be evaluated, considering teaching activity, with emphasis on teaching and coordinating curricular units in the field of immunology and infection.

6.3.2.1. Teaching experience/activity (EMP1): teaching experience in curricular units in higher education, assessed based on the number of academic years in which teaching activity was carried out, the modernity of the educational models applied, pedagogical training obtained, (co)authorship of publications/pedagogical communications, experience in teaching unit leadership or coordination of disciplinary areas, particularly in immunology and infection (25%).

6.3.2.2. Supervision of postgraduate students (EMP2): experience in supervising or co-supervising master's or doctoral theses in progress or already completed in the field of immunology and infection, particularly in the context of international collaborations (75%).

6.3.3. Criteria for the evaluation of the University Extension Tasks and Economic and Social Valorization of Knowledge (VTC) – 5%

In this area, the economic and social valorization of knowledge will be evaluated, including the transfer of knowledge in the fields of medical sciences, health sciences, and basic medicine, with emphasis on immunology and infection, including participation in the evaluation of manuscripts for publication (peer-review); participation in evaluation panels and the organization of seminars, conferences, and meetings (workshops).

6.3.3.1. Economic and social valorization of knowledge (TC1) (40%)

6.3.3.2. Participation in the evaluation of manuscripts for publication (peer-review) (TC2) (10%)

6.3.3.3. Participation in evaluation panels (TC3) (30%)

6.3.3.4. Organization of seminars, conferences, and meetings (workshops) (TC4) (20%)

6.3.4. Criteria for the evaluation of the University Management (VGU) – 5%

6.3.4.1. Participation in university management bodies (GU1) (10%)

6.3.4.2. Participation in research bodies (GU2) (20%)

6.3.4.3. Participation in master's and doctoral juries (GU3) (70%)

6.3.5. Criteria for the evaluation of the Scientific-Pedagogical Project (PCP) – 15%

The Scientific-Pedagogical Project (PCT) must focus on the disciplinary area for which the competition is open, with a special emphasis on scientific-pedagogical projects oriented towards areas related to the mechanisms governing the interactions between the host and the pathogenic agents to which the candidate intends to dedicate themselves at FFUP, particularly in the field of immunology and infection. The selected candidate will pursue a research program aimed at enhancing knowledge about the mechanisms that govern interactions between the host and pathogenic agents, including the study of bacterial, viral, and parasitic pathogens, as well as the immune system's response, with the goal of developing new antimicrobial therapies and new vaccination strategies, valuing its alignment with the mission of the i3S Institution and FFUP, as well as its Department of Biological Sciences, specifically the Microbiology Laboratory, to which the hired assistant professor will be assigned. The plan must address the considerations made in item e) point 8.2 (Application Instructions).

7. Deliberations of the Selection Committee

7.1. Scoring of Candidates

Each jury member conducts their reasoned assessment, scoring each candidate in relation to each aspect on a scale of 0 to 100 points, rounded to one decimal place, considering the criteria approved for each aspect, with a degree of rigor adjusted to the category for which the competition is open.

7.2. Final Result

The Final Result (FR) of the evaluation of each candidate by each jury member is calculated using the weighting formula of the various curricular aspects:

FR = (0.60*VMC) + (0.15*VEMP) + (0.05*VTC) + (0.05*VGU) + (0.15*VPCP)

which reflects the weights associated with each aspect.

Following the individual reasoned assessment, each jury member constructs their ranked list of candidate evaluations, with which they participate in the votes that lead to the decision and final ranking of candidates in accordance with point 6, with no possibility of a tie between candidates in the final classification.7.2. Ranking methodology

7.4. Jury Deliberations

7.4.1. Any deliberation will result from Article 17, No. 12 of the Regulation, applicable by virtue of Article 83-A of the ECDU, which determined its approval with a view to implementing the norms of that legal diploma, covering the procedural processing of competitions, namely the system of evaluation and final classification. Consequently, under Article 17, No. 12 of the aforementioned Regulation, the jury will deliberate through a nominal vote based on the selection criteria adopted and disclosed for the approval and ranking of candidates, with an absolute majority required for any deliberation, and abstentions not permitted.

7.4.2. Seriation Methodology

In the different votes, each member of the Selection Committee must respect the ranking list, observing the following in each vote:

1. the first voting round is intended to determine the candidate placed in first place by counting the number of votes each candidate received for that place;
2. if a candidate obtains an absolute majority of votes for the first place, must be placed in the respective position and removed from the vote. The procedure will start to choose the candidate who will be positioned in the second place of the voting round;
3. if no candidate obtains an absolute majority of votes for the first place, a new voting round will be held, which will only include candidates who have achieved votes for the first place, upon removing the least voted candidate in the previous vote for that place;
4. if there is a tie between two or more candidates in the least voted position, a tiebreak vote between them will be held, counting the number of relative first positions for each, with the least voted being removed;
5. if a tie still remains between two or more candidates in the least voted position, but the number of those candidates has been reduced in the previous voting round, a further tiebreak vote shall be held only between candidates tied for the least voted position, counting the number of relative first positions for each, with the candidate least voted being removed;
6. if the tie remains between two or more candidates in the least-voted position, without reducing the number of candidates tied in the least-voted position in the previous voting round, the decision will be made by the quality vote of the President of the Selection Committee or by a casting vote, according to the situation. The candidate voted by the President of the Selection Committee will be chosen to integrate the following voting round for the same place;
7. if there is a tie when only two or more candidates remain for the first place, the tiebreaker is made through the casting vote of the President of the Selection Committee or by the exercise of the tiebreaker vote, according to the situation;

8. the candidate chosen for the first place will leave the votes and then begin the selection procedure for the candidate to place in second place, repeating the process mentioned in the previous paragraphs for the subsequent places until there is a single ordered list of candidates.

   
   

8. Presentation of applications

8.1. Submission of applications

The application must be submitted exclusively on the FFUP website, at the following address: https://sigarra.up.pt/ffup/pt/CNT_CAND_GERAL.CONCURSOS_LIST, by the end of the deadline.

8.2. Documentation for applications:

The application must necessarily include the following documents:

1. Application form (personal data and declarations), fully completed, dated, and signed, in accordance with the mandatory form available at https://sigarra.up.pt/up/pt/conteudos_geral.ver?pct_pag_id=1004282&pct_…;
2. Doctoral certificate, except for cases corresponding to the attainment of the Doctorate degree at the University of Porto. The candidate selected for the position who holds a doctoral degree obtained abroad must present the recognition or registration (as applicable) of their degree by the time of signing the contract, in accordance with Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16, under penalty of exclusion.
3. Curriculum Vitae, in Portuguese, containing all relevant information for the evaluation of the application, as well as for demonstrating compliance with the criteria established in point 5 of this notice, considering the evaluation and ranking criteria set out in point 6.3 of this notice for the aspects and parameters of the evaluation;
4. Works mentioned in the submitted curriculum that allow for the verification of the requirements of point 5 and the evaluation of the criteria outlined in point 6.3 of this notice. Additionally, candidates may highlight in the submitted curriculum up to ten of these works that they consider most representative of the activity they have developed, indicating the reasons that justify the emphasis given to the selected documents;
5. File with the scientific-pedagogical project, in Portuguese.

8.3. Each of the documents indicated in paragraph d) of point 8.2. of the competition notice must be submitted in an individual file and in full version in the Sigarra system. The documents may be integrated into folders in compressed format (zip, rar, 7z), but it is necessary to consider the system's upload limit, which is set at a maximum of 720MB per file or compressed folder. Each application may submit multiple files or compressed folders, each with a limit of 720 MB, with no limit on the total number of files/compressed folders submitted.

8.4. For the purposes of evaluating applications, any documents accessible via links will not be considered, except for those referring to publications with a DOI.

8.5. The documents mentioned in point 8.2 must be submitted, preferably, in a non-editable format.

8.6. Non-compliance with the provisions in 8.1 will result in the exclusion of the application.

8.7. The lack of submission or late submission of the documents referred to in items a) to e) of no. 8.2 will result in the non-admission of the application.

9. Notification of the results and requests for a prior hearing

9.1. The Human Resources Office of the Common Resources and Services Centre of the University of Porto will notify the candidates of the ranking of the administrative admission or non-admission to the call, based on fulfilling or non-fulfilling the conditions established in the current legislation and in point no. 2 of this Public Notice, and the conditions established regarding the application instruction referred in paragraph 6.2.

9.2. The candidates who have not been administratively admitted, or have not been approved on absolute merit, as well as candidates who appear on the ranked list of candidates in places that will not allow them to fill in the post announced, may request a prior hearing under the terms of Articles 121 and 122 of the Code of Administrative Procedures. All candidates are notified of the final deliberation approved by the Selection Committee.

9.3. The notifications will be sent by email, under Article 112, no. 1, subparagraph c) and Article 113, no. 5 of the CPA.

The deadline for candidates to comment in writing is ten working days.

10. Composição do Júri

President:

DoctorDomingos de Carvalho Ferreira, Dean of of the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto, by delegated power.

Members:

Doctor João Manuel Braz Gonçalves, Full Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon;

Doctor Miguel Viveiros Bettencourt, Full Professor at the Nova University of Lisbon;

Doctor Elsa Maria Ribeiro dos Santos Anes, Associate Professor with Aggregation at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Lisbon;

Doctor Cláudio Enrique Sunkel Cariola, Full Professor at the Department of Molecular Biology of the Abel Salazar Institute of Biomedical Sciences at the University of Porto;

Doctor Anabela Cordeiro da Silva, Full Professor at the Faculty of Pharmacy of the University of Porto.

9. Other provisions

The Joint Order no. 373/2000, of 31 March, issued by the Minister for Reform of Government and Public Administration and the Minister for Equality, determines that the following mention must be made in the entrance and access contests:

“In compliance with paragraph h) of article 9 of the Portuguese Constitution, the Public Administration, as an employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities among men and women to access employment and in their professional progress, taking strict measures to avoid any type of discrimination”. In this sense, the terms “candidate(s)”, “teacher(s)” and similar terms are not used in this Public Notice to refer to the gender of people.

Likewise, no candidate may be privileged, benefited, harmed or deprived of any right, or exempted from any duty on grounds, in particular of descent, age, sexual orientation, marital status, family situation, economic situation, education, origin or social status, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic or racial origin, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological beliefs and trade union membership.

July 21, 2025 – The Vice-Rector, Professor Pedro Miguel Barbosa Alves Costa