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UNIVERSITY OF PORTO

Public Notice No. 1363/2025

Doctor Maria de Fátima de Sousa Basto Vieira, Full Professor of the Faculty of Arts and Humanities of the University of Porto, Vice-Rector of the same University:

I hereby make known that, by my order of 21 July 2025, in the exercise of competence delegated by Order No. 9493/2022, published in the Oficial Gazette, 2nd series, No. 148 of 2 August, for a period of 30 (thirty) working days from the day immediately following the publication of this public notice in the Oficial Gazette, a competitive examination is opened for the recruitment of one assistant professor for the position with reference 2023.13694.TENURE.066 (Assistant Professor in Infectious Diseases) which forms part of the programme-contract between the Foundation for Science and Technology, I. P. (FCT, I. P.) and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto (FMUP), concluded under the Scientific Employment Regulation, Regulation No. 607-A/2017 amended and republished by regulation No. 1083/2023, published in the 2nd series of the Oficial Gazette of 12 October 2023, within the scope of the FCT-Tenure programme – 1st Edition.

In accordance with paragraph j), No. 1 of clause 3 of the aforementioned programme-contract:

Job Title: Assistant Professor in Infectious Diseases

Job category: Assistant Professor

Scientific Domain: Medical and Health Sciences

Scientific Area: Clinical Medicine

Scientific Sub-area: Infectious Diseases

Field(s) description: Infectious Diseases

1 - Applicable Legal Provisions

This competition is opened under the provisions of:

• Articles 37 to 51, 61 and 62-A of the University Teaching Career Statute (ECDU), republished by Decree-Law No. 205/2009, of 31 August, and amended by Law No. 8/2010, of 13 May;
• Regulation of Competitions for Recruitment of Full, Associate and Assistant Professors of the University of Porto (abbreviated as Regulation), approved by Order No. 12913/2010, published in the Oficial Gazette, 2nd series, No. 154, of 10 August, amended by Deliberation (extract) No. 380/2019, published in the Oficial Gazette, 2nd series, No. 64, of 1 April;
• Disciplinary and scientific areas of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, approved by Order No. 7793/2022, of 1 June, published in the Oficial Gazette, 2nd series, No. 121, of 1 June 2022, rectified by Rectification Declaration No. 450/2023, published in the Oficial Gazette, 2nd series, No. 117, of 19 June 2023, and by other applicable legislation, namely:
• Code of Administrative Procedure, approved by Decree-Law No. 4/2015, of 7 January, in its current wording, hereinafter referred to as CPA.
• Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of 12 February 2021, establishing the Recovery and Resilience Facility.
• Council Implementation Decision No. 13351/23 of 17 October 2023, amending the Implementation Decision of 13 July 2021, concerning the approval of the assessment of Portugal's recovery and resilience plan.
• Decree-Law No. 63/2019 of 16 May, the National Science and Technology System (SNCT);
• Programme-Contract "Competitive Procedure for Institutional Support – FCT Tenure 1st Edition, concluded between the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., and the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto", on 10 February 2025.

2 - Administrative Admission Requirements for the Competition

Administrative admission to the competition depends on fulfilling the following requirement: being the holder of a doctoral degree obtained through a medical school.

Where the doctorate has been conferred by a foreign higher education institution, it must be recognised by a Portuguese higher education institution, under the terms of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, published in the Oficial Gazette, 1st series, No. 157, of 16 August. This formality must be completed by the time of appointment.

3 - Approval on Absolute Merit

3.1 - In the absence of grounds for rejection of applications, the Jury shall deliberate on their approval or non-approval on absolute merit, by justified nominal vote, with abstentions not being permitted.

3.2 - A candidate is considered approved on absolute merit who is approved by an absolute majority of the voting jury members.

3.3 - Approval on absolute merit of candidates depends on possessing an overall curriculum that the jury considers, with good reason, to have scientific and pedagogical merit, research capacity and activity developed, compatible with the disciplinary area of Infectious Diseases, in the scientific domain Medical and Health Sciences, scientific area Clinical Medicine, scientific sub-area Infectious Diseases, with framework in the disciplinary area of Infectious Diseases and appropriate to the category of assistant professor, as documented in the information submitted for competition.

3.4 - For the purposes of the assessment referred to in the previous point, a favourable vote for the candidate's approval on absolute merit shall depend on compliance with the following criteria:

3.4.1 - Being the holder of a degree in Licentiate or Integrated Master's in Medicine;

3.4.2 - Being the holder of a Doctoral degree in Medicine;

3.4.3 - Having a specialist degree in Infectious Diseases;

3.4.4 - Having published at least 3 scientific articles in the disciplinary area of Infectious Diseases, as first author, by the Web of Science Core Collection (WoS CC) and with impact factor in the Journal Citation Reports (JCR) or indexed by Scopus and with SCImago Journal Rank Indicator (SJR).

4 - Assessment and Ranking on Relative Merit

Once the candidates approved on absolute merit have been definitively identified, they shall be ranked on relative merit, based on the aspects and ranking criteria, respective weighting and final assessment system, which are detailed below, established in accordance with the provisions of No. 6 of Article 50 of the ECDU and Article 16 of the Regulation, without prejudice to the minimums identified in the paragraphs of point 3.4 of this public notice, if applicable.

4.1 - Methodology and Assessment Aspects

Candidates approved on absolute merit are subject to a curricular assessment, bearing in mind the general functions assigned to university lecturers provided for in Article 4 of the ECDU, focusing on the following aspects and project, and should emphasise the following curricular aspects in the disciplinary area of Infectious Diseases, in the scientific domain Medical and Health Sciences, scientific area Clinical Medicine, scientific sub-area Infectious Diseases:

a) Scientific Merit (VMC) — 50%;

b) Pedagogical Merit (VMP) — 20%;

c) Other activities (VAO) — 10%;

d) Scientific-Pedagogical and Extension Programme (VPCPE) — 20%.

4.2 - Assessment Criteria

The criteria to be taken into consideration in the assessment of each of the assessment aspects identified in the previous point and the weighting to be attributed to each of them in the final classification are those detailed below:

4.2.1 - Criteria for assessing the Scientific Merit aspect (VMC) (50%)

In assessing the scientific merit of candidates, the following parameters shall be considered:

4.2.1.1 - Scientific production (40%):

Quality and quantity of scientific production (full articles as first, second, penultimate or last author, books, conference communications) expressed by the number and type of publications, by the recognition given to it by the scientific community (translated into the quality of publication venues and the references made to it by other authors) and, where applicable, by the capacity for translation of research results achieved. Quality and quantity of scientific production should be measured taking into account the following parameters: full scientific production in journals indexed in WoS CC or Scopus weighted by quartile classification of the impact factor in JCR or SJR of the journals, respectively; citations from WoS CC or Scopus; H-index of publications (h5-index) by WoS CC or Scopus; other scientific production, namely, full articles in books of conference proceedings indexed in WoS CC or Scopus, publications in journals not indexed in WoS CC or Scopus, conference communications, books and book chapters.

4.2.1.2 - Scientific intervention (10%)

Coordination and execution of scientific projects: Quality and quantity of scientific projects in which they participated and results obtained in them, giving relevance to project coordination; in assessing quality, attention should be paid to the type of funding obtained for the project, that is, whether there was evaluation of the application and which entity was responsible for the evaluation; Constitution of scientific teams: Capacity to generate and organise scientific teams and conduct postgraduate projects, emphasising the supervision/co-supervision of postdoctoral, doctoral, master's and integrated master's students; Intervention in the scientific community: Capacity for intervention in the scientific community, expressed through the organisation of events, collaboration in journal editing, publication of review articles or book chapters, presentation of invited lectures, participation in academic juries, etc., with particular emphasis on intervention at international level; Mobility: National and international mobility in the practice of scientific research; Other factors: Such as, e.g., spin-off companies, patents and development of innovative technologies for clinical application.

4.2.2 - Criteria for assessing the Pedagogical Merit aspect (VMP) (20%):

In assessing the pedagogical merit of candidates, consideration shall be given to the capacity to promote new pedagogical projects, to reform or improve existing projects and to carry out projects with impact on the teaching/learning process, as well as the quality of service provided in pre- and postgraduate training, pedagogical material produced, publications or conferences of a pedagogical nature, intervention in the coordination of the institution's pedagogical activity and the capacity to create and intervene in training actions outside the Institution itself, including the dissemination of medical science to the community. This parameter shall be measured by:

4.2.2.1 - Implementation of pedagogical projects (10%): participation in the creation of new curricular units; creation and participation in the creation of new courses or study programmes; reformulation of existing curricular units; reformulation of existing courses or study programmes.

4.2.2.2 - Pedagogical Activity (10%):

Quality of teaching performance, measured through the results of pedagogical surveys; pedagogical coordination, namely, coordinator of curricular units and participation in pedagogical management bodies; pedagogical production, namely, pedagogical material produced, publications or conferences of a pedagogical nature; creating and intervening in community training actions, including the dissemination of medical science to the community.

4.2.3 - Criteria for Other Activities (VOA) (10%)

Measured by the following parameters: other activities with curricular relevance, namely, clinical activity and/or participation in advisory or management bodies of the faculty or university or in bodies of other institutions or other extension activities, which result in benefit to the faculty.

4.2.4 - Scientific-Pedagogical and Extension Programme (VPCPE) (20%)

Scientific-pedagogical and extension programme (PCPE) that the candidate proposes to develop for the next five years in the disciplinary area of Infectious Diseases, which will be assessed in light of the scientific, pedagogical and extension activity aspects, measured by the following parameters: degree of adequacy of the document structure, clarity and rigour of language according to the proposed objectives; degree of justification of the proposed activities through, namely, technical, scientific and/or university policy references relevant to the proposals in question; degree of originality and innovation of the scientific and pedagogical proposals presented; contribution to the Institution's mission. The project should not exceed 4,000 words, with its format and organisation being at the candidate's discretion.

5 - Jury Operating Procedures

5.1 - Candidate Scoring

Each jury member conducts their evaluative exercise, scoring each candidate in relation to each aspect and project, on a scale of 0 to 100 points, rounded to decimal places, taking into consideration the assessment criteria approved and publicised in this public notice.

5.2 - Final Result

The Final Result (RF) of each candidate's assessment by each jury member is calculated through the sum of the classifications in each aspect, considering the respective weighting.

Following their evaluative exercise, each jury member constructs their ordered evaluation list of candidates, with which they participate in the votes that lead to the decision and final ordering of candidates under the terms of point 4, with the existence of a tie between candidates in the final classification not being possible.

5.3 - Jury Deliberations

5.3.1 - Any deliberation shall 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 assessment system and final classification.

Consequently, under the terms of Article 17, No. 12 of the said Regulation, the jury shall deliberate through justified nominal voting based on the selection criteria adopted and disclosed regarding the approval and ordering of candidates, with an absolute majority being required for any deliberation, with abstentions not being permitted.

5.3.2 - Ranking Methodology

In the various votes, each jury member must respect their ordering list, observing the following in the votes:

a) The first vote is intended to determine the candidate placed in 1st place, counting the number of votes each candidate obtained for that place;

b) If a candidate obtains an absolute majority of votes for 1st place, they are placed in the respective position and removed from scrutiny, beginning the procedure to choose the candidate who will occupy 2nd place;

c) If no candidate obtains an absolute majority of votes for 1st place, a new scrutiny begins, only among the candidates who obtained votes for 1st place, after removing the least voted candidate for that place in the previous vote;

d) If there is a tie between two or more candidates in the position of least voted, a tie-breaking vote is held only among these, counting the number of relative first positions of each, removing the least voted;

e) If the tie persists between two or more candidates in the position of least voted, but the number of candidates tied in the position of least voted has been reduced compared to the previous voting round, a new tie-breaking vote is held only among the candidates tied in the position of least voted, counting the number of relative first positions of each, removing the least voted;

f) If the tie persists between two or more candidates in the position of least voted, without the number of candidates tied in the position of least voted being reduced compared to the previous voting round, the tie is broken through the casting vote of the President or by the exercise of a tie-breaking vote, as appropriate, with the candidate voted by the President being chosen to integrate the subsequent vote for the same place;

g) If there is a tie when only two or more candidates remain for 1st place, the tie is broken through the casting vote of the jury President or by the exercise of the tie-breaking vote, as appropriate;

h) Once the candidate for 1st place is chosen, they leave the votes and the procedure for choosing the candidate to place in 2nd place begins, repeating the process referred to in the previous paragraphs for subsequent places until a single ordered list of all candidates is obtained.

6 - Submission of Applications

6.1 - Delivery of Applications

Applications must be submitted exclusively on the FMUP website, at the following address https://sigarra.up.pt/fmup/pt/CNT_CAND_GERAL.CONCURSOS_LIST until the end of the deadline.

6.2 - Application Instructions

Applications must be accompanied by the following documents:

a) Application form (personal data and declarations), completely filled in, dated and signed, according to the mandatory form, available at https://sigarra.up.pt/up/pt/conteudos_geral.ver?pct_pag_id=1004282&pct_parametros=p_pagina=1004282&pct_grupo=3123&pct_grupo=2013&pct_grupo=2015&pct_grupo=2461#2461;

b) Certificate of Licentiate or Integrated Master's (proof of point 3.4.1 of the public notice) and Doctorate Certificate (proof of fulfilment of the condition set in points 2 and 3.4.2 of this public notice), except for cases corresponding to obtaining the respective degree(s) at the University of Porto. The candidate selected for the position to be filled who holds a doctoral degree obtained abroad must present recognition or registration (as applicable) of their degree by the time of contract signing, under the terms of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of 16 August, on penalty of exclusion;

c) Documentary proof of Specialist Degree in Infectious Diseases;

d) Curriculum Vitae, in Portuguese or English, containing all information pertinent to the assessment of the application, as well as for demonstrating compliance with the criteria set in point 3 of this public notice, as well as for assessing the application taking into consideration the assessment criteria contained in point 4.2 and including a list with all scientific publications submitted within the scope of the application, specifying, for each one, as well as in aggregate for the set: 1) whether it appears in the Web of Science Core Collection (WoS CC) and/or Scopus database; 2) if affirmative, whether it is in the first two quartiles of the Journal Citation Reports and SCImago Journal Rank; 3) whether they are first or last author; 4) the number of citations in the Web of Science and Scopus databases; 5) the number of citations in the Web of Science and Scopus databases, of works of which they are first or last author;

e) One copy of each of the works mentioned in the curriculum presented, which allow proof and assessment of the criteria contained in points 3.4 and 4.2 of this public notice. Additionally, candidates may highlight in the curriculum presented, up to ten of these works/activities, which they consider most representative of the activity they have developed, namely in the disciplinary area in which the competition is opened;

f) File containing the scientific-pedagogical and extension programme proposal, prepared under the terms of point 4.2.4.

6.3 - Each of the documents indicated in paragraph e) of point 6.2 of the Competition Public notice must be submitted in an individual file and in full version in the Sigarra system. Documents may be integrated into compressed format folders (zip, rar, 7z), however, it is necessary to consider the system limit for upload, which is set at a maximum of 720MB per file or compressed folder. Each application may submit several files or compressed folders, each with the limit of 720 MB, with the total number of files/compressed folders submitted not being limited.

6.4 - For the purposes of assessing applications, any documents whose access is provided through links will not be considered, except those that refer to publications with DOI.

6.5 - The documents mentioned in point 6.2. should preferably be submitted in non-editable format.

6.6 - Non-compliance with the provisions of 6.1. results in exclusion of the application.

6.7 - Failure to present or late presentation of the documents referred to in paragraphs a) to f) of No. 6.2 results in non-admission of the application.

7 - Notifications and Hearing of Interested Parties

7.1 - The Human Resources Service of the Centre for Resources and Common Services of the University of Porto shall notify candidates of the decision on administrative admission or non-admission to the competition, which shall be based on compliance or non-compliance with the requirements demanded in current legislation, the conditions established in No. 2 and in numbers 6.1. and 6.2 of this public notice.

7.2 - There is provision for prior hearing, under the terms of Articles 121 and 122 of the Code of Administrative Procedure, for candidates who have not been administratively admitted, candidates not approved on absolute merit and candidates ordered in a place on the candidate ranking list that cannot be filled in the position at competition.

All candidates are notified of the homologation of the jury's final deliberation.

7.3 - Notifications are made by electronic mail, under the terms of Articles 112, No. 1, paragraph c) and 113, No. 5, of the CPA.

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

8 - Jury Composition

President:

Professor Manuel de Jesus Falcão Pestana de Vasconcelos, Full Professor. Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, in the exercise of delegated competence.

Members:

Doctor José Gabriel Saraiva da Cunha, Retired Full Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra

Doctor Francisco José Nunes Antunes, Retired Full Professor of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisboa

Doctor Emília de Jesus da Encarnação Valadas, Assistant Professor with Habilitation, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisboa

Doctor Maria de Lurdes Campos Santos, specialist of recognised merit, under the provisions of sub-paragraph iii), paragraph a) of No. 1 of Article 46 of the EDCU

Doctor António Carlos Megre Eugénio Sarmento, specialist of recognised merit, under the provisions of sub-paragraph iii), paragraph a) of No. 1 of Article 46 of the EDCU

9 - Other Provisions

Joint Order 373/2000, of 31 March, of the Minister for State Reform and Public Administration and the Minister for Equality, determines the obligation in entry and access competitions to make the following mention:

"In compliance with paragraph h) of Article 9 of the Constitution, the Public Administration, as an employer, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities between men and women in access to employment and professional progression, scrupulously providing to avoid any form of discrimination". In this sense, the terms "candidate(s)", "professor(s)" and other similar terms are not used in this public notice to refer to the gender of persons.

Similarly, no candidate may be privileged, benefited, prejudiced or deprived of any right or exempted from any duty by reason of, namely, ancestry, age, sexual orientation, marital status, family situation, economic situation, education, origin or social condition, genetic heritage, reduced working capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and trade union affiliation.

Porto, 21 July 2025.

The Vice-Rector, Professor Maria de Fátima de Sousa Basto Vieira