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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 announce that, by my order of July 21, 2025, in the use of competence delegated by Order No. 9493/2022, published in the Official Gazette, 2nd series, No. 148 of August 2, for a period of 30 (thirty) working days from the day immediately following the publication of this public notice in the Official Gazette, a documentary competition is opened for the recruitment of one assistant professor for the position with reference 2023.13694.TENURE.072 (Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology) which is part of the program 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 Official Gazette of October 12, 2023, within the scope of the FCT-Tenure program – 1st Edition.

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

Job Title: Assistant Professor in Ophthalmology

Job category: Assistant Professor

Scientific Domain: Medical and Health Sciences

Scientific Area: Clinical Medicine

Scientific Sub-area: Ophthalmology

Field(s) description: General Ophthalmology; Glaucoma; Clinical Medicine; Clinical Research

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 August 31, and amended by Law No. 8/2010, of May 13;
• 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 Official Gazette, 2nd series, No. 154, of August 10, amended by Deliberation (extract) No. 380/2019, published in the Official Gazette, 2nd series, No. 64, of April 1;
• Disciplinary and scientific areas of the Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, approved by Order No. 7793/2022, of June 1, published in the Official Gazette, 2nd series, No. 121, of June 1, 2022, rectified by Rectification Declaration No. 450/2023, published in the Official Gazette, 2nd series, No. 117, of June 19, 2023, and by other applicable legislation, namely:
• Administrative Procedure Code, approved by Decree-Law No. 4/2015, of January 7, in its current wording, hereinafter referred to as CPA.
• Regulation (EU) 2021/241 of the European Parliament and of the Council, of February 12, 2021, establishing the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism.
• Council Implementation Decision No. 13351/23 of October 17, 2023, amending the Implementation Decision of July 13, 2021, concerning the approval of the assessment of Portugal's recovery and resilience plan.
• Decree-Law No. 63/2019 of May 16, the National Science and Technology System (SNCT);
• Program Contract "Competition 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 February 10, 2025.

2 - Administrative Admission Requirements

Administrative admission to the competition depends on fulfilling the requirement: holding a Doctoral degree.

If the doctorate was conferred by a foreign higher education institution, it must be recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution, under the terms set forth in Decree-Law No. 66/2018, published in the Official Gazette, 1st series, No. 157, of August 16. This formality must be completed by the time of contracting.

3 - Absolute Merit Approval

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

3.2 - A candidate is considered approved in absolute merit if approved by absolute majority of the voting jury members.

3.3 - Absolute merit approval of candidates depends on possessing an overall curriculum that the jury considers, with justification, to have scientific and pedagogical merit, research capacity and developed activity, compatible with the disciplinary area of Ophthalmology and Anatomy, of the medical and biomedical sciences group (respectively) of FMUP, of Medical and Health Sciences, Clinical Medicine Ophthalmology (General Ophthalmology; Clinical Medicine; Clinical Research), and appropriate to the assistant professor category, as documented in the information presented for competition.

3.4 - For the purposes of the evaluation referred to in the previous point, the favorable vote for absolute merit approval of candidates will also depend on the cumulative fulfillment of the following criteria:

3.4.1. Hold a Degree or Integrated Master's in Medicine;

3.4.2. Hold a Doctoral Degree in Medicine;

3.4.3. Have the Specialist degree in Ophthalmology;

3.4.4. Have published at least 3 scientific articles in Medical and Health Sciences, Clinical Medicine Ophthalmology (General Ophthalmology; Clinical Medicine; Clinical Research), as first author, by Web of Science Core Collection (WoS CC) and with impact factor in Journal Citation Reports (JCR) or indexed by Scopus and with SCImago Journal Rank Indicator (SJR);

4 - Evaluation and Ranking in Relative Merit

Once the candidates approved in absolute merit are definitively identified, they proceed to their ordering in relative merit, based on the aspects and ranking criteria, respective weighting and final valuation system, which are detailed below, established in accordance with the provisions of No. 6 of article 50 of 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 Evaluation Aspects

Candidates approved in absolute merit are subject to curricular evaluation, considering the general functions assigned to university teachers provided for in article 4 of ECDU, focusing on the following aspects and project, with the following curricular aspects in Medical and Health Sciences, Clinical Medicine Ophthalmology (General Ophthalmology; Clinical Medicine; Clinical Research) being relevant:

a) Scientific Merit (VMC) — 65%;

b) Pedagogical Merit (VMP) — 25%;

c) Other activities (VAO) — 10%.

4.2 - Evaluation Criteria

The criteria to be considered in evaluating each of the evaluation aspects identified in the previous point and the weighting to be attributed to each of them in the final classification are as follows:

4.2.1 - Criteria for evaluating Scientific Merit (VMC) (65%)

In evaluating candidates' scientific merit, the following parameters will be considered:

4.2.1.1 - Scientific production (50%): 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, when applicable, by the capacity for translation of achieved research results. 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 impact factor in JCR or SJR of 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 conference proceedings books 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 (15%): 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 quality evaluation, attention should be paid to the type of financing 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 organize scientific teams and conduct postgraduate projects, emphasizing 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 event organization, collaboration in journal editing, publication of review articles or book chapters, presentation of invited lectures, participation in academic juries, etc., with particular emphasis on international-level intervention; Mobility: National and international mobility in scientific research practice; Other factors: Such as, e.g., spin-off companies, patents and development of innovative technologies for clinical application.

4.2.2 - Criteria for evaluating Pedagogical Merit (VMP) (25%):

In evaluating candidates' pedagogical merit, 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 will be considered, as well as the quality of service provided in pre and postgraduate training, pedagogical material produced, publications or conferences of pedagogical nature, intervention in coordinating 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 will be measured by:

4.2.2.1 - Implementation of pedagogical projects (5%): participation in creating new curricular units; creation and participation in creating new courses or study programs; reformulation of existing curricular units; reformulation of existing courses or study programs.

4.2.2.2 - Pedagogical activity (20%): Quality of teaching performance, measured through pedagogical survey results; pedagogical coordination, namely, coordinator of curricular units and participation in pedagogical management bodies; pedagogical production, namely, pedagogical material produced, publications or conferences of pedagogical nature; create and intervene in community training actions, including 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, resulting in benefit to the faculty.

5 - Jury Operation Method

5.1 - Candidate Scoring

Each jury member makes their evaluative exercise, scoring each candidate in relation to each aspect and project, on a scale of 0 to 100 points, with rounding to tenths, taking into consideration the evaluation criteria approved and publicized in this public notice.

5.2 - Final Result

The Final Result (RF) of each candidate's evaluation by each jury member is calculated through the sum of 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 ties between candidates in the final classification not being possible.

5.3 - Jury Deliberations

5.3.1 - Any deliberation will result from article 17, No. 12, of the Regulation, applicable by force of article 83-A of ECDU which determined its approval with a view to executing the norms of that legal diploma, covering the procedural processing of competitions, namely the evaluation system and final classification.

Consequently, under the terms of article 17, No. 12 of the referred Regulation, the jury will deliberate through nominal voting based on the adopted and disclosed selection criteria for approval and ordering of candidates, with 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 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 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 absolute majority of votes for 1st place, a new scrutiny begins, only among candidates who obtained votes for 1st place, after removing the candidate with fewest votes 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 tiebreaker vote is held only among these, counting the number of relative first positions of each, with the least voted being removed; 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 relative to the previous voting round, a new tiebreaker vote is held only among candidates tied in the position of least voted, counting the number of relative first positions of each, with the least voted being removed; 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 having been reduced relative to the previous voting round, the tiebreaker is made through the President's casting vote or by exercising a tiebreaker vote, as the case may be, with the candidate voted by the President being chosen to integrate the subsequent vote for the same place; g) When there is a tie when only two or more candidates remain for 1st place, the tiebreaker is made through the President's casting vote or by exercising the tiebreaker vote, as the case may be; h) Once the candidate for 1st place is chosen, they leave the votes and the selection procedure begins for the candidate to be placed in 2nd place, repeating the process referred to in the previous paragraphs for subsequent places until obtaining a single ordered list of all candidates.

6 - Application Submission

6.1 - Application Delivery

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 deadline.

6.2 - Application Instructions

Applications must be mandatorily accompanied by the following documents: a) Application form (personal data and declarations), completely filled out, 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) Degree or Integrated Master's certificate (proof of point 3.4.1 of the public notice) and Doctorate certificate (proof of fulfilling 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 competition applicant who is selected for the position to be filled and holds a doctoral degree obtained abroad must present recognition or registration (as applicable) of their degree until the moment of contract signing, under the terms of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16, under penalty of exclusion. c) Document proving the Specialist degree; d) Curriculum Vitae, in Portuguese or English, containing all information pertinent to evaluating the application, as well as demonstrating compliance with the criteria set in point 3 of this public notice, as well as for evaluating the application considering the evaluation criteria contained in point 4.2 and including a list with all scientific publications submitted within the scope of the application, specifying, for each of them, 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 Journal Citation Reports and SCImago Journal Rank; 3) whether they are first or last author; 4) the number of citations in Web of Science and Scopus databases; 5) the number of citations in 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 presented curriculum, which allow verifying and evaluating the criteria contained in points 3.4 and 4.2 of this public notice. Additionally, candidates may highlight in the presented curriculum, 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.

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 can be integrated into folders with compressed format (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 can submit several files or compressed folders, each with the limit of 720 MB, with the total number of submitted files/compressed folders not being limited.

6.4 - For the purposes of evaluating applications, no documents whose access is provided through links will be considered, with the exception of those that refer to publications with DOI.

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

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

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

7 - Notifications and Hearing of Interested Parties

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

7.2 - There is a place for prior hearing, under the terms set forth in articles 121 and 122 of the Administrative Procedure Code, for candidates who have not been administratively admitted, candidates not approved in absolute merit and candidates ordered in a place on the candidate ordering list not capable of being filled in the job position in 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 CPA.

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

8 - Jury Composition

President:

Doctor Amândio António Rocha Dias de Sousa, Full Professor, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto, in the use of delegated competence.

Members:

Doctor Rufino Martins da Silva, Full Professor, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra;

Doctor António José de Silva Bernardes, Associate Professor with Aggregation, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Coimbra;

Doctor Carlos Alberto Matinho Marques Neves, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Lisbon;

Doctor Diogo de Freitas Branco Pais, Associate Professor, Faculty of Medical Sciences, NOVA Medical School of the New University of Lisbon;

Doctor José Paulo Vieira Andrade, Full Professor, Faculty of Medicine of the University of Porto.

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