Offer Description
Tender open for the award of 2 Research Scholarships for PhD students (Bolsa de Investigação). This grant is funded by Portuguese national funds through Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, under project UIDP/00019/2020, of Centre for Classical Studies, from School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon.
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- MINUTE N.1
- PUBLIC NOTICE
- EURAXESS NOTICE (Offer ID: 91545)
- NOTICE ON FLUL’s WEBSITE
The scholarship will be awarded for 12 (twelve) months, and may be renewed up to a maximum of 48 (forty-eight) months and during the eligibility of the project.
In the first year, scholarship holders will be supervised by appointed Tutors; from the beginning of the second year, scholarship holders are supervised by their PhD advisor(s).
The PhD program in Classical Studies of the School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon is a cycle of studies with 240 ECTS that includes a first year with four seminars and three years for the completion of the thesis. In the description of their research project, applicants should include a brief account of the state of research, justify the relevance of the proposed research activities, provide a list of relevant sources and bibliography, explain how the proposed research activities align with the objectives of the research activities of the CEC, and attach a timeline. Candidates may include further information that they consider relevant for the application.
Application submission
Please send an email to centro.classicos@letras.ulisboa.pt with the following documents:
- elements of the identity card/citizen card/passport;
- curriculum vitae;
- degree certificate (if you do not have this document, you must send a statement of compliance – see template at FLUL website);
- registration of recognition of the academic degree(s) and diploma(s) awarded by foreign higher education institutions and registration of the conversion of the final classification for the Portuguese classification scale, or, alternatively, a declaration from the candidate that they will obtain the recognition of the relevant academic degree(s) before the deadline for the submission of applications;
- a motivation letter (max.: 1,000 words);
- two letters of recommendation;
- a description of the research project that the candidate plans to develop, with timeline (3,000-5,000 words);
- document proving enrolment in the required program (if applicant is already enrolled).
The application and all documents associated with must be written in either Portuguese or English.
No required application document may be submitted after the deadline.
For application purposes, diplomas, certificates and transcripts need not be submitted. In lieu, a statement of compliance is required. Official transcripts must be submitted prior to the signing of the contract.
Fellowships applicants must show that they meet the necessary conditions to enrol in the program leading to the attainment of the requested academic degree. Proof of acceptance will be required prior to the signing of the contract.
Requirements
- Education Level:
- Bachelor Degree or equivalent
- Applicants must be enrolled (or willing and have the conditions to be enrolled) as PhD Students (Bolsa de Investigação) in the PhD Program in Classical Studies at School of Arts and Humanities of the University of Lisbon.
- Applicants must permanently and habitually reside in Portugal if the work plan associated with the fellowship is partially carried out in foreign institutions (bolsas mistas), a requirement applicable to both nationals and foreigners.
- Applicants must not have benefited from a PhD fellowship or a PhD fellowship in companies directly funded by FCT, regardless of its duration.
- Applicants may not hold a Doctor degree.
Additional Information
- Stipend in accordance to the Portuguese Science Foundation salary scale, €1199,64 per month (see https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores), paid by bank transfer.
- Insurance costs (Seguro Social Voluntário and Seguro de Acidentes Pessoais) are supported by the employer.
- Acceptance of the fellowship is exclusive of any other professional or research activity (Art. 5 of the Research Fellowship Holder Statute).
The following applicants are eligible:
a) Portuguese citizens or citizens of other Member States of the European Union;
b) Citizens of other countries;
c) Stateless persons;
d) Political refugees.
Assessment will consider the merit of the candidate and the merit of the research project. Applications will be scored on a scale of 0 to 20, considering the following parameters and their respective weighting:
a) merit of the candidate (50%):
(i) Academic degrees, including final grades (30%);
(ii) personal curriculum (20%);
b) merit of the research project (50%):
(i) relevance (10%);
(ii) scientific quality of the state of the art and methodology (30%);
(iii) practicability (10%).
Research projects will be valued if they demonstrate a relevant contribution to one of the following teams of the CEC: 1. Classical Texts and Transmission (current themes: Greek mythography and Flavian poetry); 2. On the way to Byzantium: Late Greek Literature; 3. Epigraphica: Epigraphy and Linguistics; 4. Medievalia: Late Antique and Medieval poetry, historiography, hagiography and documentation; 5. Sinica: Portuguese and Latin Documentation on Asia (16th to 18th centuries); 6. Humanistica: Humanism and Literature in Portugal; 7. Episteme: Scientific Culture in Portugal in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance; 8. Portuguese Women Writers and the Classics.
The assessment of each applicant’s merit may include individual interviews, in person or using telematic means; if made, the interviews will not have an autonomous score, serving the purpose of clarifying any doubts and contributing to a rigorous assessment of the parameters listed above.
Applicants who, at the end of the entire evaluation process, have been evaluated with less than 16 points will not be considered eligible for the grant.
For tie-breaking purposes, candidates will be ranked based on the marks awarded for each of the evaluation criteria in the following order of precedence: criterion A1, criterion A2, criterion B2, criterion B1, criterion B3.
Applicants with diplomas issued by foreign higher education institutions may apply and will be evaluated using the same criteria as applicants with diplomas issued by Portuguese institutions, as long as they make proof, in their application, of the academic degree recognition and the conversion of the final classification for the Portuguese scale under the terms of the applicable legislation.
Applicants with recognized foreign diplomas who do not make proof of conversion of the final classification to the Portuguese scale or applicants who do not present a diploma (replaced by a statement of compliance) will be evaluated with a minimum classification of 10 points in the criterion “(i) Academic degrees”.
Selection Committee
Chair: Professor Maria Cristina de Castro-Maia de Sousa Pimentel
Panel: Professor Rodrigo Miguel Correia Furtado and Professor Bernardo Machado Mota
Alternate Members: Professor Paulo Jorge Farmhouse Simões Alberto and Professor Ana María Sanchez Tarrío
Additional comments
Preliminary decisions will be posted at the FLUL website.
Selected applicant(s) will be notified by email.
Applicants may submit queries or complaints about the decisions within a ten working days period at the prior hearing of interested parties by email to the address for sending applications (see section “Offer Description”).
Final decisions must be announced within 90 weekdays of the application deadline and up to 60 weekdays after the end of the query and complaint deadline.
A complaint may be lodged against the final decision within 15 working days, or, alternatively, an appeal may be lodged with the Dean of FLUL within 30 working days, both after the respective notification.
In case of non-acceptance by the selected applicant(s), the grant may be offered to any of the other ranked applicants within 18 months of the final announcement.
Job offer in Portuguese, Statement of Compliance, Final Report andContract templates available at FLUL website.
This grant is regulated by:
– Portuguese Research Fellow Charter/Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação Científica (Lei n.º 40/2004, de 18 de agosto, Decreto-Lei n.º 123/2019, de 28 de agosto, Decreto-Lei n.º 89/2013, de 9 de julho, Decreto-Lei n.º 233/2012, de 29 de outubro and Lei n.º 12/2013, de 29 de janeiro);
– Universidade de Lisboa Fellowship Bylaws / Regulamento de Bolsas da Universidade de Lisboa (Despacho n.º 6238/2020, de 12 de Junho and Despacho n.º 8061/2022, de 1 de julho);
– Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia Fellowship Bylaws / Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação da Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P. (Regulamento n.º 950/2019, de 16 de dezembro).
