A call for tender is open for the award of a post-doctoral research grant (BIPD) within the scope of the R&D institution Research Center in Psychology of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, with the reference UID/04345/2020, with the financial support of Fundação para a Ciência e Tecnologia (FCT) and the Ministry of Science, Technology and Higher Education (MCTES), through national funds (PIDDAC), under the following conditions:
Doctorate in Psychology (Doctor degree obtained in the last 3 years and at the date of application).
Eligibility of candidates: applicants must meet the eligibility conditions provided for in article 9 of the FCT IP Research Grant Regulation (2019).
– PhD in the areas of Developmental Psychology, Clinical Psychology, Neurosciences or related area;
– Experience in family studies, developmental psychology or areas related to working with children (participation in previous projects or publications);
– Statistical skills with proven experience: Multivariate analysis and structural equation modeling (mastery of one of the data analysis packages, SPSS/AMOS, R or Matlab);
– Fluency in writing in English.
Work plan: Full-time collaborating position in the field of family studies and child development in international projects “Family functioning: coparenting and child adjustment: A cross cultural study" and "Multi-challenged families: Parenting styles, stimuli social preference dominance orientation in early childhood“. Functions include collaborating in coordinating data collection, performing data analysis and participating in the writing of scientific articles.
Goals to be achieved: data collection and analysis. Preparation of an oral communication for submission to an international scientific event. Contribution to the writing of three scientific articles for submission to an international journal.
Applicable legislation and regulations: The scholarship is awarded under Law Nº. 40/2004, of 18 August, updated by Decree-Law no. https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/estatutobolseiro, and Regulation of Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, IP in force (available at https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml.pt) and Amendments to Regulation No. 950/2019, of December 16 (available at https://www.fct.pt/apoios/veraocomciencia/docs/Primeira_Alteracao_Regulamento_Bolsas_Investigacao_FCT.pdf)
The work will be carried out in person at the premises of the CIP – Center for Research in Psychology, of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa, Rua de Santa Marta, 47, 4º andar, 1169-023, Lisbon, gab. 404, under the supervision of Professor Mónica Pires.
Duration of 12 months, starting on 1 September 2022. A selection reserve list will be created, which can be used for a maximum of 12 months.
The amount of the scholarship corresponds to €1686.00 monthly, according to the table of values of the scholarships awarded directly by FCT, IP in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/Tabela_de_Valores_SMM_2022.pdf ), and will be paid monthly by bank transfer by the contracting entity.
Only the three candidates who meet the admission requirements and present the best results in the preferential factors will be considered for interview. Candidates will be evaluated according to the following weights: curriculum evaluation (70%), interview (20%) and motivation letter (10%). Only candidates with a weighted average equal to or greater than 15 will be admitted.
President: Professor Rute Brites; Effective members: Professor Mónica Pires; Professor Tânia Brandão. Alternate member: Professor Ana Gomes.
The 3 candidates selected and admitted for interview are invited by email. The Public Notice and the final results of the evaluation will be published, through a list ordered by final grade obtained, in a public place on the websites of the CIP (https://cip.autonoma.pt) and of the Universidade Autónoma de Lisboa (www.autonoma.pt ), and the successful candidate will be notified by email. All candidates will be notified of the decision by email.
Between May 30, 2022 and June 30, 2022.
Form of submission of applications: Applications must be formalized, mandatorily, by sending an application letter accompanied by the following documents: Curriculum vitae detail that proves the candidate's experience (in Ciência Vitae format), copy of the qualifications certificate and motivation letter. Applications must be submitted by e-mail to the e-mail cip@autonoma.pt, contact 213177658, including the tender reference in the subject field BIPD _2022_4_UID/04345/2020.
Failure to send any of the documents required in the application is a reason for exclusion (according to Art. 10 of Regulation No. 950/2019 on FCT Research Grants).
After the final decision, and notification to the candidates, it must be taken within 15 working days, or appeal to the highest executive body of the funding entity within 30 working days.
Final report: The scholarship holder must submit, within 60 working days after the end of the scholarship, a final report of the activities, in digital format. This report must describe, in detail, all the activities carried out, the period of time spent with them, the objectives achieved and the respective URL addresses (if applicable).
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The competition was held for the award of a Post-Doctoral Research Grant (BIPD) within the scope of the R&D Unit – Psychology Research Center – CIP with the reference BIPD _2022_4_UID/04345/2020, in the scientific area: Psychology, with FCT/MCTES funding.
Two applications were received. One candidate was excluded: Tadeu Lucas de Lavor Filho, for not meeting the mandatory admission requirements (PhD in Psychology at the time of application).
Another candidate was selected for an interview: Susana Sofia Monteiro Mourão. After conducting the interview, the jury classified the candidate based on the following parameters: curriculum assessment (70%), interview (20%); motivation letter (10%). The results are as follows:
Susana Sofia Monteiro Mourão: 80.00 %
The candidate selected for the Post-Doctoral Research Grant was Susana Sofia Monteiro Mourão.
Lisbon, July 14, 2022
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