COMPETITION FOR GRANTING ONE RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP
A tender is open for the attribution of Research grant within the scope of the R&D project CALCEUS”, funded by CCA nº13040106, under the following conditions:
1. Scientific Area:: Biomedical engineering
2. Mandatory requirements:
Degree in Biomedical Engineering, attending a cycle of studies leading to a master's degree in Biomedical Engineering. Candidates must be currently studying a master's degree with a strong research component in biomedical.
For holders of a bachelor's degree obtained in foreign higher education institutions, it is required to register the recognition of academic degrees awarded by foreign higher education institutions and register the conversion of the respective final classification into the Portuguese classification scale, or alternatively, a declaration of honor from the applicant that he/she has obtained the recognition of the foreign degree equivalent to a bachelor's degree by the application deadline.
Preferred factors:: Have knowledge of instrumentation and testing of prototypes in a clinical context
3. Work Plan: The main objectives of the project are to lay the foundations and initiate technical conditions for the design, development, production, and validation of instrumented and customizable footwear, with a special focus on the diabetic foot. In particular, the aim is to study, identify/propose, produce, test and evaluate a technical solution for standardizing the pressure between the sole of the foot and the insole.
Develop/integrate adequate instrumentation to measure the pressure distribution between the sole of the foot and the insole, allowing its monitoring over time;
Develop a customizable insole (for example, made up of different modules, made of different materials with different hardness/elasticity), which allows for uniform pressure between the sole of the foot and the insole, depending on the monitored pressure distribution;
This scholarship will have to:
• Experimental characterization tests in individuals without associated pathology;
• Experimental characterization tests and clinical pre-validation with diabetic individuals;
• Develop a platform (software) to visualize pressure data;
4. Applicable legislation and regulations:
Law no. 40/2004, of 18 August, amended and republished by Decree-Law No. 202/2012 of 27 August (Statute of the Scientific Research Fellowship) and amended by Decree-Law No. 233/2012 of 29 October and Law No. 12 / 2013 of 29 January; by Decree-Law No. 89/2013, of 9 July and by Decree-Law No. 123/2019, of 28 August; Research Foundation Regulations of the Science and Technology Foundation, I.P., in force ( https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf ).
5. Workplace:
Department of Physics), at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (FCT-NOVA), located in Campus da FCT-NOVA 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal, under the supervision of Prof. Dr Claudia Quaresma and Prof. Dr Carla Quintão
6. Fellowship duration: The fellowship will last for 4 months, starting in May 1st 2023. The fellowship contract may eventually be renewed within the term of the project.
7. Monthly maintenance allowance amount: The amount of the grant is € 930,98, with reference to the table of values of grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the country, (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_2023...) payment being made monthly by bank transfer.
8. Selection criteria:
Criterion A - Quality of academic training, including course average Degree and classification in fundamental disciplines for the development of the project (maximum score of 35 points)
Criterion B - Experience in developing devices for the clinical context (maximum score of 30 points)
Criterion C Experience in prototype testing in laboratory and clinical settings (maximum score of 35 points)
The three best candidates may be called to carry out an interview, also classified from 0 to 20, with the final ranking obtained by the average of the curriculum classification and the interview classification. The scholarship may not be awarded if the applications are not suitable.
Candidates will be ordered according to the total score, given by the sum of the scores obtained.
9. Composition of the Selection Jury:
President: Claúdia Quaresma, PhD;
Board members:: Carla Quintão, PhD, and Bruno Soares, PhD;
Substitutes:: Telmo Santos, PhD, e Rui Martins, PhD.
10. Form of advertising/notification of results:
The results of the evaluation proposed by the jury will be notified to the candidates via email, within a maximum period of 90 working days after the deadline for submitting applications, and they may access the minutes and ranking list, and give their opinion. within 10 working days of the draft decision at a prior hearing of interested parties, pursuant to the Code of Administrative Procedure. At the end of the period set for hearing the interested parties and in the absence of any response, the ranking list will become final. From the final decision, candidates may file a complaint within 15 working days (to the email address used for notification), or appeal to the highest executive body of the funding entity within 30 working days after notification of the final decision, addressed to the Board of FCT/UNL through the e-mail address lds@fct.unl.pt.
11. Application deadline and form of application submission: The contest is open until April 14, 2023.
Applications must be formalised, obligatorily, by sending an e-mail to Cláudia Quaresma, Carla Quintão and Bruno Soares (E-mail: q.claudia@fct.unl.pt; cmquintao@fct.unl.pt; ba.soares@fct.unl.pt), mentioning the reference of the grant ““CALCEUS”, funded by CCA nº13040106” in the subject of the email.
The application must consist of a single PDF file including:
a) Letter of motivation;
b) Detailed curriculum vitae (indicating email address and telephone number);
c) Documents proving the academic degrees obtained and with the classifications in all subjects made;
d) Other documents considered relevant.
