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Organisation/Company University of Aveiro Department Civil Engineering Department Research Field Engineering » Civil engineering Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Undergraduate Positions Country Portugal Application Deadline 25 Aug 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
A tender is hereby opened for the award of 1 Starting Research Grant (SRG)under project STEELDESIGN - Design of steel structural members according to Eurocode 3 of Department of Civil Engineering, under the following conditions:
1. Scientific Area : Civil Engineering or related areas
2. Financing Source : own revenue
3. Admission Requirements:Students enrolled in 1) undergraduate's degree, master's degree or integrated master's degree of Civil Engineering or similar,
or
2) students enrolled in courses that do not confer academic degree integrated in the educational project of the Higher Education Institution.
The proof of enrolment must be made available until the contract is awarded, and the candidate may attach a declaration of honor to confirm that they meet the requirements for enrolment in a higher professional technician course, undergraduate degree, integrated master's degree or master's or in a course that does not confer an academic degree.
If the qualification has been conferred by a foreign higher education institution it must be recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution, under the terms of the provisions of article 25 of Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of August 16th, which approves the legal regime of recognition of academic degrees and diplomas of Higher Education, attributed by foreign higher education institutions, and of paragraph e) of no. 2 of article 4 of Decree-Law no. 60/2018, of August 3rd, and any formalities established therein must be fulfilled by the date of the hiring act .
4. Eligibility: Applicants are eligible if they comply with paragraph a) of no.1 of article 2, of the Research Fellow Statute in the wording given by Decree-Law no. 123/2019, of August 28th, and also the provisions of article 10 of the Scientific Research Grant Regulations of the University of Aveiro. (The SRG(s) cannot be awarded to those who have already benefited from research grants awarded under the Research Fellow Statute.
5. Work plan: The second generation of the Eurocodes introduced significant changes to various formulations for checking the resistance of steel structural elements, as well as new calculation methodologies. The aim of this work plan is to update a calculation software dedicated to checking the fire resistance of steel structural elements, based on the provisions of the new generation of Eurocodes, in particular Part 1-2 of Eurocode 1 on actions in structures exposed to fire and Part 1-2 of Eurocode 3 on checking the fire resistance of steel structures. In addition, the software should also make it possible to check the resistance of steel structural elements at normal temperature in accordance with Part 1-1 of Eurocode 3. The candidate is expected to implement the proposed methodologies using the VB.NET programming language.
6. Applicable legislation and regulations: Research Fellow Statute, as amended by Decree-Law No. 123/2019, of August 28th; Scientific Research Grant Regulation of the University of Aveiro, Regulation No. 292/2020, published in Diário da República No. 61, Series II, of March 26th; Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16th (Legal regime of recognition of academic degrees and diplomas of higher education awarded by foreign higher education institutions).
7. Workplace: The work will be carried out at Department of Civil Engineering of the University of Aveiro, under the scientific supervision of Professor Paulo Jorge de Melo Matias Faria de Vila Real and Doctor Carlos André Soares Couto.
8. Duration of the grant(s): The grant duration will be 6 months, starting in 1 of October of 2025, and may be renewed until the end of the funding period, but may in no case last more than one year, according to the terms of no. 3 of article 10 of Regulation no. 292/2020, of February 28th, published in Diário da República, no. 61, Series II, of March 26th (Scientific Research Grant Regulation of the University of Aveiro).
9. Amount of monthly maintenance allowance: The amount of the grant corresponds to €651,12, according to the table of values of monthly maintenance allowances, set out in Appendix III of the Scientific Research Grant Regulation of the University of Aveiro, subject to any updates that may occur and are applicable. The fellow may also be reimbursed for the amount corresponding to the Voluntary Social Security, in case of adherence to this plan.
10. Selection methods: The selection methods to be used will be the following curriculum vitae (50%); experience in research projects related to steel structures (50%).
11. Composition of the Selection Jury: Chair of the Jury, Professor Paulo Jorge de Melo Matias Faria de Vila Real, Full Professor of Civil Engineering Department of University of Aveiro, and the two effective members Professor Nuno Filipe Ferreira Soares Borges Lopes, Associate Professor with Habilitation of Civil Engineering Department of University of Aveiro and Doctor Carlos André Soares Couto, Assistant Researcher of Civil Engineering Department of University of Aveiro, and the two alternate members Professor Romeu da Silva Vicente, Full Professor and Professor Hugo Filipe Pinheiro Rodrigues, Associate Professor with Habilitation both from the Civil Engineering Department of the University of Aveiro.
12. Deadline for applications and how to submit applications: The call is open from 1 August to 25 of August, and only applications submitted within the deadline will be admitted.
Applications must be formalized by sending a letter of application accompanied by the following documents: Curriculum Vitae, certificate of qualifications, declaration of honor and other supporting documents deemed relevant. They shall also indicate the e-mail address to which by such indication they accept to be notified for all purposes within this procedure.
13. Form of publication/notification of results: The results of the evaluation shall be made public no later than 60 working days after the closing date for submission of applications and shall be notified to the applicants. The candidates are informed, in a prior hearing, under the terms established in the Code of Administrative Procedure, of the probable meaning of the final decision, and may, within 10 working days of this notification, express their opinion on this decision. The final results may be appealed to the Rector, to be submitted within 10 working days from the respective notification.
14. Tender duration: The final ranking list of candidates will be valid until March 2026 for the purpose of constituting a reserve list for selection.
Where to apply
E-mail pvreal@ua.pt
Requirements
Research Field Engineering » Civil engineering Education Level Undergraduate
Additional Information
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Universidade de Aveiro - Civil Engineering Department Country Portugal City Aveiro Postal Code 3830-193 Street Campus Universitário de Santiago Geofield
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