Assistant Researcher, in the scientific field of Physics or Physics Engineering

Offer Description

CI-CTTI-260-SGRH/2025 - Doctor Paulo Jorge dos Santos Gonçalves Ferreira, Full Professor and Rector of University of Aveiro, hereby announces that, for a period of thirty working days from the working day immediately following that on which the notice corresponding to this notice is published, a call is being held for the recruitment of one (1) position of Assistant Researcher, in the scientific field of Physics or Physics Engineering, under an employment contract for an indefinite period, concluded under the Labor Code, with the monthly salary corresponding to the first salary position of the respective category, on an exclusive dedication basis (€3501. 28), to be carried out at University of Aveiro.

The opening of this call was authorized by order 43-REIT/2025 of August 1st, 2025 and authorized by order of 17th of October, 2025, both issued by the Rector of University of Aveiro, issued on a proposal from the Scientific Council. This call is open under University of Aveiro's program to hire researchers for certain scientific fields, including those covered by article 3, in particular no. 4, of Law no. 55/2025, of April 28th, and is governed by the provisions of this law, the Statute of the Scientific Research Career and the common system of the proper careers of scientific research under private law, and the Regulation on the System of the Proper Career of the Research Staff under Private Law of University of Aveiro and respective hiring (Regulation no. 609/2015, published in Diário da República no. 174, 2nd series, of September 7), and by other applicable legislation and regulations.

Scientific field

• Physics or Physics Engineering

Admission requirements

• Holding a doctoral degree in the scientific field of the call or, if holding a doctorate in a different area, having a relevant scientific curriculum in that area.
• For candidates with degrees obtained abroad, proof of recognition, equivalence or registration of the doctoral degree in the scientific area for which the competition is opened, under the terms of the applicable legislation. This formality must be fulfilled by the time the contract is concluded.

Formalization of applications

• Applications must be accompanied by the following documents:
  • Application form addressed to the Rector of University of Aveiro.
  • A detailed curriculum vitae containing all the information relevant to the evaluation of the application, taking into account the evaluation aspects set out in no. 5. 3. 2 of this notice, which must be organized in accordance with the evaluation criteria.
  • Copies of works selected by the candidate as being most representative of their curriculum vitae, up to a maximum of five.
  • Submission of a single document justifying the works selected in the previous paragraph.
  • Report on scientific performance and other activities considered relevant to the University's mission (the candidate should include the contributions they have made and consider relevant, particularly in the context of the work they have selected as being most representative).
  • Scientific project: a document with a maximum of 10 pages to support a future mission letter, which should include a proposal of the activities that the candidate intends to carry out during the first five years of his/her activity as an Assistant Researcher, explaining how he/she can contribute to the progress and development of the scientific field for which the call is open, in the scientific aspects and cooperation with society.
  • A document that objectively shows the number of citations (if applicable) to the publications indicated in the curriculum and an explanation of the method used to count them, in sufficient detail for the jury to be able to reproduce the procedure, in accordance with no. 6. The candidate must provide a form of name identification for the search.
  • Any other elements that the candidate considers relevant to the assessment of their merit.
• Curriculum vitae must include:
  • Candidate's full name.
  • Specialty appropriate to the scientific field for which the call has been opened.
  • A copy of the qualifications certificate with the respective classification or other suitable document legally recognized for this purpose.
  • All the information relevant to the evaluation of the application, taking into account the assessment aspects set out in no. 5. 3. 2 of this notice, which must be organized in accordance with the evaluation criteria.
  • Documents proving all the elements identified in paragraphs b), c) and d) of this 3. 3.

Forms of application

Applications, which may be submitted in Portuguese or English, must be sent electronically to Universidade de Aveiro's Contracts and Working Conditions Area (recrutamento@ua. pt) by the deadline set out in this Announcement. The Services will issue a message confirming that it has been electronically validated.

Selecting Jury

• Members of the jury are specified in the original notice (not reproduced here for brevity).
• Decisions are taken by reasoned call vote, by an absolute majority of the votes of the members of the jury present at the meeting, with no abstentions allowed.

Admission and exclusion of applications

• Approval on absolute merit: The admission of candidates is subject to their approval on absolute merit, based on the merit of their overall curriculum in the scientific field of the call, taking into account, cumulatively, the fulfillment of at least one of the following requirements:
  • Author of at least 8 articles in the scientific field for which the call is open, indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded of the Web of Science of Clarivate Analytics as document type = article or review, or in Scopus with the same characteristics.
  • Obtained a total of at least 300 (excluding citations) of the scientific works produced in the scientific field for which the call is open and indexed as indicated in no. 5. 1. 1.
  • Have an index, according to Scopus or Web of Science, of at least 8 for scientific works produced in the field for which the call is open.

Selection method and public hearings

• The selection method is curricular assessment, which aims to assess scientific performance and performance in other activities relevant to the mission of higher education institutions.
• In the curricular assessment, the following aspects are considered and weighted according to the requirements of the duties corresponding to the category to which this call relates:
  1. Scientific performance in the field for which the call is open.
  2. Transfer of knowledge.
  3. Participation in management bodies.
  4. Scientific project.

Criteria for assessment

Various criteria are assessed in the application of the evaluation strands (Scientific Performance, Knowledge Transfer, Institutional Management, Scientific Project) with weights as indicated in the table in the original notice. These include scientific production, participation in scientific projects, intervention in the scientific community, setting up scientific teams, patents, consulting, dissemination of science, and institutional management.