PhD student research fellowship: MVLPA_2025_01 Braga

PhD student research fellowship: MVLPA_2025_01
Braga
Braga, Braga, Portugal

CECS-Communication and Society Research Centre

Organisation/Company CECS-Communication and Society Research Centre Department Communication Sciences (University of Minho, Portugal) Research Field Sociology Cultural studies Communication sciences Anthropology Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Ph
D Positions Country Portugal Application Deadline 17 Oct 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Type of Contract Other Type of Contract Extra Information fellowship Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number MVLPA_2025_01 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

A call for applications is now open for the attribution of 1 Ph
D student research fellowship, reference no MVLPA_2025_01, in the area of Sociology, Cultural Studies, Communication Sciences, Anthropology, and other related areas, under the
Research Fellowship Statute (EBI); the ruling FCT Regulation for Fellowships (RBI), and the University of Minho Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships (RBIC).

Funding

The Ph
D student research fellowships are meant for enrolled candidates or candidates who may prove to have the necessary conditions to enrol in a Doctoral Program.

Requirements for granting the fellowship

• The applicants may apply without prior registration in the course for which the fellowship is open. The requirement to enroll in a degree course or
  - academic degree course will be verified on the date of contracting the fellowship;
• Only fellowships whose selected applicants present a valid proof of enrollment in a degree course or
  - academic degree course will be contracted, according to the type of the fellowship, indicating, respectively, the academic year or its duration (start and term).

Host institution and scientific orientation

The research activities will be carried out in the Communication and Society Research Centre (CECS), University of Minho, Braga, Portugal, under the scientific supervision of Professors Doctors Isabel Moreira Macedo and Zara Pinto Coelho, which may also involve travelling to other locations necessary for the performance of the work (e. g. , event venues, fieldwork).

Goals and work plan

The fellowship holder will carry out activities in support to the organization and
- scientific development of the project, namely:

• Permanently update websites and social networks;
• Plan, produce and edit audiovisual content;
• Ensure the communication and dissemination of science;
• Assist in data processing and analysis;
• Produce reports on platform activities;
• Assist in the preparation of publications on the results of the research carried out;
• Participate in the organisation of scientific and cultural events;
• Produce scientific essays and articles;
• Produce clippings.

The call for applications is open for 15 working days from the date of the publication of this notice on Euraxess.

Applications and application support documents requested in this call (‘Application Admissibility Requirements’) must be submitted via
- mail to cecs_candidaturas@ics. uminho. pt , indicating the call reference in the email subject “MVLPA_2025_01”. Applications sent by other means or extemporaneously will not be accepted.

Applicants admissibility requirements

• Hold a Bachelor's and/or Master's degree in Communication Sciences, Cultural Studies, Sociology, Anthropology, or other related fields;
• Fluency in Portuguese and English;
• Not benefited from a Ph
  D student research fellowship for a cumulative period of 4 years followed or interpolated.

Applicable legislation and regulations

Research Fellowship Holder Statutes, approved by Law nº 40/2004 of August 18, in its current version published by Decree-Law nº 123/2019 of august 28; Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in “Diário da República”, 2nd serie, nº 119, through dispatch nº 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration nº 447/2021 of 22-06-2021 and Regulation of Research Studentships and Fellowships (RBI) of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I. P. - in force.

Where to apply

E-mail cecs_candidaturas@ics. uminho. pt

Requirements

Research Field Communication sciences Education Level Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field Cultural studies Education Level Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field Anthropology Education Level Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field Sociology Education Level Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Applicants to the current call must comply with the following:

• Nationals or citizens of other member states of the European Union;
• Citizens of third countries;
• Stateless persons;
• Citizens with political refugee status

Application Admissibility Requirements

It is essential, under penalty of
- admission to the call, to attach to the application the following documents:

• Certificates of the academic degrees obtained or, if applicable, the candidate's declaration of honor that he/she has completed the degrees required in the notice by the application deadline;
• For degrees obtained abroad, the record of recognition of the academic degrees and record of the conversion of the respective final classification to the Portuguese classification scale must be presented, or, alternatively, the candidate's declaration of honour ;
• Proof of proficiency in Portuguese, if the candidate does not have Portuguese as a first language / Proof of proficiency in English if the candidate does not have English as a first language. Alternatively, a declaration of honour by the candidate;
• Experience in planning, producing, and editing audiovisual content;
• Experience in editorial and administrative support;
• Experience in research, particularly ethnographic research (fieldwork; conducting and processing interviews; writing essays);
• Proven experience in multimedia production and
  - production, website management, and social media management.

Languages PORTUGUESE Level Excellent

Additional Information

The fellowship will take place for a period of 6 months, with a provisional starting date on the December of 2025. The fellowship grant may eventually be renewed up to the applicable legal limit.

Monthly maintenance allowance amount:The value stipend (Monthly Maintenance Allowance) is 1309, 64€/per month, in accordance with the stipends values published by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT I. P. ) in the country (Annex I – Monthly Stipends Values for the maintenance allowances of the FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships ) and Annex II of the Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in “Diário da República”, 2nd serie, nº 119, through dispatch nº 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration nº 447/2021 of 22-06-2021, according to the applicable regulation.

Payment is made on the 23st of each month, through bank transfer to the Bank Identification Number of the fellow identified in the contratualization process.

Benefits: Reimbursement of Voluntary Social Security (Social Security contributions), corresponding to the 1st level of discounts (for research grants with a total duration of 6 months or higher) and personal accident insurance.

Exclusivity regime:The grantee will perform the activities under exclusivity, as foreseen in article 5º of the Research Fellow Statutes and applicable regulations.

Eligibility criteria

Applicants must comply with the eligibility conditions in Article 9 of the Research Grants Regulation of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2019).

Note:

The academic degrees and diplomas documents, or their respective recognition when awarded by foreign higher education institutions are not mandatory in the application phase, being replaced by a declaration of honor of the candidate with the contents of academic results. The documents of academic qualification or respective recognition will be required in the contracting phase and must attest facts that occurred on a date prior to the application. In situations of divergence between the information contained in the declaration and the documentation submitted for contracting the grant, only the information contained in the latter will be consider. If the documents proving the ownership of the academic degree and diploma, or the respective recognition under the terms of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16, do not correspond to the classifications awarded in the evaluation of the academic path, which can change the candidate's ranking, the fellowship won’t be contracted.

Applicants with degrees obtained abroad must present proof of recognition of qualifications in Portugal and conversion of the final classification obtained in them to the Portuguese classification scale or declaration under the terms indicated in the previous point. Candidates who do not comply with one of these provisions, the selection panel will assign “0” in the grade of the graduation and/or master course. Candidates will be evaluated on the remaining parameters.

Selection process

Evaluation criteria

The application assessment will focus on the Candidate's Merit (MC), taking into account several subcriteria. The evaluation subcriteria to be used will be as follows:

• Academic trajectory: 30 points;
• Personal and professional curriculum: 50 points;
• Motivation letter and Recommendation letters: 20 points.

The Candidate Merit (MC) classification will be obtained by applying the following formula: MC = a + b + c

For further clarification, the three candidates with the best score may be admitted to an Interview (ENT). In this case, for candidates who pass the interview phase, the Jury proceeds to assess the following subcriteria:

• Interpersonal skills: 30 points;
• Knowledge demonstrated in the contest area: 40 points;
• Motivation: 20 points;

The Interview Classification (ENT) will be obtained by applying the following formula: ENT = a + b + c + d

In the case of an interview, the Final Classification (CF) of the Candidate Merit (MC) and the Interview (ENT) will be obtained by applying the following formula: CF = (MC*0, 7) + (ENT*0, 3)

If the interview does not take place, the final classification (CF) will correspond to 100% of the evaluation obtained in the Candidate Merit (MC).

The jury may not attribute the fellowship if the quality of the candidates is inferior to that intended.

Jury composition

President of the Jury

Effective Members

Substitute Members

The first effective member will substitute the President of the selection panel in case of impediment, being nominated as the first substitute member in the place of the first effective member.

Reserve/substitute list: in case of cancellation of the fellowship, up to 5 months after its attribution, the vacancy(s) will be filled by the candidate(s) from the list of substitutes, according to the final ordering.

Additional comments

Publication of results

The evaluation results project, based in the selection panel minutes, will be send to the applicants by email, in accordance with article 12 of the FCT's RBI.

If case of unfavourable results, the candidates have a period of 10 working days to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing to interested parties, pursuant to articles 121 and 122 of the Code of Administrative Procedure (DL nº 4 / 2015 of January 7th).

Complaint and Appeal Procedures

The final results of the evaluation will be published through an ordered list (alphabetically, by final grade obtained), posted in a visible and public place of the host unit, as well as by email to all applicants, enclosing for that purpose, the minutes of the jury deliberations.

The selected candidate must inform its willingness to accept the grant, in writing. In case of rejection, the fellowship will be awarded to the next candidate in the ordered list of applicants.

The final decision can be contested within 15 working days, by sending to the President of the jury the corresponding claim. Interested parties may also submit an optional hierarchical appeal, addressed to the Pro-Rector with delegated competences in this area.

Contract template and final report template

The contract may only be concluded after all the documentation required is collected, which must take place within a maximum period of 6 months.

Once all the documentation has been received, the contracting entity has a period of 60 working days to conclude the scholarship contract. Once received, the fellow must return the contract duly signed within 15 working days.

The activities under the fellowship contract can only begin after proper authorization by the contracting entity.

Term and cancellation of fellowship contracts

Without prejudice to the other causes provided the fellowship regulations (FCT and UMinho) and in the Statute of the Research Fellow, the fellowship ends with the completion of the work plan, as well as with the expiration date for which it was granted or renewed.

At the end of the fellowship, the grantee is obliged to present a Final Report of the work carried out, in accordance with the objectives and evaluation criteria defined with the scientific advisor, within 30 days after the end of the scholarship.

The final report must be prepared in accordance with Annex I of the Scientific Research Fellowships Regulation of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in Diário da República, 2nd Série, nº 119 , through dispatch nº 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration nº 447/2021 of 22-06-2021.