MBA
Grant: Investigation grant
Scientific area: Environment and Global change
Summary: Open call for one investigation grant within the project "Responses of
phytoplankton communities from the Subtropical North Atlantic Gyre to increasing CO2
concentrations and consequent carbonate chemistry changes in the ocean - Azores
(ROPICO2)" at the University of the Azores (Terceira). The scholarship includes field and
laboratory work.
Job description: One investigation grant is open for a student with a master in Biology, or
similar area, to work within a Project entitled “Responses of phytoplankton communities
from the Subtropical North Atlantic Gyre to increasing CO2 concentrations and consequent
carbonate chemistry changes in the ocean - Azores (ROPICO2)")” (PTDC/ACCCLI/112735/2009), financed by the Science and Technology Foundation of Portugal (FCT).
Project main aspects: The scholar will analyse the responses of marine phytoplankton
occurring offshore the Azores to increasing carbon dioxide (CO2) concentrations. Specifically,
the main goals are to analyse the response of specific phytoplankton species to increasing
CO2 concentrations and determine physiological and molecular differences between specific
phytoplankton species under enhanced CO2 concentrations. Thus, it will include field
(sampling offshore Terceira island) and laboratory work (including microscope observations).
The work will be done in collaboration with Mário Cachão of the University of Lisbon
(Portugal), Colin Brownlee of the Marine Biology Association (England) and Kai Schulz of
Southern Cross University (Australia)).
Legislation: Grant is given under the law Nº. 40/2004, of 18th of August and the Regulations
for Advanced Training and Qualification of Human Resources 2010 of FCT
(http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/normasbolsasemprojectosunidades).
Grant value and duration: The scholarship will have a monthly value of 980€ for 10 months,
starting on March 2014, according to Regulations for Advanced Training and Qualification of
Human
Resources
2010
of
FCT
(http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/normasbolsasemprojectosunidades).
Working location: Most work will be developed at the University of the Azores (Terceira,
Açores) at the Center for Climate, Meteorology and Global Change, under the supervision of
Joana Barcelos e Ramos (PI of the project).
Application: It is open to all candidates with a Biology (or similar) Master at the starting date
of the grant. Candidates with experience in phytoplankton identification and culturing as
well as nutrient and seawater carbonate chemistry determination will be preferred.
Documents required for submission:
a) Presentation letter, referring motivation and academic and professional
experience;
b) Curriculum vitae, with date and signed;
c) Transcripts explicitly indicating the degrees received and the date when they
were awarded;
d) Copy of the identification card or Passport;
e) Copy of the residence card in Portugal;
f) Other documents that the candidate consider important, such as
recommendation letters.
Evaluation criteria: The evaluation will be based on merit (CV) and motivation (letter, work
plan and potentially interview). Thus, the candidates will be classified according to:
a) Curriculum vitae (40%), especially experience with phytoplankton and the carbonate
system (50%);
c) Motivation and work plan draft (10%);
d) Interview (only as supplementary information in case of very similar evaluations).
Jury: Joana Barcelos e Ramos, Kai G. Schulz, Eduardo Azevedo and João Madruga. Evaluation
results will be sent by e-mail to all candidates within 5 days after the deadline for
submissions. The results will also be posted at: http://cita.angra.uac.pt/clima/.
Call duration: Applications should be submitted between 7th to 20th of February of 2014
(24:00, local time at Azores). All documents should be sent to Joana Barcelos e Ramos via email ( [email protected] ) or mail to Joana Barcelos e Ramos at: Universidade dos Açores,
Campo de Angra do Heroísmo, Centro de Estudos do Clima, Meteorologia e Mudanças
Globais, Rua Capitão João D´Ávila, São Pedro, 9700-042, Angra do Heroísmo – Açores,
Portugal.
For additional information please contact
Joana Barcelos e Ramos: [email protected].