Recipients profile/category:
This scholarship is intended for candidates who wish to carry out research activities at the R&DUnits LIBPhys or at associated host institutions. Mandatory Requirements A Bachelor's degree inBiomedical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Data Science, or related fields.
Candidates must be enrolled in a study cycle that may or may not lead to an academic degree at aHigher Education Institution.´

For candidates holding a Bachelor's degree obtained from foreign higher education institutions, it isrequired to present proof of recognition of the academic degree by a Portuguese higher educationinstitution and the conversion of the final grade to the Portuguese grading scale. Alternatively, asigned declaration by the candidate stating that they will obtain such recognition by the end of theapplication period is acceptable. Permanent and habitual residence in Portugal is required for bothnational and foreign citizens.

Preferred Criteria
The selection process will give preference to candidates with interest and/or experience in thefollowing areas:
a) Knowledge of machine learning techniques, with an interest in exploring algorithms such asregression, decision trees, Random Forests, and neural networks.
b) Basic programming experience in Python and familiarity with libraries such as pandas, numpy, orscikit-learn.
c) Interest in processing and analyzing clinical or biomedical data.
d) Motivation to learn and apply methods of explainable artificial intelligence (Explainable AI).
e) Strong organizational skills and ability to work in a team.
f) Good command of technical English, particularly in reading scientific literature.

Monthly maintenance allowance amount:
The scholarship amount is €1,040,98, in accordance with the table of values for scholarshipsdirectly awarded by FCT, I.P., in Portugal. Payment will be made monthly via bank transfer.

Selection criteria:
The defined selection criteria are as follows:
a) Quality of the CV and relevance to the specific research area mentioned in this call forapplications (Score from 1 to 20) (60%).
b) Quality of the motivation letter and summary of the scientific background (Score from 1 to 20)(30%);
c) Quality of the interview (Score from 1 to 20) (10%).
An interview will be conducted only with candidates who obtain a combined score higher than 14 incriteria a) and b).
Candidates will be ranked according to their total score, calculated as the sum of the individualscores.

Composition of the Selection Jury:
President: Professor Dr. Jorge Carvalho e Silva
Full Members:
Professor Dr. Ana Rita londral
Dr. Luís Miguel Silva
Alternates:
Professor Dr. Ricardo Vigário
Professor Dr. Hugo Gamboa

Form of advertising/notification of results:
The draft jury evaluation decision will be notified, up to 90 days after the deadline for submittingapplications, via email, providing access to the minutes and the provisional ranking list. Afternotification, candidates will have 10 working days to express their opinion on the draft decision, in aprior hearing of interested parties, in accordance with the Code of Administrative Procedure.
The final decision will be taken after the expiry of the prior hearing period, again notified to allcandidates via email, with a complaint being made within 15 working days (to the email addressused for the notification ), or appeal, within 30 working days, addressed to the NOVA.ID.FCT Boardof Directors at
coord1@novaidfct.pt.

Drafts:
The drafts of: i) fellowship contract, ii) final report to be presented by the fellowship holder, iii) finalreport to be presented by the scientific advisor, and; iv) declaration on honor, can all be found onNOVA.id.FCT website.