Call for candidates to apply for an FCT Ph.D. fellowship (Portugal-UK) We are looking for candidates to apply for an FCT (Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology) doctoral fellowship for a mixed Ph.D at the Centre for Functional Ecology of the University of Coimbra (cfe.uc.pt), and Durham University (https://www.dur.ac.uk/).
The successful candidate will be expected to develop a research project to investigate evolution and adaptation of the invasive weed Centaurea solstitialis across broad biogeographical ranges. The research involves laboratory and field-based work and involves the interaction with an international network of collaborators from the USA, Chile, Argentina, Australia, Turkey, Spain, and the UK. The candidate is expected to spend half of the time in Portugal and half in the UK. The candidate should have a good scientific background, with an interest into reproductive and evolutionary ecology, and genetics of invasive weeds. A good knowledge of the English language, of ecological statistics, or molecular biology is highly desirable. Candidates should be European or permanent residents, and comply with the conditions to be a candidate for the FCT Doctoral Grants (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/concursos/individuais2015.phtml.en). The doctoral fellowship includes a monthly payment of 980 euros (tax-free), plus an accident insurance and a monthly contribution to the Portuguese Social Security system (full healthcare and retirement, but no unemployment benefits). During stages in the UK, the scholarship will be topped up to 1710 euros monthly to compensate for differences in the cost of living. The scholarship is renewable for up to four years, at the end of which the candidate is expected to defend his or her PhD. dissertation thesis. A call for fellowship applications will open during July and be open until May 11, 2015 (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/index.phtml.pt), but contacts should be made before May 1, at 6pm Greenwich time. Interested candidates should send a one page cover letter describing their research interests and experience, a CV (explicitly including average scores for B.Sc. and/or M.Sc.), and the contact information for up to two referees to Daniel Montesinos ([email protected]) and Adrian Brennan ([email protected]). Informal inquiries are welcome. More information about the groups can be found here: http://cfe.uc.pt/daniel-montesinos https://www.dur.ac.uk/research/directory/staff/?mode=staff&id=11637 http://www.uc.pt/en/fctuc/ID/plantecolevol
