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Reference: BIOPOLIS 2024-08 Job description: Post-Doctoral Research Grant (BPD) Reference:BIOPOLIS 2024-08 Main Research Field: Linguistics We are offering a Post-Doctoral Research Grant (BPD) (Reference BIOPOLIS 2024-08) in the scope of the project "Khointact: Towards a better understanding of contact relations between southern African Khoisan languages of the Kx'a, Tuu and Khoe-Kwadi families”, with the reference FCT 2022.06259.PTDC, granted by Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia- I.P./MCTES through national fundings (PIDDAC), to work at CIBIO-InBIO/Associação BIOPOLIS on the description and quantification of the contact between the Kx’a, Tuu and Khoe-Kwadi language families of Southern Africa. The work tasks will focus on transferring newly collected linguistic data, from poorly documented Kalahari Khoe languages of Botswana, into a cross-linguistic database and assign cognates. The BPD holder will further participate in several analytical tasks in comparative linguistics, as well as in reporting activities and results dissemination. Admission Requirements: Candidates are applicable if they received their PhD degree less than 3 (three) years ago and, at the starting date of the new contract, have not completed 36 (thirty-six) months as Post-Doctoral fellows. Applicants should preferably have previous experience in the documentation and description of Southern African languages. We are looking for candidates with: 1. Experience in research activities in the field of language documentation; 2. Experience in historical linguistics; 3. Previous experience with languages of the Khoe-Kwadi family; 4. Fluency in English; 5. Good communication skills; 6. Ability to work well within a team and to possess troubleshooting and problem-solving skills. The candidate must present a curriculum compatible with the work plan. Working Plan: Within the scope of the workplan, the candidate will develop the following tasks: 1. Transcribe newly collected data from the Kalahari Khoe languages Khwe, Shua, Ts’ixa and ǁAni and assemble them into a database; 2. Integrate the collected data in a cross-linguistic database previously developed within the project; 3. Analyze the data according to state-of-the art scholarly standards; 4. Work on a description of the language in a comparative framework; 5. Support reporting activities and result dissemination; 6. Attend project meetings; 7. Scientific articles writing. Applicable Legislation: Law n. 40/2004, from 18th August (Research Fellow Statute) amended and republished by the Decree-law n. 123/2019, from 28th August; FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml.pt). Work Place: The work will primarily be carried out at the CIBIO-InBIO/Associação BIOPOLIS pole at Vairão, Vila do Conde. Grant Duration: 7 (seven) months Monthly Stipend: The monthly stipend is €1,741.00 (one thousand seven hundred and fourty one euros) according to the stipend’s values established by the FCT-I.P., in Portugal (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_2023.pdf). The payment will be made by bank transfer on a monthly basis. The chosen candidate will also be entitled to the reimbursement of the Social Security payments (Seguro Social Voluntário) and to a work insurance. Expect Starting Date: 1st of March 2024 Selection Criteria: Candidate’s assessment will be made in accordance with the admission requirements (see above) and will be based on: 1. The relevance of previous experience with southern African languages (70%); 2. The quality of the curriculum vitae (20%); 3. The analysis of a motivation letter (10%). The jury may not award the grant if the quality of the candidates is inferior to that intended. In the case of admitted candidates whose evaluation does not differ more than 10% from that obtained by the best positioned candidate, the jury will interview these candidates. This interview will aim to obtain clarifications about the curricular elements and additional information, as well as to evaluate the attitude profile and motivation of the candidate. The final score of each jury member is obtained by the following assessment: 90% of the scientific and curricular career evaluation and 10% of the interview. Jury Composition: The Jury will be chaired by Anne-Maria Fehn, PhD (CIBIO), having as effective members Jorge Rocha, PhD (CIBIO) and Alexander Andrason, PhD (University of Cape Town/Living Tongues Institute). Publication and Communication of the Results: The ranking of applications will be published at a visible and public area of Institution facilities, and all candidates will be informed by email about the result of their application. Applications: The call for applications is open between 09/01/2024 and 22/01/2024 (24:00 GMT). The applications are formalized at the electronic address http://www.cibio.pt, with the following documents, in a digital support and PDF format: motivation letter, Curriculum Vitae , certificate of qualifications, including the PhD certificate, and others with relevance.