Rector's Decree n^ 813
THE RECTOR
Considering the
Italian Law nr. 168 of 9 May 1989 and in
particular Article 6 thereof;
Considering
the Statute of Autonomy of the Università Politecnica delle
Considering the Italian
Law nr. 241 of 7 August 1990 concerning the right of access
to administrative documents and amendments thereto;
Considering the
Italian Law nr. 104 of 5 February 1992;
Considering the
Italian Law nr. 476/84 and subsequent amendments
and additions thereto;
Considering the Italian
Law nr. 335/95 and subsequent amendments and additions
thereto;
Considering the Decree
of the President of the Republic (D.P.R.) nr. 487 of 9
May 1994 and subsequent amendments and additions thereto;
Considering
the Ministerial Decree (D.M.) of 4 October 2000 concerning the updating of the
Scientific Disciplinary Sectors;
Considering the Decree
of the President of the Republic nr. 445 of 28
December 2000 consolidating the provisions regulating the management of administrative
documents and subsequent amendments and additions thereto;
Considering the
Italian Law nr. 196 of 30 June 2003 regarding the
protection of personal data, in particular articles 11 and 13;
Considering the
Italian Law nr. 198 of 11 April
2006 issuing the Code on equal opportunities for men and women, pursuant art.
6 of Law nr. 246 of 28 November 2005;
Considering the Decree
of the President of the Republic nr. 252 of 3
May 2006 concerning the regulation for provisions governing the legal deposit
of documents of cultural interest destined to public use;
Considering the Law
nr. 240 of 30 December
Considering the
Ministerial Decree nr. 102 of 9 March 2011;
Considering
the University Regulations governing research fellowships approved by the
Governing Council during the meeting held on 5 July 2011, modified and
integrated during the meeting
held on 22 March
Considering
the decision of the Board of Directors of 27 June 2012 according to which €
480.000,00 have been allocated for research projects
in accordance with the strategic goal of the University to promote and increase
international cooperation. The allocated amount shall be spent at universities
and research centres abroad, which are partners of the Università Politecnica
delle Marche on the basis of a Collaboration Agreement signed by the two
Institutions;
Considering
the decision of the Governing Council of 3 October 2012 according to which the
above-mentioned amount has been distributed to the Departments, thereby
allocating, according to art. 22, par. 4, letter a) of the Italian Law Nr.
240/2010, € 40.000,00 for each of them for one-year long research
fellowships in the Scientific Areas pertaining to the same Departments,
following a public selection, the call of which is also available in English;
Considering
that the above-mentioned amount, including the charges to be paid by the
Administration, is to be considered inclusive of travel and subsistence costs
that will incur until the end of the fellowship;
Given the note attached to the Order n^
64/2013 with which Professor Helmut Veith, employed
at the above mentioned institution, agrees to welcome a researcher receiving fellowship
from Università Politecnica delle Marche, that will perform his/her research
activities for a period of one year under his guidance, on areas of mutual
interest investigating Formal Verification of Parameterized Systems;
Whereas
the Board of Directors acknowledged the above-mentioned facts in its meeting of
25 July 2013;
HEREBY
DECREES
Art. 1 –
Scope
A
public selection is called for the grant of a one-year research fellowship to
be spent abroad in accordance to Article 22, par. 4, letter a) of the Italian
Law nr. 240/2010 and Article 2 of the existing Regulation.
The public selection shall proceed on the basis of qualifications and an
interview, as shown in the following table:
|
Department |
Scientific Area |
Partner-University or Research Centre abroad |
Object of the cooperation |
Gross yearly amount (including travel and
subsistence costs) |
|
Information Engineering Department |
Area 09 |
|
Formal Verification of Parameterized Systems |
€ 40.000,00 |
As
far as the academic disciplines covered are concerned, reference is made to the
Ministerial Decree of 4 October 2000, published in the Official Journal (Gazzetta Ufficiale – Serie Generale) nr. 249/2000, where such disciplines are re-determined and defined.
The
administration guarantees equal opportunities for women and men, as regards
access to employment and working conditions.
Art.
2 – Requirements
The
admission is open to candidates who hold a PhD degree obtained in the
Scientific Area mentioned in this call.
The
candidates shall submit, along with the application, the description of a
research project concerning a subject related to the area and scope of the
ongoing collaboration, as stated in art. 1 of this call.
The
candidate must give a description of:
-
the topic or
area to be investigated
-
the methods
he/she intends to use
-
objectives and
outcomes, divided in stages.
Each
candidate shall submit one research project only.
The
following are not eligible for fellowships and are therefore automatically
excluded from the selection procedures: permanent employees of this and other
universities, public research institutions and bodies, the National Council for
New Technology, Energy and the Environment (ENEA) and the Italian Space Agency
(ASI), institutions whose scientific specialisation diploma has been recognised
equivalent to the title of PhD in accordance to Article 74, fourth paragraph,
of the Decree of the President of the Republic Nr. 382/1980.
According to art. 22, par. 4, letter a) of the Italian Law nr. 240/2010,
persons who are related up to and including the fourth degree of kinship or
affinity or are married with a professor or researcher of the department
involved in the project, or with the Rector, the General Manager or a member of
the University Board cannot take part in this selection.
In
addition to the above, candidates shall meet the following requirements to be
considered eligible; they shall:
- be
physically fit for the post,
- not be older than 38 years of age (age limit ends at
midnight on the applicant’s birthday),
-
have a good command of the English language.
Citizens
from other Countries shall have a qualification recognized as equivalent by the
law or by an international agreement. The equivalence of the qualification
shall be proved by appropriate certification.
The
candidates must declare to have a good knowledge of the Italian language and
specify a correspondence address.
All
admission requirements must be met by the deadline set for the submission of
the applications.
The
admission of the candidates is subject to the review of the submitted
documents. The Administration can order the exclusion of the candidate for
failure to satisfy the requirements laid down, by means of a substantiated
decision stating the precise reasons for the refusal. The decision shall be
notified to the candidate by way of registered letter and acknowledgement of
receipt.
The
Administration is entitled to require the winners of the selection to undergo a
medical examination, according to the regulations currently in force.
Art.
3 – Selection Committee
The
applications and the research projects submitted by the candidates will be
examined by a Selection Committee, composed of three University Professors or
Researchers, who belong to the area mentioned in Art. 1 of
this call. The members of the Selection Committee are appointed after
consultation of the department concerned.
Art.
4 – Evaluation criteria
The
application will be evaluated on the basis of a comparative assessment of the
following criteria:
|
-
Certificates of post-graduation specialisation
courses, obtained in -
Documents attesting that the candidate performed
research activities in private and public institutions on the basis of
employment contracts, scholarships or assignments (both in |
Up to 40 points |
|
- scientific publications, |
Up to 10 points |
|
-
Interview aimed at ascertaining the candidate’s
competence in the scientific topics concerning the research project submitted
and its relevance to the scientific area mentioned in this call, -
Originality of research topic, -
Feasibility of the project and likelihood of success
to complete it within the time set. |
Up to 50 points |
Candidates
are admitted to the interview only after assessment of the qualifications and
publications submitted.
The
project shall be presented at the premises of the University on the date to be
published on the University’s website www.univpm.it
under “Concorsi – Concorsi vari – Assegni di Ricerca”.
The
publication of the notice on the University’s website is equivalent to all
intents and purposes to a notification of the call for the interview.
On
the day of the interview candidates need to submit a valid ID-document.
Once
the interview is completed, the Committee shall give an adequately reasoned
opinion on each of the candidates and draw up a general list of the admitted
candidates based on the final points awarded for qualifications, publications
and the project submitted and disserted, thereby determining the winner.
In
the event of withdrawal or non-acceptance of the first candidate on the list,
the Board will move on to the next ranked eligible candidate.
The
candidates who will obtain a total score of at least 60 out of 100, of which
not less than 30 out of 50 for the project, will be considered eligible for the
fellowship.
The
admission list will remain in effect for a period equal to one third of the
whole duration of the contract and will be made public on the
University-Website and on the official list of the University, Piazza Roma, 22.
Art.
5 Applications and deadlines
The applications must be drawn up on ordinary paper according to the
form attached (Allegato B) and submitted to the
Rector of the Università Politecnica delle Marche, Piazza Roma 22, Ancona by hand or by means of a registered letter with
acknowledgement of receipt by and no later than Monday,
September 23, 2013. Failure to do so will result in
the application being rejected. Postmark will be taken as proof of timely
sending.
The
candidate must state clearly and precisely in the attached application form,
under his/her own responsibility, in addition to name, surname, telephone,
place of residence and address for correspondence (with Postcode) the following
information:
1) date of birth,
2) type of academic title held,
date and name of the awarding university,
3) citizenship,
4) fulfilment of any
obligations imposed by the laws concerning military service,
5) physical fitness to
perform research activities,
6) not
to have any family or kinship relation up to the fourth degree and not to be
married with any of the Professors or Researchers of the Department, Rector,
General Manager or any members of the Board of Directors of the University,
7) not to be holding any other
fellowships of whatever kind (except for those awarded with the aim of
integrating the training or the research activity of the fellowship holder, as
specified in the following art. 9),
8) to have a good knowledge of
the English language,
9) to have a good knowledge of
the Italian language, for citizens from other Countries.
Disabled
candidates can make a specific request for any aids they may need in order to
sit the interview, according to the Italian Law nr. 104/92.
The
signature on the application does not need authentication.
Along with
the application, candidates shall submit the following documents:
-
description of a research project, expressly referring to the scientific
area involved in this competition, as laid down in Article 1 of this call,
-
declaration, referred
to in Articles 46 and 47 of the Decree of the President of the Republic nr.
445/2000, stating that the candidates had been awarded the required academic
title, as laid down in Art. 2 of this call,
-
curriculum of the
candidate’s scientific and professional activity,
-
abstract of the PhD
thesis,
-
qualifications and
publications in single copies, which they consider relevant for the appraisal
of the application,
-
a list of
the qualifications and of the publications submitted.
The
Administration accepts no responsibility for the loss of applications or
documents resulting from the inaccuracy of the data provided by the candidate
in the application form, from failure or delay in the notification of a change
of address, from postal service errors, or from acts of third parties,
unforeseeable circumstances or force majeure.
For
the purposes of the evaluation the candidates shall submit, along with the
application, the documents attesting the awarded qualifications using the
procedures provided for in the Decree of the President of the Republic Nr. 445
of 28 December 2000 on self-certification. The Allegato
C attached to this call can be used for this purpose.
The
same procedures on self-certification apply also to citizens of the European
Union.
The
possibility for non-EU citizens, who are regularly resident in
If
the candidates submit photocopies of their qualifications and publications, the
application should be accompanied by a statutory declaration stating that the
submitted documents are certified copies of the original.
If
the above-mentioned documents are sent or directly submitted by a person other
than the candidate, they should be accompanied by an authenticated photocopy of
an ID-document of the subscriber (only ID-documents with a photo and issued by
a local authority are considered valid).
If
statutory declarations are submitted without an authenticated photocopy of a
valid ID-document, the candidate will be admitted to the selection, but his/her
qualifications and publications will not be taken into account.
Date
and place of publication shall be indicated for works printed abroad.
Publications shall be submitted in the language of origin. If this is different
from each of the following languages, the publication shall then be translated
into one of these: Italian, English, French, German or Spanish.
The
acts and documents drawn up in a foreign language, except for publications,
shall be accompanied by an Italian translation certified by a competent
diplomatic or consular authority or by an official translator, or – if required
– by a statutory declaration stating that the submitted documents are a true
translation of the original.
The
title awarded abroad can be declared admissible by the Selection Committee,
solely for purposes related to the selection of this call.
No
reference to documents, previously submitted to this University, is allowed.
Art.
6 – Submission of documents
The
winner of the selection shall submit the following documents to RIPARTIZIONE
RECLUTAMENTO DOCENTI, RICERCATORI E ASSEGNI of the Università Politecnica delle
1. a photocopy of a valid ID-document
(in lieu of certificates of birth and citizenship); a certificate of birth and
citizenship for non-EU citizens.
2. declaration
certifying that the winner of the selection is not employed in this or other
Universities, public research institutions and bodies, the National Council for
New Technology, Energy and the Environment (ENEA), the Italian Space Agency
(ASI) or institutions, the scientific specialisation diploma of which has been
recognised equivalent to the title of PhD in accordance to Article 74, fourth
paragraph, of the Decree of the President of the Republic Nr. 382/1980, and
that he/she doesn’t perform any duties nor provide any services to the State,
Province, Municipalities or private or public bodies. If this is not the case
he/she shall submit a document attesting the acceptance of the new activity.
3. declaration that the
winner of the selection is not using any grants awarded and that he/she is not
enrolled in any Bachelor or Master degree courses or in PhD courses with
scholarship or Medical Specialization Courses in
The
declarations in 2) and 3) can be made using a form issued by the RIPARTIZIONE
RECLUTAMENTO DOCENTI, RICERCATORI E ASSEGNI.
According to articles 71 and 75 of the Decree of the
President of the Republic nr. 445 of 28 December 2000, if
the control made by this Administration reveals that the content of the
above-mentioned statutory declarations is not true, the private law contract
shall be terminated as a result of untruthful declarations.
According
to the existing legal provisions, non-EU citizens can submit self-declarations,
as the above-mentioned, for the cases in which conditions, facts and personal
abilities are to be certified or attested by Italian public or private bodies
or institutions.
Art.
7 – Scientific responsibility of the winning projects.
Once
the forwarded documents have been approved by the Selection Committee, the
department interested in the winning research project shall appoint a Professor
or Researcher to act as supervisor.
Art.
8 – Termination of contract and notice
The
person who has been awarded a research fellowship can terminate the contract by
giving 30 days’ advance notice.
In
the event of failure to give notice, he/she shall pay the Administration the
amount equivalent to the remuneration he/she would have been entitled, hadn’t
he/she failed to give due notice.
Art.
9 – Fellowship obligations
The
holder of the fellowship will carry out his/her research activities, according
to the short-term contract stipulated for the duration provided for in Article
1 of this call.
Such
contract does not constitute in any way a contract of employment and does not
give rise to rights in respect of access to permanent employment at the
University or the public bodies mentioned in art. 2 – paragraph
2.
The
holder of the fellowship is required to issue an activity report that will be
subject to approval by the project supervisor before the fellowship expires.
The Research Manager shall certify it and bring it before the Council of the
interested Department for a decision.
In
the event of a negative assessment of the ongoing research activity, the
Research Manager shall submit, through the Dean, a reasoned report to the
Rector, who will then give the research fellow notice of termination of the contract, that will be enforced from the first day of the
following month.
Upon
termination of the contract, the persons defined in Article 22 of the Italian
Law nr. 249/10 are required to file the results of the research activity in the
premises of the facility they belong to, simultaneously notifying it to
RIPARTIZIONE RECLUTAMENTO DOCENTI, RICERCATORI E ASSEGNI of the University.
Art.
10 –Ban on accumulation– Incompatibility – Suspension of activity
The
holder of a research fellowship is not entitled to participate in Bachelor-,
Master- Doctoral-degree courses with scholarship or medical specialization
courses in
For
employees in public bodies other than the ones mentioned in art. 2, paragraph
The
research activity and the fellowship may be suspended due to compulsory
military service, maternity leave or health reasons; in this case the entire
duration of the research fellowship grant is not reduced due to the above
suspensions.
An
overall period of justified absence of less than thirty days in one year does
not constitute suspension and consequently does not have to be made up.
Art.11
– Salary
The
yearly research fellowship amounts to €33.761,00,
including travel and subsistence costs. It is net of the burdens to be charged
to the Administration and will be paid in deferred monthly instalments
according to art.8 of this call.
Applicable
fiscal rules are the provisions of Article 4 of the Italian Law no. 476 of 13
August 1984 and subsequent modifications and integrations. Applicable social
security rules are the provisions provided for in Article no. 2, paragraph 26
and following paragraphs of the Italian law n. 335 of 8 August 1995 and
subsequent modifications and integrations.
Art.
12 – Publicity
This
notice of call will be published on the official list of the Università
Politecnica delle Marche, in P.zza Roma n.2 – Ancona in the related Faculties and under “Concorsi – Concorsi Vari – Assegni di Ricerca” in the University
Website http://www.univpm.it, in the
MIUR-Website http://bandi.miur.it and in
the website of the European Union http://ec.europa.eu/euraxess.
Art.
13 – Personal Data
In accordance with art. 11 and 13
of the Italian Legislative Decree n. 196/2003, the personal data provided by
the candidates will be used exclusively for the purposes of this selection and
of the awarding of the fellowship.
Art.
14 – Return of documents and publications
The
candidates who failed in the selection can be returned the documents and publications
they had attached to the application. The documents will be available for
collection for four months from the date of assessment of their validity and in
any case after the expiration of the terms for the submission of claims (60 days from the date of publication of the selection outcome
on the website of Università Politecnica delle
The
documents will be returned barring any disputes being raised.
After
this term, the University shall be no longer deemed responsible for the documents
retained.
Art.
15 – Applicable regulation
The
University Regulations and the current laws will apply to all matters not
covered in the following call.
Signed by
THE RECTOR