Prot. n./Prot. no. 29973 Data/Date 23/03/2018 Rep. n. /Index no. 2066
Prot. n./Prot. no. 29973 Data/Date 23/03/2018 Rep. n. /Index no. 2066
UOR-RPA SGPD – Servizio Gestione Personale Docente RPA Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx
Firmatario/Signatory Xxxxxxxx Xxxx
Oggetto Bando di selezione per il conferimento di assegni di ricerca Subject Selection call to grant temporary research fellowships for
research activities
Dipartimento di Chimica, Materiali e Ingegneria Chimica “Xxxxxx Xxxxx” Department of Chemistry, Materials and Chemical Engineering “Xxxxxx Xxxxx”
Titolo del Programma di Ricerca Nanovettori fluorurati per terapia con xxXXX
Ricerca nell'ambito del progetto Regione Lombardia 2005-0023 TRANS-ALS
Research Title
Fluorinated Nanovectors for xxXXX Delivery
Research within the Regione Lombardia 2005-0023 TRANS-ALS project Codice Procedura / Procedure Code 2018_ASSEGNI_DCMC_16 Scadenza / Deadline 30/04/2018
SELECTION CALL TO GRANT TEMPORARY RESEARCH FELLOWSHIPS FOR RESEARCH ACTIVITIES UOR DCMC
HAVING REGARD to the Law of 9.5.1989, n. 168, and in particular Article 6, according to which the Universities are allowed to issue autonomous regulations;
HAVING REGARD to Law 24.12.1993, n. 537, "Corrective actions of public finance";
HAVING REGARD to the Decree of the President of the Republic of 28.12.2000, n. 445 - Consolidated laws and regulations on administrative documentation and subsequent amendments and additions;
HAVING REGARD to Legislative Decree n. 196 of 2003, "Code concerning the protection of personal data" and later amendments;
HAVING REGARD the Legislative Decree n. 198 of 11 April 2006 "Code on equal opportunities between man and woman, by virtue of Article 6 of Law No. 246 of 28 November 2005", and later amendments;
HAVING REGARD to the Law of 30.12.2010, n. 240, and in particular Article 22;
HAVING REGARD to Directorial Decree 29.7.2011, n. 336 "Determination of the call sectors grouped into call macro-sectors pursuant to Article 15 of Law 240/2010" and later amendments;
HAVING REGARD to Rector's Decree n. 41/AG of 17 May 2005, by which is issued the Regulation on the contribution for participation both in reserved internal examinations and in public entrance examinations organised by Politecnico di Milano;
HAVING REGARD to the Statute of Politecnico di Milano adopted by Rectoral Decree n. 623/AG on 23/2/2012, published on the O.J. of 2/3/2012, n. 52;
HAVING REGARD to Rectoral decree n. 667/AG of 28.02.2011 by which has been issued the Regulations for granting of temporary research fellowships for research activities on internally funded programmes, as amended by Rectoral Decrees n. 2471 of 02.10.2012, 3455 of 13.10.2014, 4674 of 19.12.2014, 2013 of 30.04.2015 and 3398 of 29.07.2016 and further modified with Rectoral Decree n. 8268/ SAGNI of 20.12.2017;
HAVING REGARD to the resolution of the Department of Department of Chemistry Materials and Chemical Engineering by which it is approved the call proposal for a public selection for the assignment of n° 1 temporary research fellowship to carry out the research activity, on a fixed-term basis, within the programme called "Fluorinated Nanovectors for xxXXX Delivery";
PROVIDED the financial availability,
Article 1 - Scope of the contract
A public selection is hereby organized to grant n° 1 temporary research fellowship to grant research activity, on a fixed-term basis:
Department: Department of Chemistry Materials and Chemical Engineering
Location: DIPARTIMENTO DI CHIMICA, MATERIALI E INGEGNERIA CHIMICA "XXXXXX XXXXX"
Area: 03 - Chemistry
Academic Discipline: CHIM/07 - PRINCIPLES OF CHEMISTRY FOR APPLIED TECHNOLOGIES
Duration of the contract (months): 12
Expected start date of activity: 01 june 2018
Article 2 - Research Programme
Research Title (and research sub-programme):
Fluorinated Nanovectors for xxXXX Delivery
Research within the Regione Lombardia 2005-0023 TRANS-ALS project
Research programme description:
The research activities to be undertaken will consist in the synthesis and characterization of nanosystems and macromolecules stabilized by highly fluorinated ligands and in developing a protocol for their dispersion in water. Such carriers will be formulated in order to allow the transport of hydrophobic drugs or oligonucleotides, xxXXX, under physiological conditions. In particular, the structural properties of the obtained nanosystems will be studied via light scattering techniques and small angle x-ray scattering as well as electron and confocal microscopy and AFM. Finally, the properties of uptake and release of drug molecules will be evaluated.
Starting and implementation of the research programme:
The present research program aims at the synthesis and structural and functional characterization of fluorinated nanovectors for diagnostic and therapeutic use. In particular, nanoparticles and macromolecules functionalized with fluorinated ligands will be synthesized and formulated to be dispersible in aqueous solution, for application as theranostic agents. Such nanovectors will be used to encapsulate drugs and/or oligonucleotides. The obtained nanosystems
will be characterized by photocorrelation spectroscopy (PCS), transmission electron microscopy (TEM), ICP and MALDI mass spectrometry,
FT-IR and UV-visible spectroscopy, fluorine nuclear magnetic resonance (19F NMR) and near infrared luminescence (NIR).
Activities that the Temporary Research Fellow will carry out, obligations of the Temporary Research Fellow and conditions :
The recruited Post-Doc will perform the synthesis and characterization of
nanoparticles and macromolecules stabilized by highly fluorinated ligands and will set-up a procedure to disperse these molecules in water by different
formulation methods. Subsequently, the recruited Post-Doc will study the transport of drugs (hydrophobic molecules) or oligonucleotides in
physiological conditions.
Countries and structures in which the research activity can be carried out: EUROPA
Article 3 - Participation requirements
In order to participate to the selection procedure, candidates must possess a PdD
If the academic qualification/s mentioned above is/are/was/were obtained abroad, it/they must be the
official qualification/s of the foreign university system, issued by an institution officially recognized in the foreign system of reference.
Candidates must have obtained the required academic qualifications by the deadline indicated in Article 4, in order for the application to be valid.
Article 4 - Application and participation deadline
For the purposes of selection, the candidate must fill out and send, within the compulsory deadline of 30 april 2018 or s/he will be excluded from the call, the admission application by accessing the Online Services of Politecnico di Milano - section Open competitions and selections - Open competition/selection for allocation of job/post - Calls for temporary research fellowships, and attach what required by the Call.
If the aforementioned deadline falls on a holiday, it will shift to the immediately next weekday other than a holiday.
Article 5 - Participation contribution
The candidate is required to pay, or s/he will be excluded from the selection, within the deadline, without the reimbursement right if, for any reason, s/he cannot participate, a contribution of 25.82 Euro as follows:
● PagoPA (following the instructions of the online application procedure)
● Bank transfer on bank account payable to Politecnico di Milano - X.xxx Xxxxxxxx xx Xxxxx, 00 - 00000 Xxxxx, with the following bank details:
IBAN: XX00X0000000000000000000X00 SWIFT: XXXXXX00
reason: "(. ) Procedure Code 2018_ASSEGNI_DCMC_16".
Is required to upload the payment receipt/authorization.
Article 6 - Exclusion and withdrawal
Candidate is admitted to the reserve selection. The Head of the Procedure can decide, at any time, to
exclude from the selection by fax, registered letter, telegram or PEC, for the following reasons:
● the electronic submission of the admission application after the compulsory deadline mentioned in Article 4 of the call;
● lack of a professional scientific curriculum vitae written in Italian or English;
● lack of the copy of a valid identity document;
● failure to pay the participatory contribution within the deadline provided;
● lack of compliance with requirements of Article 3 of the call;
● incompatibility situations of Article 13 of the call;
● Any other breach of the requirements of the call.
If the reasons for the exclusion have been ascertained after the selection process, the Head of the Procedure can withdraw the rights from participation in the selection; the withdrawal of candidates will be applied to candidates that stated false declarations in the admission application for the selection or false declarations regarding the Presidential Decree 445/2000.
Article 7 - Selection Board
The selection is made by a special selection board, appointed by Director-General's Decree, whose members are designated by the Head of the Structure concerned pursuant to Article 4, paragraph 6, of the Regulations issued with Rector's Decree n. 667/AG of 28 February 2011, as amended by the subsequent Rector's Decree n. 8268/SAGNI of 20 December 2017.
The selection board is made up, usually, by the Head of Research, and by two additional members chosen among professors and researchers with research experience on the topics of this call. The commission may eventually use Italian and foreign experts.
Article 8 - Selection procedure
The selection board proceeds to the selection, for which it has a total of 100 points, by the evaluation of qualifications and curriculum vitae submitted by the candidate , according to the following criteria:
● Relevance of qualifications with the research programme object of selection points 40
● Consistency of the candidate's overall profile with respect to the content of the research programme object of selection points 30
● Relevance of publications, thesis and scientific products presented with the research programme object of selection points 30
Texts accepted for publication can be considered for the assessment. The abstracts of the university graduation thesis/scientific publications/texts accepted for publication/scientific products can also be assessed. In case it will be submitted more than 3 publications/texts accepted for publication (or related abstracts), only the first three documents will be evaluated. Furthermore, the university graduation thesis/scientific publications/texts accepted for publication/scientific products (or related abstracts), in order to be evaluated, must be submitted and/or written/translated in one of the following languages: Italian, English, French, German and Spanish. The translated texts must be submitted together with the text in the original language.
The selection is considered as successfully passed with a minimum score of 70 points.
In the event of an equal score, the holder of a Ph.D. qualification, where not necessarily required for the purposes of admission to this selection, will be considered as preferential title for the assignment of the temporary research fellowship. After that, preference shall be accorded to the younger candidate.
Article 9 - Approval of the Procedure and Ranking list
The decree approving the procedure and the ranking list of the winner candidates and other suitable candidates for selection will be published on the Official Noticeboard of Politecnico di Milano and on the Politecnico Web site.
The publication on the Web site counts as official notification to candidates pursuant to the law.
From the date of publication of the aforementioned decree, it will start the terms for submitting appeals.
Article 10 - Conditions for execution of the contract and the commencement of activities
The candidate declared winner of the selection who has obtained abroad the qualifications required in Article 3 above , if these qualifications have not already been declared equivalent in accordance with the legislation in force, must send to the Teaching Staff Management Service, before signing the contract or they will forfeit the right to sign it:
● the original or authenticated copy of the foreign academic qualification, legalised3 and accompanied by a certified or sworn translation (in Italian, English, French or Spanish if written in a language different from those mentioned above);
● the diploma supplement, or the certificate of equivalence of qualification, or the transcripts of examinations taken relating to the degree required for participation4.
For non-EU candidates who are not yet in possession of an Italian Residence Permit, this submission must be compulsorily carried out before the starting of activity.
Non-EU candidate declared winner of the selection procedure and who obtained the qualification listed in Article 3 above in Italy and who, on the date of the application's submission do not yet has a residence permit in Italy , must provide the originals or copies authenticated by Italian Authorities of the academic qualifications obtained in Italy which are required for admission to this selection procedure (Art. 3 of the Call) to the Teaching Staff Management Service before the starting of the activity.
Non-EU candidate who, at the date of the application's submission, has a residence permit in Italy or has the receipt for the residence permit request in Italy, if declared winner of the selection procedure, must show the original copy of the residence permit (or the receipt for the residence permit request) to the Visiting Professor Welcome Office, by and no later than the date set for the contract's execution. Failure to provide the document will result in the automatic forfeiture of the right to enter into the contract.
Non-EU candidate who, at the date of the application's submission, do not yet has a residence permit in Italy , if declared winner of the selection procedure, must compulsorily obtain authorisation from the Prefecture, which is necessary to apply for an entry visa. Activities can only commence after the above- mentioned visa has been presented to the Visiting Professor Welcome Office. Failure to provide the document will make it impossible to commence the activity.
The Administration reserves the right to carry out controls on the declarations produced regarding qualifications (obtained in Italy or abroad) and on publications/thesis/scientific products submitted.
Please note that in the countries which signed The Hague Convention of 5 October 1961 regarding the abolition of the legalisation of public documents obtained abroad, the need to legalise documents issued by foreign authorities is replaced by another formality: affixing an "apostille" by the competent authority internally designated by each State.
Moreover, it is not mandatory to legalise qualifications or to affix The Hague Apostille if the qualification has been issued by one of the countries that ratified the
3 Brussels Convention of 25 May 1987 or if the qualification has been issued by a German institution (Italian-German Convention on the exemption of public deeds from legalisation).
For information concerning the legalisation of foreign qualifications, please visit the website of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation xxxx://xxx.xxxxxx.xx/XXX/XX/Xxxxxxxx_xxx_Xxxxx/XxxxxxxXxxxxxxxx/XxxxxxxxxxXxxxxxxxxxxxxxXxxxxxxxx.xxx?XXXXxXX;
or the CIMEA Web site xxxx://xxx.xxxxx.xx/
or the Hague Convention website xxxxx://xxx.xxxx.xxx/xx/xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxx/xxxxxxxxxxx- sections/apostille
4 The diploma supplement, the certificate of equivalence of qualification and the examination transcripts are not required for those who hold a Research Doctorate.
Article 11 - Contract
The temporary research fellowship to carry out the research activity is governed by a specific individual contract.
The contract regulates the collaboration on the basis of the following criteria: flexibility according to the needs of the activity, continuous activity, temporally defined, commitment not merely occasional, coordination with the overall activity of the University, close relation to the realization of a research programme, autonomous development of collaboration within the programme, absence of predefined working hours.
By signing the contract, the temporary research fellows will carry out the online course on security provided by the University available on the online service portal of Politecnico under the field "data - security training courses" and submit, within 30 days from the beginning of the activity, copy of the related certificate to the Department where the research activity will take place.
At the end of the contract, the temporary research fellow is required to submit a written report on the research activity carried out and on the results achieved within the project. In case that the report will not be submitted, it will not be possible to renew the temporary research fellowship or sign a contract for a new temporary research fellowship.
Employment under this call falls within the untenured ongoing continuous collaboration category.
To the temporary research fellowship, for what concerns tax matters, it must be applied the provisions of article 4 of the law n. 476 of 13 August 1984, as well as, for social security, those referred in Article 2, paragraphs 26 et seq., of the Law n. 335 of 8 August 1995, and subsequent amendments, for compulsory abstention from work for maternity, the provisions of the Decree of the Ministry of Labour and Social Policies of 12 July 2007, published in the Official Journal n. 247 of 23 October 2007, and, with regard to sick leave, the provisions of the Article 1, paragraph 788, of the Law n. 296 of 27 December 2006, and subsequent amendments, as far as they can be compatible. During the period of compulsory maternity leave, the maternity subsidy paid by INPS in accordance with article 5 of the above-mentioned decree of 12 July 2007 is supplemented by Politecnico di Milano up to the total amount of the temporary research fellowship.
Citizens of EU countries, who are not able to produce the S1 model related to health assistance in their country of origin, can ask to ASL offices for instructions regarding the registration fee to the Italian National Health Service.
Article 12 - Amount of the Temporary Research Fellowship
The amount of the temporary research fellowship, referred to the contract duration (see article 1 of this call), paid as deferred monthly instalments, is Euro 20000 with only deductible expenses included and charged to the contractor.
Article 13 - Incompatibility
The temporary research fellowship cannot be allocated to employees, either in public or private scheme, including part-time and fixed-term contracts.
The temporary research fellowship cannot be assigned to those enrolled in laurea study programmes, laurea Specialistica or Laurea Magistrale (equivalent to Master of Science) programme, Ph.D. programme with scholarships or medical specialization, in Italy or abroad, and it implies to place in unpaid leave the employee in service with public administrations other than those referred to in the fifth paragraph of this article.
The participation to the selection is not allowed to subjects with conjugal, family or kinship bonds within the 4th degree of relationship or a civil union relationship with someone of the same sex (as regulated by Article 1 of the Law 20.05.2016, n. 76), or those in any forms of cohabitation (as regulated by Article 1 - paragraphs 37 et seq of the Law n. 76 of 05.20.2016), with:
● a full and associate professor of the Department that issued this call;
● the Rector;
● the Director General;
● a Member of the Board of Governors.
Those who have already signed contracts for temporary research fellowships pursuant to Article 22 of Law 240/2010 may not participate in this selection, for a number of 6 years, with the exclusion of the period in which the temporary research fellowship was obtained for Ph.D. programme without scholarship, within the maximum limit of the legal duration of the programme. Similarly, those who are not able to carry out the research activity for the entire period provided in Article 1 of the call cannot participate in the selection process, due to the exceeding of the time limits established by Article 22, third paragraph of Law 240/2010 as supplemented by Article 6, paragraph 2bis of the Decree-Law 192/2014, as well as by Article 22 ninth paragraph, Law 240/2010 5.
The holders of temporary research fellowships cannot be full employees of Universities, institutions and public research and experimentation bodies, of the National Agency for New Technologies, Energy and Sustainable Economic Development (ENEA), of the Italian Space Agency (ASI) and of institutions whose scientific diploma has been recognized as equivalent to a Ph.D. programme according to Article 74, fourth paragraph, of the Presidential Decree n. 382 of 11 July 1980.
The holder of temporary research fellowship can carry out professional activities and sign contracts that fall within the self-employment contracts, provided that carrying out this activity will not provide a lack of performance in the research activity subject of the contract and upon written authorization by the Head of the Structure, after consultation with the Head of the research or programme. These activities are considered as not compatible with the temporary research fellowship in the event of lack of the aforementioned authorization.
The holder of the temporary research fellowship cannot carry out activities that could lead to a situation of conflict of interest with the activities of Politecnico di Milano.
The temporary research fellowship cannot be combined with other fellowships and scholarships except with those granted by national or foreign institutions, useful as integration for research activities abroad for the same holders of the temporary research fellowships.
The temporary research fellow can attend Ph.D. courses, also as extra courses and without the right to scholarship, always subject to pass the admission tests.
Article 22, third paragraph, law 240/2010 states that "the total duration of the relations established under this article, including any renewals, may not [...] exceed four years, with the exclusion of the period in which the temporary research fellowship was obtained for Ph.D. programme, within the maximum limit of the legal duration of the programme".
5 Article 6, paragraph 2 of the Legislative Decree 192/2014 states that "The total duration of the relations established under Article 22, paragraph 3, of the law of 30 December 2010, n. 240, is extended for two years".
Article 22, ninth paragraph, Law 240/2010 states that "The total duration of the relationships established with the holders of the temporary research fellowships as referred in this article and of the contracts as referred in Article 24, which also existed with different universities, state, non-state or telematic universities, as well as with entities as mentioned in paragraph 1 of this article, with the same subject, cannot, in any case, exceed twelve years, even if it is a non-continuous period. For
calculation of duration of the aforementioned relations, the periods spent on maternity or sick leave, according to current legislation, are not relevant.".
Article 14 - Personal Data Treatment
According to Legislative Decree n. 196 of 2003 and subsequent amendments and additions, personal data provided by the candidates will be processed only for the purpose connected to the management of this call and stored at the Human resources and organization of Politecnico di Milano ¿ P.zza Xxxxxxxx xx Xxxxx, 32
¿ Milano. The data processing controller is Politecnico di Milano - General Management, Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx xx Xxxxx, 00 - Xxxxx. The Supervisor of personal data is the Manager of the Human resources and organization.
The personal data of candidates may only be notified to the public administrations directly interested in the legal-economic position of the winning candidate.
The provision of such data is compulsory for purposes of assessing the participation requirements, failing which the candidate shall be excluded from the selection procedure.
The candidate may exercise his/her rights, according to Article 7 of the mentioned Law, including the right of access to his/her data, as well as some complementary rights including the right to rectify, update, complete or delete erroneous, incomplete data or data collected not in compliance with the Law.
Article 15 - Head of the procedure
According to what provided by Article 5 of the Law n. 241 of 7 August 1990 and subsequent amendments, the Head of the procedure for this Call is Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxxx, Human resources and organization - Teaching Staff ManagementService, phone x00 00 00000000 x00 00 00000000 x00 00 00000000 - +39 02
23992259 x00 00 00000000 E-Mail: xxxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxx.xx.
Article 16 - Final Provisions
For anything not provided in this call, please consult the provisions of the "Regulations for granting of temporary research fellowships for research activities on internally funded programmes" issued by Rectoral Decree n. 667/AG of 28 February 2011, as amended by the subsequent Rector's Decree n. 8268/SAGNI of 20 December 2017, available at the following link: xxxx://xxx.xxxxxxxxx.xxxxxx.xx/?xx_xxxxxxx00, as well as applicable laws.
Article 17 - Advertising
This call for applications is advertised on the Politecnico's Official Noticeboard, on the website of Politecnico, of the MIUR and on that of the European Union.
The Head of Department Xxxx. Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Signed Xxxx Xxxxxxxx
Digitally signed pursuant to Italian Law - Legislative Decree 7.3.2005, No. 82, article 21, paragraph 1.2, as amended (subsequent modifications and integrations).