Excerpt from the Rector's decree n. 3249 del January 16, 2019

Call for the selection of n. 1 Junior Research Fellows 
(Under the Italian Law 240/2010 article 24, subparagraph 3, point a)
 The University of Pisa announces a call for 1Junior Fixed-Term Research Fellows for the Departments and the scientific areas or sectors as listed in Annex A.
The fixed-term contract is to carry out research activities, teaching, integrative teaching activities and services for students, for a 350 hours commitment, on a full-time basis. 
The Junior Research Fellow is required to perform lectures for 60 hours per academic year, with a 10% variability, allocated as an institutional assignment for Bachelor’s and Master's degree programmes, Specialization Schools and PhD programmes. It is possible to provide a further 10% extra derogation, up to a maximum of 72 hours, in order to avoid an excessive partitioning of teaching modules.

Contract duration: 3 years
Gross annual salary: € 34.898,06 
Deadline for application: March 18, 2019, 1.00 p.m.
Admission requirements:  
Degree
Specialty School Qualification 
As for an equivalent or comparable academic qualification, the candidate shall be admitted within the application’s deadline and shall provide the qualification equivalency or comparability before the signing of the contract.
Candidates are required to declare what follows:
1. To enjoy the full rights of citizenship in their home State 
2. Not  to have been convicted or found guilty of any criminal offence;   in the event of any conviction, it is mandatory to provide the details of the relevant judgments and any pending criminal proceedings;
3. Not to have been dismissed or dispensed from employment by a Public Administration for
persistent unsatisfactory  performance; or not to have been lapsed from  State employment, in compliance with art. 127, first paragraph, point d) of the Consolidation Act of  provisions concerning the State civil servants approved by Presidential Decree no. 3 of 10 January 1957;
4. to be registered on the electoral roll;
No admission to this selection for:
•	Professors or Research Fellows with permanent position at the university,  currently employed or currently retired;
•	Fixed-term Research Fellowship or Post PhD research grants at the University of Pisa or other Italian universities, either public, private or online, and other public institutions (Under the Italian Law Italian Law n. 240/2010, articles  22 and  24) for a period that, totalled over this contract, would exceed 12 years altogether, even when  not consecutive. As for the duration of the working period mentioned above, parental leave or medical leave, are excluded (under the existing legislation).
Applications: 
Applications are to be submitted online only, using the following link:	https://pica.cineca.it/unipi/
or shall be invalid. It is necessary to have an email address to login and complete the application. 
Applicants should fill in all the required data and upload all documents in PDF format.
The system allows saving a draft of the application within the application deadline. The system will register the online application date and send a receipt with an automatic e-mail reply.  After deadline, the system will not allow login nor application submission.
In order to be valid, application shall include all the required data, applicant’s signature and a valid identification document.
Please forward to the Rector by within the submission deadline any further variation, by the Italian certified e-mail system address ( P.E.C. Posta Elettronica Certificata): protocollo@pec.unipi.it or by e-mail address concorsi_ricercatori@unipi.it, (only PDF documents are allowed, dated and signed ; a candidate’s valid ID card copy is required in attach).
For further information on application submission, please refer to concorsi@adm.unipi.it
For any IT malfunctioning please refer to unipi@cineca.it.
Applications shall be completed with the following annexes:  
1.	A self-attested Curriculum of the personal didactics, teaching and scientific activities, dated and signed; the curriculum must include all the qualifications applicant considers eligible for this selection
2.	The Publications  applicant  considers eligible for this selection;
3.	The corresponding list dated and signed;
4.	A complete list of all Publications, dated and signed;
5.	A copy of the fiscal code (if applicable) and identification card/passport, dated and signed;

All publications should not exceed 30 megabyte and are to be submitted in PDF format only, using the specific section of the application form.

Selection procedure:
A Rector's Decree will appoint the Selection Committee, consisting of three members.
The selection will be made according to a preliminary assessment of the candidates with an accurate and evidenced analytic evaluation of the Curriculum, of qualifications and scientific results, including PhD thesis.
After the preliminary assessment, the candidates that have comparatively proven to be the most meritorious, will be admitted to an open interview; they will represent between 10 and 20 % of the total and will be not less than six. The interview will concern applicant's qualifications and scientific results. In the event the number of applicants is six or less, all candidates are admitted. All admitted candidates will be summoned by registered post at least twenty days before the interview; the failed attendance to the interview will be considered as a voluntary renunciation.
During the interview, all candidates will be furthermore tested on the foreign language skills requested by the selection.
The candidates living abroad and therefore unable to attend the interview at the University of Pisa, will be allowed to be interviewed via the web or a conference call, prior applicant's identification by approved international universities or research centres and upon the Selection Committee approval. 
The Selection Committee is appointed to establish the duly examination of the candidates and shall acquire each candidate's copy of an identity card or passport.   
Please note that the English version is given as a matter of courtesy, for the only purpose of information. It cannot be legally used in the event of a dispute or a claim arising from the interpretation of this translation and concerning the contents, a possible uncertainty, contradiction or discrepancy. Should this occur, the Italian version of the call shall prevail as the only valid. For full Italian text see:  https://www.unipi.it/ateneo/bandi/ricercat/ricercator/index.htm

(1)	If applicable

Annex (A)

Selection code A_1

Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine
Admission Examination Sector 06/B1 - INTERNAL MEDICINE
Disciplinary Scientific Sector MED/09 - INTERNAL MEDICINE
Nr. of position available 1
Focus of research
The scientific activity will be related to medical pathophysiology, clinical methodology, symptomatology, diagnosis, evidence based medicine, medical clinics and medical therapy.

Scientific productivity
To be the author of publications on peer-reviewed international scientific journals and presentations at scientific meetings
Head office
Department of Surgical, Medical and Molecular Pathology and Critical Care Medicine

Specific didactic activity of the contract
Frontal and integrative teaching related to internal medicine in the courses of the medical area.

Candidates will be required to demonstrate an adequate knowledge of English language
Candidates may present a maximum number of 12