Excerpt from the Rector's decree n. 54789 - 27/10/2017

Call for the selection of 1 Senior Research Fellow 
 (Under the Italian Law 240/2010 article 24, subparagraph 3, point b) 
The University of Pisa announces a call for 1 Senior Fixed-Term Research Fellow for: (Annex A).
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Admission Examination Sector: 06/D4 – Skin, Infectious and Gastrointestinal Diseases 
Disciplinary Scientific Sector: MED/17 - Infectious Diseases 
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 Senior Research Fellow is required   to perform lectures for 80 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 96 hours, in order to avoid an excessive partitioning of teaching modules.
Contract duration: 3 years
Gross annual salary: € 41.877,68 
Deadline for application: 27/12/2017
Admission requirements:  
Medicine Degree
Specialty School Qualification in Infectious Deseases or equivalent and related diciplines urther requirements;
As for a qualification awarded abroad, equivalency or comparability documentation has to be provided as stated under:
 D.Lgs.165/2001, article 38:  http://www.funzionepubblica.gov.it/sites/funzionepubblica.gov.it/files/modulo_equivalenza_Titoli_Accademici.pdf 
Or under: 
D.P.R. 382/1980, article 74: http://hubmiur.pubblica.istruzione.it/alfresco/d/d/workspace/SpacesStore/bc950609-e26d-4ca1-b222-ac8bdbe5dda0/Equipollenza_Dottorato_ricerca_dpr382.pdf 
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.
 Required qualifications:
to have been employed as a Fixed-Term Research Fellow for a three- year period already completed by the application’s deadline; (Under the Italian Law 240/2010, article 24, subparagraph 3, point a) 
           or
to be a researcher, a scholar or a scientists holding the Italian National Certification for Full or Associate Professor (Under the Italian Law 240/2010 article 16 );
             or
to hold a Medical Specialty School qualification for the relevant medical fields;
               or 
 to have had at least a three-year period of contracts, even when not consecutive and already completed by the application’s deadline,  performed with:
-	research grants (under the Italian Law 449/97, art 51, subparagraph 6 or the Italian Law 240/2010 article 22 or comparable academic contracts abroad) 
-	 contracts under the Italian Law 230/2005  article 1, subparagraph 14 or comparable academic contracts abroad
-	 post PhD grants (under the Italian Law 398/1989, article 4 or comparable academic contracts abroad) 
Please note: the above–mentioned three-year period could aggregate: Fixed-Term Research Fellowship, post PhD research grants and fellowship in foreign Universities (under DM 662/2016). 

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: 
The application should be compiled according to the TEMPLATE in Annex B and addressed to: 
MAGNIFICO RETTORE
UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA 
LUNGARNO PACINOTTI, 44
56126 PISA
Codice bando (Selection code) RIC2017b4
If applying for more than one scientific areas or sectors, it is mandatory to submit separate applications 
At the candidate’s discretion, the application can be:
•	personally delivered to the Sezione Protocollo of the University of Pisa,  Lungarno Pacinotti, 44 – Pisa (Monday to Friday 9.00 - 13.00 and Tue/Thu 9.00-13 and 15-17.00); 
•	sent by registered post; 
•	forwarded by the  Italian certified e-mail system address ( P.E.C. Posta Elettronica Certificata): protocollo@pec.unipi.it
The application will be registered according to the incoming University Protocol's date, regardless of the date of dispatch or forward. If received after the deadline, the application will not be accepted.
For further information, please contact:
Unità Programmazione e Reclutamento del Personale 
Lungarno Pacinotti 44, 56126 Pisa, 
fax 050-2210661, concorsi@adm.unipi.it 
The application shall include:
•	A Curriculum (in Italian) of the personal didactics, teaching and scientific activities, self-attested using the TEMPLATE  in Annex C; 
•	A list of Qualifications, if eligible for the admission
•	The Publications the applicant considers eligible for this selection, including PhD final thesis. The number of publications shall not exceed what stated in Annex A. A corresponding list shall be annexed;
•	A list of all candidate’s Publications;  
•	A copy of applicant's tax code (1) and identity card or passport;
All documents, including the Curriculum and the list of Publications and qualifications, shall contain the date and the applicant's signature.   
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
Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Admission Examination Sector: 06/D4 – Skin, Infectious and Gastrointestinal Diseases 	

Disciplinary Scientific Sector: MED/17 - Infectious Diseases
Nr. of position available: 1
Focus of research:
As above, with particular regard to “ Correlation between mechanisms of resistance, pharmacokinetic parameters of drug exposure and clinical outcome in patients with nosocomial infections due to multi-drug resistant pathogens”.
Scientific productivity:
The candidate must be able to propose study projects, demonstrate the ability to independently perform them with the production of scientific data that will give rise to communications to congresses and articles on scientific peer-reviewed journals of national and international interest
Head office: Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
The Medical Care Assistance will be performed at:
Azienda Ospedaliera Pisana
Required qualifications:
Medicine Degree
Specialty School Qualification in Infectious Deseases or equivalent and related diciplines
Specific didactic activity of the contract:
Didactic activity in medical field courses where the sector is present

Candidates will be required to demonstrate an adequate knowledge of English language
Candidates may present a maximum number of 15 scientific publications

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Annex B
Application form - TEMPLATE

AL MAGNIFICO RETTORE
UNIVERSITÀ DI PISA 
LUNGARNO PACINOTTI, 44
56126 PISA
Codice Bando (Selection code) - RIC2017b4
I, the undersigned (name and surname)…………………………………………………. Born in ……………………………….
On ………/…………/………. Resident in ………………………………………………………………………………..(Country)
Permanent address………………………………………………….…………………postcode ………………………………………………. 
Ask to be admitted to the selection for 1 Senior Research Fellow (Under the Italian Law 240/2010 article 24, subparagraph 3, point b) at the Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine
Admission Examination Sector: 06/D4 – Skin, Infectious and Gastrointestinal Diseases 
Disciplinary Scientific Sector: MED/17 - Infectious DiseasesCode 
To that end, I declare
That my tax/fiscal code is ________________________________________________ (2)
That my current address is ________________________________________________
Post code______________________ Country _________________________________
tel. ____________________________________
e-mail_____________________________________________
That I have a  Medicine degree   conferred on ---/---/------ at (University) __________________________________________
That I have a  PhD/Medical Specialty School qualification  in _______________________________________________ conferred on ---/---/------
at (University) __________________________________________ 
When the PhD/ Medical Specialty School qualification was awarded abroad:
•	Find here in attach the declaration of equivalent academic qualification
						Or 
•	I declare that I will provide any certification or declaration of equivalent academic qualification before signing the contract in case of a successful result in the competition

That I hold/held the following contracts:
-	fixed-term Research Fellowship from ---/---/ ----  to---/---/ ----  at-------------- (Under  the Italian Law 240/2010,  article 24, subparagraph 3, point a) 
-	Post PhD Research Grants ( Under the  Italian Laws 449/1997 article 51, subparagraph 6, and  240/2010 article 22)   from---/---/ ----  to---/---/ ----  at___________________________________
-	Post PhD Grants (Under the Italian Law 398/1989,  article  4) from---/---/ ----  to---/---/ ----   at_______________________________________
-	Other academic contracts or grants in foreign Universities, comparable to those above-mentioned  from---/---/ ----  to---/---/ ----    at________________________________________ 
with the following position: (please quote the original title of the position)____________________________________________
-	Other contracts as stated  under the Italian Law 230/2005 article 1, subparagraph 14,
from---/---/----to---/---/----      at_________________________________________________________ 
That I have: 
-	the Italian National qualification for Full or Associate Professor ( Under  the Italian Law 240/2010, article 16) in the Scientific Sector_________________ expiring  date________________
-	the Medical Specialty School qualification in _____________________awarded  on---/---/----

 That my citizenship is __________________________________________________
That I am in possession of all political and civil rights in my country
That I have no charges of penal sentences
That I have physical fitness to work
Military service _________________ (3) 
That I have never been removed from public office in any circumstance
That I am not currently employed as a Professor or a Research Fellow 
That I have been employed as a fixed-term Research Fellow or with a 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 n. 240/2010, articles 22 and 24) for a period that, totalled over this contract, would not exceed 12 years altogether, even if not consecutive. 
That I am informed that the contract cannot be concluded in the event of my relationship up to the fourth degree or in case of marriage, to any of the Departments professors or directors, or to the University Rector, the  General Director or an Administration Board member.
I give my consent to the University of Pisa for the processing of my personal data. 

Please find here, attached to my application:
1.	A self-attested Curriculum (in Italian) of the personal didactics, teaching and scientific activities, dated and signed;
2.	A list of qualifications, dated and signed;
3.	The Publications  I consider eligible for this selection;
4.	The corresponding list dated and signed;
5.	A complete list of all Publications, dated and signed;
6.	A copy of the fiscal code (2) and identification card/passport, dated and signed;

By completing this form, I declare that I am aware that Law will prosecute any false declaration. 
I undertake to communicate any variation of the above data and release the University of Pisa from any responsibility in case of inaccuracies or mistakes about the address, telephone or email details or late notices about variations.
Date_______________________________   signature____________________________

(2)	If applicable
(3)	Mandatory for Italian citizens only

Annex C
Self-declaration in lieu of affidavit - TEMPLATE
 (Under  DPR 445/2000 Articles. 19 and 47) 

I, the undersigned _________________________________________________________________
Born in _______________________________________________ on (DOB) _____________________
Residency _________________________________________________________________________
Address________________________________________________________________
Post code_______________
Country_______________________________________________
Fully aware of the penal responsibilities in the event of false declaration (under  DPR 445/2000,articles 75 and 76) I hereby declare that all the information in my scientific and professional Curriculum are real and exact and that all the documents produced are true copies of the originals.

Date__________________________
              
Signature___________________________________