Composition
The Scientific Council is composed of 24 representatives elected by all
- Professors and Career Researchers and other Professors and Researchers working with the Faculty in full time basis, with contracts of at least one year. Both must have a Doctor Degree, whatever the nature of their relationship to the institution;
- Representatives of recognized and evaluated research units, rated higher than or “Equal” or “Good”, by the Ministry competent for these kinds of competences.
Representatives of the Research Centers
- Doutor Luís Manuel Camarinha de Matos, Prof. Catedrático
- Doutor João Paulo Serejo Goulão Crespo, Prof. Catedrático
- Doutor António Carlos Bárbara Grilo, Prof. Associado c/Agregação
- Doutor Isabel Maria da Silva Pereira Amaral, Prof. Associada
- Doutor Nuno Miguel Ribeiro Videira Costa, Prof. Associado
Representatives of Academic Staff and Researchers
- Doutor Rodrigo Ferrão de Paiva Martins, Prof. Catedrático
- Doutor João Jorge Ribeiro Soares Gonçalves de Araújo, Prof. Catedrático
- Doutor José Paulo Moreira dos Santos, Prof. Catedrático
- Doutor João Carlos da Palma Goes, Prof. Catedrático
- Doutor Pedro Miguel Ribeiro Viana Baptista, Prof. Catedrático
- Doutor António Brandão Moniz, Prof. Associado c/Agregação
- Doutor Isabel Maria Godinho de Sá Nogueira, Prof. Catedrática
- Doutor Alexandra de Jesus Branco Ribeiro, Prof. Associada c/Agregação
- Doutor Ana Cecília Afonso Roque, Prof. Associada c/Agregação
- Doutor João Alexandre Carvalho Pinheiro Leite, Prof. Associado c/Agregação
- Doutor José Carlos Ribeiro Kullberg, Prof. Associado c/Agregação
- Doutora Isabel Maria das Mercês Ferreira, Prof. Associada c/Agregação
- Doutor Maria Paulina Santos Forte de Faria Rodrigues, Prof. Associada
- Doutor Ana Luísa da Graça Batista Custódio, Prof. Associada
- Doutor Maria Margarida Boavida Pontes Gonçalves, Prof. Auxiliar
- Doutor Ana Sofia Leonardo Vilela de Matos, Prof. Auxiliar
- Doutor Márcia Gomes Vilarigues, Prof. Auxiliar
- Doutor Paula Cristina Dias Gonçalves Urze, Prof. Auxiliar
- Doutor Ana Catarina Bernardino Baptista, Investigadora
Competences
As indicated in the Statutes of FCT NOVA, The Scientific Council must:
- Prepare its regulations;
- Assess the scientific activity plan of FCT NOVA;
- Issue pronouncements on the creation, modification and/or extinction of departments and research units;
- Decide upon the teaching load assigned to academic staff, subjecting it to the Dean’s approval;
- Issue pronouncements regarding the creation of courses, and approve the study plans of the courses offered at FCT NOVA;
- Propose or decide upon the conferral of titles and/or honorific distinctions, by a two-thirds majority of its members;
- Propose or decide upon the establishment of scholarly awards;
- Propose or decide upon the establishment of international agreements and/or partnerships;
- Propose the composition of juries for academic examinations and evaluations;
- Perform other duties prescribed by the law applicable to academic and research staff, including the recruitment of said staff;
- Issue pronouncements on the nomination of Program Coordinators and Scientific Committees.
