CREED_2026-11

Organisation/Company Instituto Superior de Engenharia do Porto Department Human Resources Department Research Field Engineering » Electrical engineering Engineering » Computer engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Application Deadline 26 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Other Type of Contract Extra Information Scholarship Research Position Job Status Other Job Status Extra Information Scholarship Research Position Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

A call is open for the award of 1 Research Grant for a master's degree holder, in the fields of electrical engineering or computer engineering, under the CREED (Cross-sectoral Renewable Energy-Enabled Demand Management) project, part of the Clean Energy Transition Partnership (CETPartnership) Joint Call 2025 and bearing reference number 2025.21789.CETP, is funded exclusively by national funds, namely from the State Budget, via the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., under the following conditions:

1.SCIENTIFIC AREA Electrical engineering or Computer engineering.

2.ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• hold a master's degree;
• are enrolled in a doctoral programme in electrical or computer engineering or in a course not conferring an academic degree, namely a postgraduate course in Research and Development in Engineering;
• have academic or professional experience in topics related to the proposed work plan.

Fluency in English is mandatory.

3.DURATION The duration of the grant is 6 months, starting in December 2026, eventually renewable, up to the limit set out in the RBI-ISEP, or until the end of the project, whichever occurs first.

4.ACTIVITY OBJECT / WORK PLAN The work plan will be carried out on an exclusive-dedication basis, in accordance with the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, approved by Regulation No. 950/2019, and the ISEP Research Grant Regulations.

• Design, adaptation, implementation, and integration of applications or computational models, according to the needs of the project in which the grant is inserted;
• Testing and validation of the applications or models using realistic case studies, laboratory prototypes, and pilot implementations, according to the needs of the project in which the grant is inserted;
• Active participation in meetings related to the grant, with the supervisor and the research group team, and, where applicable, within the scope of the project in which the grant is inserted;
• Collaboration on scientific papers, project deliverables, or scientific reports;
• Preparation and submission to the supervisor of the reports, planned or requested, on the activities carried out under the grant, including the final activity report;
• Provision of all data, models, software source code, diagrams, and figures used, prepared, and developed under the grant, as well as the manuals necessary for their use.

5.APPLICABLE LAWS AND REGULATIONS Research Grant Holder Statute, approved by Law no. 40/2004, published in Official Gazette, Series I-A - no. 194 - 18th August 2004; Research Grant Regulations of the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia - FCT (Foundation for Science and Technology), approved by Regulation no. 950/2019, published in Official Gazette, Series II- Part C - no. 241 - 16th December 2019; Research Grant Regulations of ISEP approved by Regulation no. 495-A/2020, published in Official Gazette, Series II - no. 101 - 25th May 2020; Legal regime of recognition of academic degrees and diplomas of higher education awarded by foreign higher education institutions approved by Decree-Law no. 66/2018, published in Official Gazette, Series I - no. 157 - 16th August 2018; Decree-Law no. 60/2018, published in Official Gazette, Serie I - no. 149 - 3rd August 2018, which simplifies administrative procedures necessary for the pursuit of research and development activities, all in their current wording.

6.SCIENTIFIC ORIENTATION AND WORKPLACE The work will be developed at ISEP, at GECAD (GECAD–EEA/00760), located at Rua Dr. António Bernardino de Almeida, 431, 4200-072 Porto, Portugal, in the facilities used by the projects in which the work is framed, under the scientific supervision of Dr. João Soares and Professor Sérgio Ramos (PhD).

8.SELECTION METHODS AND COMPOSITION OF SELECTION BOARD

The evaluation will focus on and weight the following criteria:

• merit of the candidate;
• merit of the proposed work and training plan;
• merit of the hosting and supervision conditions under which the aforementioned work and training plan is proposed to be carried out.

The candidate's merit wil