Research Grant

Organisation/Company Universidade do Minho - ISISE Department ISISE Research Field Engineering » Civil engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Application Deadline 23 Nov 2026 - 23:00 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Not Applicable Job Status Not Applicable Offer Starting Date 9 Nov 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Other EU programme Reference Number NORTE2030-FEDER-01432600 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

A call is open to award (1) research grant within the R&D Project “EcoBEAM - Desenvolvimento de soluções inovadoras de vigas mistas, com foco na sustentabilidade”, project number18265, operation codeNORTE2030-FEDER-01432600, cofunded by theNorthern Regional Program (NORTE 2030), by the Portugal 2030 and by the European Union, in itsERFD component, in the following conditions:

RESEARCH FIELD:Civil Engineering or related fields.

RECIPIENT CATEGORY:

• Degree courses: Students enrolled in a PhD.
• Non-conferring degrees courses: Masters enrolled in non-academic degree courses.

CANDIDATES PROFILE / CANDIDATE ADMISSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory requirements:

In order to apply, the candidates must possess:

• A Master's degree in the field of Civil Engineering or related fields;
• Applicants must comply with the eligibility conditions set out in Article 9 of the Research Grant Regulations, No. 950/2019, of 16-12-2019, of FCT I.P..

At the time of the respective hiring, candidates must prove that they are enrolled in one of the following courses:

• PhD in Civil Engineering, or related fields;
• In a Course that do not confer an academic degree, in the area or area related to that requested in the tender (e.g.: postgraduate studies, advanced studies, specialized training).

Preferential factors:

• Proven knowledge and experience in Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) applied to materials and structural/building solutions;
• Experience in using life cycle modelling software, namely SimaPro software and inventory databases (e.g., Ecoinvent);
• Knowledge of sustainability standards and guidelines in construction, namely EN 15804+A2, ISO 14040, ISO 14044 standards, and Environmental Product Declarations (EPDs);

Requirement for granting the fellowship:

• The applicants may apply without prior registration in the course for which the fellowship is open. The requirement to enroll in a degree course or non-academic degree course will be verified on the date of contracting the fellowship.
• Only fellowships whose selected applicants present a valid proof of enrollment in a degree course or non-academic degree course will be contracted, issued by a Higher Education Institution, according to the type of the fellowship, indicating the academic year or its duration (start and term).

APPLICATION / ADMISSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

The call is open from 09/11/2026 to 23/11/2026 (23:00 – Europe/Lisbon).

Applications must be sent exclusively by e-mail to isabelv@civil.uminho.pt,with the subject “Edital BI-ISISE-UMINHO-ECOBEAM-18265-B3”, with the following documents:

• Elements of the National Identity Card/Citizen Card/Passport/Visa/Title of Residence;
• Curriculum Vitae of the candidate, in Portuguese or in English;
• Certificates of the academic degree(s) required, specifying the final grading (mandatory) and, if possible, the grades obtained in all the attended curricular units, or, alternatively, the candidate's declaration of honor that the degree was obtained until the end of the term of application (Annex I);
• Certificate of recognition of foreign academic degree and conversion of the respective final grading into the Portuguese grading scale, or, alternatively, the candidate's declaration of honor (Annex II), if applicable;
• Statement proving that meets the conditions for the grant typology, according to the application requirements (Annex III);
• Motivation letter, in Portuguese or in English.

Failure to comply with the deadline for submitting the application, such as failure to submit or late submission of the application and the documents referred to in points 2) to 4), determines the exclusion of the application.

Regarding the above mentioned admissibility requirements, the following should be noted:

• In the case of a degree granted by a foreign higher education institution, and in order to ensure the application of the principle of equal treatment to candidates holding foreign and national academic degrees, it is mandatory to recognize the degree and convert the respective final grading to the Portuguese grading scale. The academic degrees and diplomas docume