Call for Research Grant Assignment

Organisation/Company Universidade de Coimbra Research Field Educational sciences » Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Bachelor Positions Application Deadline 5 Nov 2026 - 00:00 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 37 Offer Starting Date 1 Apr 2027 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Other EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Call for Research Grant Assignment

The University of Coimbra opens a call for the assignment of a research grant, with one position(s), under the project PS1447, title Parcerias para a Inovação Social .

The call is governed by this Notice of Opening, the University of Coimbra Research Grant Regulations (RBI-UC), subsidiarily by the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology (RBI-FCT), by the Research Fellow Statute (EBI), by the Norms for Grant Assignment and Management within R&D Projects, by the Code of Administrative Procedure (CPA), all in their current wording, and by other applicable national and community legislation.

Procedure Reference: IT137-26-477[ARdS1.1]

I - Legal admission requirements

I.I - Grant Recipients:

Graduates, in the scientific area of Educacional Sciences enrolled in a master’s degree, in the scientific area of Educacional Sciences

OR

Graduates, in the scientific area of Educacional Sciences, enrolled in a non-degree-granting course[JB2.1][JB3.1].

I.II - The non-degree-granting course must be related to the type of activity covered by the grant. Non-degree-granting courses are defined as those referred to in subparagraph e) of paragraph 3 of Article 4 of Decree-Law No. 74/2006, in its current wording, provided that, under subparagraph e) of Article 3 of RBI-FCT, they are developed in association or cooperation between the higher education institution and one or more R&D units.

[JB4.1]

I.III - [JB5.1] Ineligible candidates:

Candidates enrolled in non-degree-granting courses who have already benefited from a grant contract and who, with this grant assignment, including possible renewals, exceed a total accumulated period of two consecutive or non-consecutive years in this type of grant.

I.IV - Eligible for grant assignment if meeting the requirements:

a) Portuguese nationals or nationals of other EU Member States

b) Nationals of third countries

c) Stateless persons

d) Beneficiaries of political refugee status

II - Grant location: Faculty of Psychology and Educational Sciences of the University of Coimbra

III- Scientific supervision/coordination of the grant: Armanda Pinto Mota Matos

IV - Work Plan / Goals to be achieved:

To provide support for the various activities carried out within the scope of the project “Dependência sem substância: um problema do séc. XXI” - PS1447 - Parcerias para a Inovação Social”. To develop databases for statistical analysis and contribute to data processing, analysis, and discussion. To prepare reports and dissemination materials.

V - Initial grant duration: 5 months

V.I - Renewal Possibility: Non-renewable

VI - Funding and financial conditions of the grant

VI.I - Monthly grant amount (paid by bank transfer at the end of each month): 1090,98

VI.II - In addition to the above amounts, voluntary social security (SSV) is included when the grant has a duration of six months or more, corresponding to the first level, if the candidate opts for it, as well as mandatory personal accident insurance.

VI.III- Funding: The grant(s) assigned under this call will be funded by own revenue[LM7.1]

VI.IV - Information and publicity about the funding: NA[LM8.1]

VII - Selection Methods: Evaluation of the academic record (AR) and/or Interview (I)

VII.I - AR - In the evaluation of the academic record, the candidates' academic performance will be assessed according to the following weights and criteria:

• Criterion 1 – Graduation average and academic experience;
• Criterion 2 – Adequacy of the candidate’s profile to the work plan to be developed;
• Criterion 3 – Expertise and skills relevant to the project subject.

VII.II- I – In the evaluation of the interview, candidates' performance will be assessed according to the following weights and criteria:

• Criterion 1 – Profile appropriated to the functions to be developed;
• Criterion 2 – Specific knowledge relevant to the work plan;
• Criterion 3 – Motivation and interest.

VII.III- The evaluation of the criteria and the final classification will be based on a scale from 0 to 100, with scores rounded to the nearest hundredth, applying the following formulas:

- AR: criterion 1 * (30%) + criterion 2