FEUP - Research Grant -SMART&GREEN_Ago-BOLS-FEUP-26-43

Offer Description

1 Research Grant Announcement (M/F)

Call open for applications for a research grant within the framework of project “SMART&GREEN: Towards Climate-Neutral Cities\", with operation code, at the Funds Platform (Balcão dos Fundos), NORTE2030-FEDER-02696100, co-financed by the European Union through the NORTE 2030 Regional Program, of Portugal 2030, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Environmental Engineering, Bioengineering or related fields.

Admission requirements: Candidates who cumulatively meet the following two requirements may apply for this grant:

Requirement 1:

• Be a student enrolled in a doctoral program in the area of Environmental Engineering, Bioengineering or related fields, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.
• Holder of an academic degree enrolled in a non-academic degree course integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

or

Note: In the case of masters who are enrolled in non-academic degree courses, the scholarship can only be awarded to those who do not exceed, with this scholarship contract, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of two years in that typology of the scholarship, followed or interpolated.

and

Requirement 2:

• Hold a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering, Bioengineering or related fields .

If the degree has been awarded by a foreign higher education institution, it must comply with the provisions of the Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of august 16th, and any formalities established there must be fulfilled until the time of signing the contract.

Activity Outline: The work plan forms part of Activity 5: SMART&GREEN Solutions for Waste Management and Recovery, specifically the research activities relating to the development of environmentally friendly solutions for waste management and recovery. The aim is to develop and apply waste-based solutions for the creation of eco-friendly supports for biological catalysts in the context of biofuel production using waste raw materials.

Legislation and regulations: Law Nº. 40/2004, of 18th August, in its current wording (Statutes of Scientific Research Fellow) and Regulation of Research Grants of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, in and Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto, in force .

Work place: The work will be developed at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Professor Joana Maia Moreira Dias.

Grant duration: The scholarship will have an initial duration of 4 months, due to start in November 2026, on an exclusive basis eventually renewable but never exceeding the end of the project.

If it is not possible to ensure the duration of 4 months estimated in the previous paragraph, this duration will be adjusted according to the end date of the project, and provided that the minimum duration of 3 consecutive months is guaranteed, in accordance with paragraph 3 of article 6 of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.

The eventual renewal of the scholarship will be carried out as determined in article 6 of the Research Grants Regulation of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.

Stipend: The monthly amount of the grant varies between 1.359,64 euros, according to the table of values of the grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in Portugal, and 1.384,64 euros, depending on the profile and previous experience of the candidate in the project area.

If the amount to be paid exceeds 1.359,64 euros, the remaining amount will be provided by FEUP funds, not coming from the funding .

The payment will be made by bank transfer.

Selection procedure:

An assessment of the candidate’s CV (60%) will be carried out, focusing on the candidate’s merit, in which the following factors will be taken into account:

• a) Academic qualifications (Master’s degree in Environmental Engineering or Bioengineering – 10 points; Master’s degree in related fields – 5 points; other Master’s degrees – 2 points);
• b) Research experience in the area covered by the research proposal – 6 points; in areas related to the project – 1 point; outside the project’s area – 0 points;
• c) Publications in the area covered by the research proposal – 4 points; in areas related to the project – 1 point; outside the project’s area – 0 points;