CENTRE OF BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING: CEB-BI-61-2026

Organisation/Company Centro de Engenharia Biológica da Universidade do Minho Department Engenharia Biológica Research Field Other Researcher Profile Other Profession Positions Master Positions Application Deadline 27 Oct 2026
- 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 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 ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP Research Fellowship (1 vacancy) CEB-BI-61-2026 A call for applications is now open for the attribution of one research grant within the scope of the R&D project, VictuAI – Artificial Intelligence for the lifecycle of food supplements, reference NORTE2030-FEDER-02303300, co-financed by the European Union through the Regional Program NORTE 2030 (CCDR-N), under the following

conditions:
Scientific Area: Artificial Intelligence. The open position is intended for candidates holding a master’s degree who, on the date of their hiring, prove their enrolment in one of the following courses:
- PhD in Informatics, Chemical and Biological Engineering, Biomedical Engineering or similar areas;
- Non-degree course. Requirement for granting the fellowship:
- The applicants may apply without prior registration in the course for which the fellowship is open. The requirement to enrol in a degree course or non-degree course will be verified on the date of contracting the fellowship;
- Only fellowships whose selected applicants present a valid proof of enrolment in a degree course or non-academic degree course, integrated into the educational project of a higher education institution, will be contracted, according to the type of the fellowship, indicating, respectively, the academic year or its duration (start and term). Applicants’ eligibility:Candidates who meet the conditions set out in Article 9 of the Research Grant Regulations, No. 950/2019, of 16-12-2019, of FCT I.
P. are eligible. Nationals or citizens of other European Union member states, third-country nationals, stateless persons, and citizens with political refugee status are eligible to apply for this competition. Candidate admissibility

requirements:
Mandatory

requirements:
- Have a master’s degree in Informatics Engineering, Bioinformatics, Biology, Biochemistry, Genetics,Chemical and Biological Engineering,Biomedical Engineering or equivalent field. Preferential factors:
- Knowledge and previous experience in the fields of Bioinformatics, databases and data modelling, Artificial Intelligence and/ or natural language processing;
- Previous experience in the development of software, preferably in the Python language. Workplan and objectives to be achieved: development of software pipelines for text mining allowing the search and monitoring of relevant patents related to food supplements, as well as the extraction of knowledge from them, allowing to integrate with the knowledge base developed in the project. Applicable legislation and regulations: Research Fellow Statute (EBI), approved by Law nº. 40/2004 of August 18, in its current wording and FCT Research Fellowship Regulation, approved by Regulation nº 950/2019, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, of December 16, 2019, in its current wording, and Scientific Research Fellowship Regulation (RBIC) of the University of Minho, approved by order nº 4998/2025, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, nº 81, of April 28, 2025 Amended and republished through amendment statement no. 634/2025/2, published in the Official Gazette, 2nd series, no. 132, of July 11. Host/Contracting institution and scientific supervision: The workplan will be carried out in the Centre of Biological Engineering, located in the University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar, in Braga,under the direction of Doctor Nuno Miguel Dias Cerca, coordinator of the host entity, and whose scientific guidance will be the responsibility of Professor Miguel Francisco de Almeida Pereira da Rocha. Fellowship duration: The grant will take place for a period of 12 months, with a provisional starting date in December 2026. The fellowship grant may eventually be renewed within the limits established and cannot exceed the maximum duration of the projectand if the project is extended. Renewal

conditions:
the research fellowship can be renewed for additional periods until it reaches:
- 1 year: masters enrolled in non-conferring courses that do not award an academic degree (the total duration of the scholarship cannot exceed an accumulated period of 2 years, consecutive or interpolated);
- 4 years: Phd students Amount of the research grant: The amount of the grant corresponds to 1359,64€ per month, according to the table of valuesof theFoundation for Science and Technology FCT, I.
P. grants in the country and the table of valuesof Scientific Research Grants of the University of