Call for Research Grant Assignment

Organisation/Company Universidade de Coimbra Department Divisão de Projetos e Atividades (Bolsas) Research Field Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Bachelor Positions Application Deadline 5 Nov 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? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number IT137-26-437 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 Rett syndrome , title “Drug Screening Pro-Rett . 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. Bachelor’s degree in Biology, Biochemistry or Pharmacy enrolled in a master’s degree , in the scientific area of Biology, Pharmaceutical Sciences, Neurosciences. I.
II 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 III
- Scientific supervision/coordination of the grant: Mónica Joana Pinto dos Santos IV
- Work Plan / Goals to be achieved: Execution of research activities within the funded project ‘Drug-Screening Pro-RETT’, from the Neurobiology of Emotion Mental Disorders research group at CNC-UC. This project aims to evaluate the effectiveness of previously identified drugs in rescuing the emotional phenotype of mice mutant for the Mecp2 gene, a model of Rett syndrome, and to investigate in detail the underlying molecular and cellular mechanisms. The selected candidate will carry out mouse behavior tests (e.g., elevated plus maze, forced swim test, and Y-maze paradigm), cellular and molecular biology techniques (such as western blot and immunofluorescence), optical and confocal microscopy, and electrophysiology techniques including field potential recordings in multielectrode arrays in primary cell cultures. V.
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- Renewal Possibility: Possibily renewable VI
- Funding and financial conditions of the grant VI.
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- Monthly grant amount (paid by bank transfer at the end of each month): 1090,98€ VI.
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- Other financial components of the grant: n.a. VI.
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- 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.
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- Funding: The grant(s) assigned under this call will be funded by Pro Rett Ricerca |Projeto: Drug Screening Rett VI.
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- Information and publicity about the funding: In all R&D activities directly or indirectly funded by the grant, including all communications, publications and scientific outputs, as well as theses produced with the support provided under the grant, explicit acknowledgement must be made of the financial support provided by Pro RETT Ricerca. For this purpose, the relevant logos must be included in the documents relating to these activities, in accordance with the Pro RETT Ricerca graphic guidelines.
The dissemination of research results funded under Pro RETT Ricerca must comply with the applicable open-access requirements for research data, publications and other research outputs. VII
- Selection Methods: Evaluation of the academic record (AR) VII.
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- AR
- In the evaluation of the academic record, the candidates' academic performance will be assessed according to the following weights and criteria:
- Criterion 1 Absolute merit of curriculum vitae
- Criterion 2 Specific knowledge related to the work plan
- Criterion 3 Adequacy of the candidate´s profile to the work plan to be developed Candidates with excellent spoken and written English skills will be valued. A certified animal experimentation course will be valued. VII.
II 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
* (40%) + criterion 2
* (30%) + (criterion 3)
* (30%) = X
- Final Classification (FC): AR
* (100%) = X VII.
III All candidates who meet the admission requirements are subject to the academic record evaluation, carried out according to the criteria and weights defined in VII.
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IV Candidates who score below 50 in any selection method will be excluded, and subsequent methods, if any, will not apply to