FEUP - 1 Research Grant - LIGHT2H2O_cat2-BOLS-FEUP-26-47

Organisation/Company FEUP Department Human Resources Division Research Field Engineering » Chemical engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Application Deadline 13 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

1 Research Grant Announcement (M/F)

Call open for applications for a research grant within the framework of project LIGHT2H2O - Visible-Light Driven Oscillatory Reactor for Dual Processes: H2 Production & Wastewater Treatment, with number 16606 and operation code at the Funds Platform COMPETE2030-FEDER- , co-financed by COMPETE 2030 by Portugal 2030, and by the European Union, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area : Chemical Engineering

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 Chemical Engineering , a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

Requirement 2:

• Hold a master’s degree in Chemical Engineering or related field.

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: Development, optimization, and characterization of catalytic materials for photocatalytic applications. Evaluation of the physicochemical, structural, morphological, and optical properties of the developed materials, as well as their performance in photocatalytic processes. Study of the influence of the main operating conditions on catalyst activity and stability, and analysis of the obtained results.

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 force and Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto, in force .

Work place : The work will be developed at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Doctor Maria José Fernandes Sampaio.

Grant duration : Initial duration of 6 months , with the predicted starting date in November 2026 , on an exclusive basis eventually renewable but never exceeding the project duration.

If it is not possible to ensure the duration of 6 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 grant stipend amounts to 1.359,64 € according to the table of values of the grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the Country .

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