PhD Scientific Researcher Recruitment

Organisation/Company FCiências.ID Department HR Research Field Biological sciences Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions PhD Positions Application Deadline 10 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35h Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

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Public Notice - International Selection Procedure

PhD Scientific Researcher Recruitment (Initial Stage Researcher)

FCiências.ID - Associação para a Investigação e Desenvolvimento de Ciências , through its President of the Administration Board, hereby announces the opening of an international call for the recruitment of a Scientific Researcher with a PhD degree, in the category of Initial Stage Researcher, of the FCiências.ID Scientific Research Career, within the scope of thethe project AquaPLAN: Aquatic Pollution from Light and Anthropogenic Noise: management of impacts on biodiversity (Ref. HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06-HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV- ), financed by the European Union´s Horizon Europe Research & Innovation Programme under the Grant Agreement No. , in the form of an indefinite duration fixed-term employment contract, on an exclusive regime, according to the Portuguese Labour Code and Decree-Law No. 57/2016, of August 29th, as amended by Law No. 57/2017, of July 19th.

I. Admission Requirements

Portuguese nationals, foreign and stateless persons may submit applications to this selection procedure, provided they hold a doctoral degree* in Biology or similar areas, have specialised skills and/or expertise in the field of Ecoacustics, and fully comply with the following requirements:

• Demonstrated scientific and/or professional experience in the area of data analysis of sound data in aquatic ecology- information provided in the CV and in the motivation letter;
• Demonstrated scientific and/or professional experience in evaluation the impact of noise in aquatic biodiversity- information provided in the CV and in the motivation letter.
• Demonstrated experience in dissemination an outreaching activities in the scientific area of this call - information provided in the CV and in the motivation letter;
• Demonstrated experience in supervising postgraduate students in the scientific area of this call - information provided in the CV and in the motivation letter;
• Proficiency in Portuguese and English (written and spoken) - information provided in the CV andin the motivation letter.

III. Applicable Law

• Decree-Law No. 57/2016, of August 29th (RCD), in the wording conferred on it by Law No. 57/2017, of July 19th (RCD);
• Portuguese Labour Code, as approved by Law No. 7/2009, of February 12th, in its current version (CT);
• Regulatory Decree No. 11-A/2017, of December 29th;
• Administrative Procedure Code, as published in Decree-Law No. 4/2015, of January 7th, in its current version (CPA).

IV. Work plan

The work plan to be executed includes the following tasks:

• Support to graduate students carrying out manipulative work in the project;
• Data analysis of noise data along other environmental and biodiversity data collected in the field in the project;
• Preparation and participation in project meetings and subsequent actions;
• Writing and submission of publications based on the project results to peer-reviewed scientific journals, focusing on the analysis of sound data and its impacts on biodiversity;
• Participation in dissemination activities, communication and scientific meetings.

The work plan is included in WP3 and WP 4 of the project AquaPLAN: Aquatic Pollution from Light and Anthropogenic Noise: management of impacts on biodiversity (Ref. HORIZON-WIDERA-2023-ACCESS-06-HORIZON-CL6-2023-BIODIV- ).

V. Composition of the Jury

In accordance to article 13 of the RCD, the members of the jury are:

• 1st Member of the jury – Rui Rebelo;
• 2nd Member of the jury – Filomena Magalhães;
• 1st Alternate Member of the jury – Bernardo Rocha;
• 2nd Alternate Member of the jury – Fernando Ascensão.

VI. Place of work

Work will be developed at the facilities of Research Center cE3c – Centre for Ecology, Evolution and Environmental Changes, in Campo Grande, Lisboa, Portugal.

VII. Contract Duration

The full-time indefinite duration fixed-term employment contract, on an exclusive regime, is expected to start in December 2026, and will last until the Work Plan referred to in section IV is completed. It will have an expected duration until 31/12/2027, will not exceed the limits set in the RCD, inclu