Call for Research Grant Assignment | PROCESS: 1226072

Organisation/Company Universidade de Coimbra Research Field Chemistry » Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Application Deadline 22 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

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 OLEA – Analisador Eletrônico de Azeite.

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.

Procedure Reference: IT137- 26 - 431

I - Legal admission requirements
I.I - Grant Recipients:
Holders of a Master's degree in Chemistry, Chemical Engineering, or Molecular Biology enrolled in a PhD programme or in a non-degree course.

I.II - The non-degree-granting course must be related to the type of activity covered by the grant. Non-degree-granting courses are defined as those referred to in subparagraph e) of paragraph 3 of Article 4 of Decree-Law No. 74/2006, in its current wording, provided that, under subparagraph e) of Article 3 of RBI-FCT, they are developed in association or cooperation between the higher education institution and one or more R&D units.

I.III - (JB3.1) Ineligible candidates:
Candidates enrolled in non-degree-granting courses who have already benefited from a grant contract and who, with this grant assignment, including possible renewals, exceed a total accumulated period of two consecutive or non-consecutive years in this type of grant.
Candidates who have already benefited from two research grant contracts with UC in the condition of being enrolled in a PhD degree, regardless of whether each contract has reached the maximum legally permitted duration.

I.IV - 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
II - Grant location: Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Sciences and Technology, University of Coimbra
III- Scientific supervision/coordination of the grant: Rui Fausto Martins Ribeiro da Silva Lourenço
IV - Work Plan / Goals to be achieved: The fellowship forms part of the OLEA project – Electronic Olive Oil Analyzer, and aims to validate and calibrate the sensor platform to be developed, using infrared spectroscopy data obtained by Attenuated Total Reflectance (ATR) from samples of industrial oils. The data collected will be subjected to comparative analysis with those obtained from the sensors to be developed within the project, using various algorithms, including multivariate statistical methods.
V - Initial grant duration: 6 months
V.I - Renewal Possibility: Possibily renewable
VI - Funding and financial conditions of the grant
VI.I - Monthly grant amount (paid by