Call for Research Grant Assignment

Organisation/Company Universidade de Coimbra Department Divisão de Projetos e Atividades (Bolsas) Research Field Biological sciences Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Application Deadline 6 Oct 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 22 Sep 2026 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

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 MitoLysoAGING, title \"Mitochondria-lysosome crosstalk as a driver of age-related pathology\".

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: IT

I.I - Grant Recipients

Master's degree holders in the scientific field of Biological Sciences, enrolled in a doctoral degree programme.

Candidates who have already benefited from two research grant contracts with UC in the condition of being enrolled in a doctoral degree, regardless of whether each contract has reached the maximum legally permitted duration.

a) Portuguese nationals or nationals of other EU Member States
b) Nationals of third countries
c) Stateless persons
d) Beneficiaries of political refugee status
When the work plan takes place, in whole or in part, in foreign institutions, only candidates who can prove permanent and habitual residence in Portugal at the start of the grant are eligible.

Universidade de Coimbra - Pólo 1

Nuno Filipe Viegas das Neves Raimundo

The fellowship will support the continuation of ongoing work investigating the mechanisms of mitochondria-peroxisome communication in the context of mitochondrial dysfunction. Building on our recent demonstration that respiratory chain dysfunction induces a maladaptive peroxisomal response, the project will determine how mitochondrial stress signals regulate peroxisomal biogenesis, maturation and metabolism.

The work will focus on: (i) characterizing alterations in peroxisomal metabolism and fatty-acid β-oxidation associated with mitochondrial dysfunction; (ii) investigating the contribution of mitochondria-derived vesicles and mitochondrial-to-peroxisome trafficking to peroxisomal biogenesis and functional adaptation; and (iii) determining how modulation of these pathways affects mitochondrial-peroxisomal metabolic coordination and cellular lipid homeostasis.

During the 8-month period, the fellow will perform and analyse cellular and molecular experiments using established models of mitochondrial dysfunction, integrate the resulting data with previous findings, and contribute to the preparation and presentation of the results for scientific dissemination and subsequent publication.

8 months

The duration of the fellowship will be adjusted according to the time required to process the application and formalize the fellowship. In any case, it cannot extend beyond the project end date: 30/06/2027.

Possibily renewable

VI.I - Monthly grant amount (paid by