Offer Description
Call is open for the award of 1 (one) Research Grant under the project SMAIS: Artificial Intelligence for Municipal Water and Sanitation Services, for the development of R&D activities to be carried out by doctoral students or by graduates and masters enrolled in courses not leading to an academic degree, financed by the Artificial Intelligence, Data Science and Cybersecurity of relevance in Public Administration (FCT), under the following conditions:
Recipient admission requirements /Profile:
- Be enrolled in a PhD or be a graduate and master enrolled in a non-academic degree course;
- Not exceed, with the conclusion of this scholarship contract, an accumulated period of 2 (two) years, consecutive or interspersed, if enrolled in a non-academic degree course, or of 4 (four) years if enrolled in a Doctorate;
c) Candidates must have a master in Electrical and Computer Engineering or similar areas;d) Proven knowledge in each of these areas:a. Data Science (Python)b. Machine Learning (Python)c. Remote Sensingd. Internet of Things (Hardware, Node-red, JavaScript)e. Satellite Image Processingf. R&D and scientific disseminatione) Experienced in Portuguese/European research projects, minimum 2 years (Mandatory).f) Experience in Portuguese /European project management (Preferential).g) Experience in organizing meetings and conferences of Portuguese/European projects (Mandatory).h) Residence in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon (Mandatory).i) Fluent in English and Portuguese, written and spoken required for technical reporting in both languages and working in a collaborative environment (Mandatory).j) Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Candidates who have obtained the degree abroad must have the degree recognized in Portugal, pursuant to Decree-Law No. 66/2018 of August 16.
Work plan: The candidate will develop research work performing the following tasks with the following objectives:
- Analysis of geo-referenced data in the areas of interest identified under task 4 of the project.
- Development of the user interface in coordination with the end-user engineers under task 5 of the project.
- Support training and technology transfer activities for the end-user team under task 6 of the project.
Applicable legislation and regulations: Statute of the Scientific Research Grantee, approved by Law No. 40/2004 of August 18, amended and republished by Decree-Law No. 202/2012, of August 27 and amended by Decree-Law No. 233/2012 of 29 October, Law No. 12/2013 of January 29 and Decree-Law No. 123/2019 of August 28 and The Regulation of Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, IP – 2019, available in https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf and https://dre.pt/application/file/a/127230968.
It is subsidiarily applicable the Regulation of UNINOVA Research Grants, approved by deliberation of the Board of Directors of the FCT-Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, in the meeting of March 2 of 2022.
Duration of the grant: The fellowship will have an estimated duration of 3 months, possibly renewable within the duration of the project, provided that it does not exceed the period referred to in point (b) of the admission requirements, and is scheduled to start in October 2025.
Application deadline and form of submission of applications: The call for applications is open from September 15 to September 26, 2025 (10 working days).
Applications must be formalised by submitting the following documentation:
… Letter of application;
… Curriculum Vitae;
… Motivation Letter;
… Certificate of Qualifications or declaration of commitment of honour on the ownership of the respective academic degree according to draft available on the UNINOVA website, (https://www.uninova.pt/job-opportunity/internal-documents),. Upon contracting, the Certificate of Qualifications (and Grade Recognition Certificate, if applicable) must be delivered;
… Informed consent statement duly dated and signed, according to the draft available on the UNINOVA website (https://www.uninova.pt/job-opportunity/internal-documents),
… Copy of ID document;
… Other documents attesting to what was reported on the CV.
In the event of contractualization, the selected candidate must present the Proof of registration in a doctorate or in a course not conferring an academic degree.
Applications must be submitted to UNINOVA by email to ricardo.peres@uninova.ptand to recrutamento@uninova.pt with the subject SMAIS_1.9.25.
Where to apply
E-mail: recrutamento@uninova.pt
Requirements
Research Field: Engineering » Electrical engineering
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
Recipient admission requirements /Profile:
- Be enrolled in a PhD or be a graduate and master enrolled in a non-academic degree course;
- Not exceed, with the conclusion of this scholarship contract, an accumulated period of 2 (two) years, consecutive or interspersed, if enrolled in a non-academic degree course, or of 4 (four) years if enrolled in a Doctorate;
c) Candidates must have a master in Electrical and Computer Engineering or similar areas;d) Proven knowledge in each of these areas:a. Data Science (Python)b. Machine Learning (Python)c. Remote Sensingd. Internet of Things (Hardware, Node-red, JavaScript)e. Satellite Image Processingf. R&D and scientific disseminatione) Experienced in Portuguese/European research projects, minimum 2 years (Mandatory).f) Experience in Portuguese /European project management (Preferential).g) Experience in organizing meetings and conferences of Portuguese/European projects (Mandatory).h) Residence in the Metropolitan Area of Lisbon (Mandatory).i) Fluent in English and Portuguese, written and spoken required for technical reporting in both languages and working in a collaborative environment (Mandatory).j) Good communication and interpersonal skills.
Candidates who have obtained the degree abroad must have the degree recognized in Portugal, pursuant to Decree-Law No. 66/2018 of August 16.
Specific Requirements
Scientific Area: Electrical and Computer EngineeringLanguagesENGLISHLevelExcellentLanguagesPORTUGUESELevelExcellent
Additional Information
Benefits
Monthly maintenance allowance amount: The amount of the scholarship corresponds to € 1.309.64, according to the table of values of the scholarships awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the country. (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_2023.pdf).
The grantee also benefits from personal accident insurance during the period of granting the scholarship and may be reimbursed for voluntary social insurance equivalent to the 1st tier.
The scholarship will be paid monthly on the last business day of each month by bank transfer.
Eligibility criteria
Selection methods: The selection methods for use will be as follows:
– Curriculum Vitae [50%];
– Level of knowledge according to what is described in section “Recipient admission requirements /Profile” [50%].
– If the jury seems it necessary, an interview will take place only with the selected candidates, with
each of the previous items valid [40%] and the interview [20%]
Composition of the Selection Jury:
- Prof. Ricardo Alexandre Fernandes da Silva Peres
- Prof. José António Barata de Oliveira
- Prof. Filipa Alexandra Moreira Ferrada
Selection process
Form of advertising/notification of results: Both admitted and excluded candidates list with the final classification shall be published on the UNINOVA website (https://www.uninova.pt/) and all candidates will be notified by email.
Preliminary Hearing and Deadline for Decision: After communicating the provisional list of the results of the evaluation, candidates have a period of 10 working days to express their opinion at a prior hearing of interested parties, pursuant to Articles 121 and following of the Code of Administrative Procedure.
The final decision will be rendered after the analysis of the statements presented during the preliminary hearing of interested parties. A complaint may be filed against the final decision within 15 working days, or, alternatively, an appeal may be filed within 30 working days, both counting from the respective notification.
Additional comments
Models of scholarship contract, final report of the grantee and final report of the advisor: These minutes are available at the UNINOVA website (https://www.uninova.pt/job-opportunity/internal-documents).
Workplace: The work will be carried out at CEMOP-UNINOVA’s facilities, in other facilities located in FCT/NOVA Campus and/or in other facilities that may be necessary for its execution, under the scientific guidance of Prof. Ricardo Silva Peres. UNINOVA will be the contracting entity.
Non-discrimination policy
UNINOVA promotes actively a non-discrimination and equal access policy, wherefore no candidate can be privileged, benefited, impaired or deprived of any rights whatsoever, or be exempt of any duties based on their ancestry, age, sex, sexual preference, marital status, family and economic conditions, instruction, origin or social conditions, genetic heritage, reduced work capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, origin territory, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and union membership.
Pursuant to Decree-Law nr 29/2001 of 3rd February, disabled candidates shall be preferred in a situation of equal classification, and said preference supersedes any legal preferences. Candidates must declare, on their honor, their respective disability degree, type of disability and communication / expression means to be used during selection period on their application form, under the regulations above.
