Josh's Water Jobs – FEUP - Research Grant

Offer Description

1 Research Grant Announcement (M/F)

Call open for applications for a research grant within the framework of project “WAVES – Seawater & Wastewater: Turning Challenges into Resources”, with operation code at the Funds Platform (Balcão dos Fundos) NORTE2030-FEDER-02716600, co-financed by the European Union through the NORTE 2030 Regional Program, of Portugal 2030, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Chemical and Biological 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 Chemical and Biological, Environmental Engineering or related fields, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

– To be enrolled in a non-academic degree course integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units.

Note: In the case of masters who are enrolled in non-academic degree courses, the scholarship can only be awarded to those who do not exceed, with this scholarship contract, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of two years in that typology of the scholarship, followed or interpolated.

and

Requirement 2:

Hold a master’s degree in Bioengineering, Chemical Engineering or related fields.

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: The tasks to be carried out fall within “Activity 1 – Wastewater & Resource Recovery” of this project and include studying the role of emerging contaminants in the microbiological quality of water, including the formation of biofilms.

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 ( https://www.fct.pt/financiamento/programas-de-financiamento/bolsas/ ) and Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto, in force.

Work place: The work will be developed at the Research Unit LEPABE – Laboratory for Process Engineering, Environment, Biotechnology and Energy, Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Professor Manuel José Vieira Simões.

Grant duration: Initial duration of 3 months, with the predicted starting date in December 2025, on an exclusive basis eventually renewable but never exceeding the end of the project.

If the contracting procedures do not allow the scholarship to have a minimum duration of 3 consecutive months, in accordance with paragraph 3 of article 6 of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., the grant will not be awarded.

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. https://www.fct.pt/financiamento/programas-de-financiamento/bolsas/ .

Stipend: The monthly amount of the grant is 1.309,64 euros, according to the table of values of the grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in Portugal. The payment will be made by bank transfer.

Selection procedure:

The curriculum of the candidates (60%) will be evaluated based on the merit of the candidate and the following factors will be weighted:

a) Academic training (Master’s degree with a final mark equal to or higher than 18 points (in 20) – 10 points; Master’s degree with a final mark of 16 or 17 points (in 20) – 8 points; Master’s degree with a final mark of 15 points – 6 points (in 20); Master’s degree with a final mark of less than 15 points (in 20) – 3 points);)

b) Publications in bioprocess engineering – 5 points, Publications in other areas – 2 points

c) Research Experience in the project area – 5 points; in related areas – 3 points; Other areas – 1 point

The curriculum of each candidate will be evaluated in a 1-20 points scale. Candidates with less than 15 points in the curricular evaluation will not be invited for the interview.

In the interview (40%) topics related with the work plan, experience and the candidate’s CV will be discussed with the invited candidates.

If none of the candidates achieves a minimum final score of 16 points, the scholarship will not be awarded.

Selection Jury:

President: Professor Manuel José Vieira Simões

Effective member: Doctor Anabela Portela Borges

Effective member: Doctor Ana Cristina Oliveira Afonso

Supplementary member: Professor Lúcia Maria da Silveira Santos

Supplementary member: Doctor Ana Alexandra da Silva Pereira

Advertisement of final decision: The results of the evaluation will be released to the candidates

by email to the email address indicated in the application process.

Deadline for applications and form of presentation of the applications:

The call is open from 11-11-2025 to 24-11-2025 (until 23h59m, GMT time).

Applications must be formalized by email to mvs@fe.up.pt and to recursoshumanos@fe.up.pt , clearly stating the reference FEUP-LEPABE-WAVES_MICRO_1_Out and including the following pdf documents: Motivation letter, Copy of certificates evidencing academic degree (referring the classification of each separated or integrated degree),Curriculum Vitae; Declaration on honor that the candidate fulfills the requirement contained in article 6 of the Regulation for Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. (model below) and other documents considered relevant by the applicant.

In order to assure that all documents can be read, the preferred saving format is the Portable Document Format (.pdf).

Declaration on honour

I, (identification of the scholarship holder), holder of the Citizen Card / Visa / Residence Permit no. valid until _____, declare under honour, to be in the conditions of no. 5 of article 6º of the Research Grants from FCT, IP – Regulation No. 950/2019, of 16 December.

Oporto, __/__/__

Signature

_________________

(scholarship holder)