Offer Description
1 – Title
RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (RF)
2 – Offer description
As per the terms laid down in Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação do LNEC (LNEC Regulation for Research Fellowships), approved by Law no. 40/2004, as it stands, we announce the launching of a call for awarding a full time research fellowship (RF) in the scope of the Program “Water Resources and Sustainable Development”.
3 – Financing source
LNEC own revenue
4 – Scientific area
Water Resources and Hydraulic Structures
5 – Duration
The Grant shall be awarded for a 1-year period, renewable up to 2 years
6 – Reserve list
A reserve list for selection shall be drawn up for a 6-month period as from the date of the final decision of this call.
7 – Activity Regime
All the work shall be developed on an exclusive dedication regime, as per the provisions laid down in the Statute of the Research Fellow, approved by Law no. 40/2004, 18 August, as it stands, and in LNEC Regulation for Fellowships, available on LNEC website.
8 – Work plan and objectives
The research fellow will participate in research and innovation activities within the scientific area of the fellowship, integrated into ongoing research projects.
The fellow will develop two complementary, yet methodologically independent, lines of work:
- Physical model testing – will carry out laboratory experiments on scaled physical models, including model preparation and instrumentation, acquisition of time series of hydrodynamic and morpho-dynamic data, and statistical processing of experimental results. This activity will enable a detailed characterization of the physical processes under study and their subsequent comparison with numerical results.
- Geographic Information Systems (GIS) – will support the numerical modeling component of river and aquifer flows by ensuring the organization, spatial analysis, and integration of georeferenced data. This task includes digitizing cartographic information, processing Digital Terrain Models (DTMs), and preparing spatial databases to support simulations.
9 – Location
Workplace: LNEC – Laboratório Nacional de Engenharia Civil, I.P.
Avenida do Brasil, 101 – 1700-066 Lisboa
Country: Portugal
Website: https://www.lnec.pt
Email: recrutamento@lnec.pt
The above activities shall be conducted at the Water Resources and Hydraulic Structures Unit of the Hydraulics and Environment Department, without prejudice to the possibility of performing temporary missions in Portugal.
10 – Qualifications
Eligible applicants can be those enrolled in an MSc in Civil Engineering, Geography and Spatial Planning, Geology, Technological Physics, Electrical Engineering, Mechanical Engineering or similar fields.
All the candidates should be fluent in Portuguese language and have good knowledge of English.
11 – Scientific supervision
The principal researcher Maria Teresa Viseu shall be responsible for supervising the scientific activities.
12 – Monthly allowance
The Grant shall include a monthly allowance in the amount of € 1 118,00 and daily food allowance of € 6.00. The fellow shall also be entitled to a specific social security system and to insurance against personal accidents at work.
13 – Selection methods and criteria
The evaluation of the applications shall be based on the Applicant’s Merits (MC), and the following evaluation criteria shall be scored on a 0 to 20 scale.
Applicant’s merits:
- Academic Background (PA) – scores of the academic degrees required by this call, namely MSc degree or equivalent – 50%
- Professional Résumé (CP) – scientific and professional career – 30%
- Interview with the selection jury (ES) – 20%
Hence:
MC = 0.5 PA + 0.3 CP + 0.2 ES.
The jury is entitled to decide not to award the Grant if the quality of the applicants is deemed below par.
14 – Selection jury
President:
Laura Maria Melo Saraiva Caldeira, Principal Researcher;
Members:
Eduardo Manuel Cabrita Fortunato, Principal Researcher
Maria do Rosário da Silva Veiga, Principal Researcher
15 – Application documents
- at the time of the application:
- Letter of motivation (maximum: one A4 page).
- Degree certificate, with indication of the partial scores and final classification.
- Document stating the score obtained in each curricular unit of the course the applicant is attending.Foreign certificates shall be valid only if they are dully endorsed by an issuing entity, or if a recognition/equivalence document is produced stating that the foreign qualifications correspond to the same Portuguese qualifications. The respective scores can only be used if they are officially converted to the Portuguese scoring scale (by DGES – Direção Geral do Ensino Superior or by a public higher education institution), even if the foreign classification corresponds to a 0 to 20 scale.
- Official document of enrollment in the degree course defined in paragraph 10 of the present notice.
Should the candidate be unable to produce such document, without any fault on his/her part, he/she may replace it by a sworn declaration stating that he/she has been enrolled in the said degree course, but assuming the compromise to deliver this document when signing the contract.
- Detailed Curriculum Vitae.
- Other documents (optional), such as letters of reference and supporting documents of internships or complementary courses considered as relevant for the purposes of this Grant
- At the time of the awarding of the contract:
- Official document stating that the applicant is enrolled in the degree course defined in 10.
- Necessary information for preparing the contract.
16 – Deadline for applications
Between 06 November and 04 December 2025
17 – Formalization of applications
The applications shall be formalized by one of the following means:
- Electronic mail addressed to recrutamento@lnec.pt., until 24h00 of the last day of the stipulated time limit
- directly to the Setor de Arquivo e Expediente Geral of LNEC, at Avenida do Brasil, 101, 1700-066 Lisboa.
- registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt addressed to LNEC, I.P., Avenida do Brasil, nº101, 1700-066 Lisboa; the date of delivery considered for the purpose of compliance with the stipulated time limit being the date of registration
In the last two cases, the applications shall be delivered in a sealed envelope, bearing the following information on the outside: “Concurso para atribuição de uma bolsa de investigação (BI), no âmbito do Programa “Recursos Hídricos e Desenvolvimento Sustentável”
18 – Notification of results
The final score of each evaluation stage shall be advertised in a list sorted by the final score obtained, all applicants being notified by electronic mail. The results shall also be published on the Recruitment page of LNEC’s website.
19 – Deadlines and procedures for preliminary hearing, claims and appeals
Once the provisional ranked list of the evaluation results has been communicated, applicants who have an unfavourable provisional decision may use their right to dispute it during the preliminary hearing phase (if requested), which takes place within 10 working days, according to the Administrative Procedure Code (CPA). The final decision shall be disclosed after the analysis of applicants’ arguments presented in the preliminary hearing. Final decision can be claimed within 15 working days or, alternatively, appealed to the Board of Directors, within 30 working days, after the communication of the final results, respectively.
20 – Further information
Additional information can be obtained by phone: +351 218 443 892 or +351 218 443 754 or by electronic mail to the address referred to in 17. The applicants living outside Portugal can also refer to the portal EURAXESS Portugal.
21 – Standard fellowship contract
Available on the Recruitmentpage of LNEC’s website.
22 – Model of the final report to be prepared by the research fellow and supervisor
Available on the Recruitment page of LNEC’s website.
Where to apply
E-mail: recrutamento@lnec.pt
