1 RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP FOR MASTER - BioLaMer - 101099487 - #NOVAID-B364 Lisboa

1 RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP FOR MASTER - BioLaMer - 101099487 - #NOVAID-B364
Lisboa
Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal

Organisation/Company NOVA. id. FCT- Associação para a Inovação de Desenvolvimento da FCT Research Field Biological sciences » Biological engineering Technology » Biotechnology Chemistry » Biochemistry Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Country Portugal Application Deadline 14 Jul 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Type of Contract Not Applicable Job Status Not Applicable Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Horizon Europe Reference Number 101099487 - Bio
La
Mer - #NOVAID-B364 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Work Plan: The aim of the work is the production, extraction and characterization of microbial biopolymers.

Fellowship duration: The fellowship will last for 6 months, starting in September 2025. The fellowship contract may eventually be renewed within the term of the project.

Application deadline and form of application submission: The call is open from the 1 st July to the 14 th July 2025.

Documentation to be provided at the time of application: Applications must be formalized by sending the following documents: Letter of application, Curriculum Vitae, certificate of qualifications (at the application stage this may be replaced by a declaration of honor as stated in point 2) and other supporting documents deemed relevant.

Candidates must be enrolled on a doctorate or a
- degree course as part of an educational project at a Higher Education Institution. Documents proving this status must be submitted at the latest by the time the scholarship is contracted, and may be replaced by a declaration of honor.

In case of foreign academic degrees, and to guarantee the application of the principle of equal treatment to applicants with national and foreign academic degrees, it is mandatory to submit the recognition of such degrees and the conversion of the respective final grade to the Portuguese grading scale.

Documentation to be provided upon contracting: Proof of academic degrees or their equivalence when awarded by foreign higher education institutions; proof of enrollment in Ph
D study cycle or in a
- academic degree Course integrated in the educational project of a Higher Education Institution.

Funded by European Commission

Where to apply

E-mail bf. almeida@fct. unl. pt

Requirements

Research Field Biological sciences » Biological engineering Education Level Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field Technology » Biotechnology Education Level Master Degree or equivalent

Research Field Chemistry » Biochemistry Education Level Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Recipients profile/category: Candidates must have a master's degree in Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry or related areas.

The following requirements will be valued: i) Experience in bioreactor operation; ii) Motivation for research and good work capacity; iii) Good knowledge of English; iv) willingness to undertake doctoral studies.

The candidate must be enrolled in a Ph
D or in a
- degree course integrated in an educational project of a Higher Education Institution. The documents proving this situation must be submitted, at the latest, until the contracting phase of the scholarship, and before that they may be replaced by a declaration of honor.

Documents proving the respective degree recognition when they have been awarded by foreign higher education institutions must be presented, at the latest, until the contracting phase of the scholarship, and may before that be replaced by a declaration of honour.

Additional Information

Monthly maintenance allowance amount: The amount of the scholarship corresponds to €1309. 64, having as reference the table of values of the scholarships awarded directly by FCT, I. P. in Portugal, with payment made monthly by bank transfer.

Eligibility criteria

Recipients profile/category: Candidates must have a master's degree in Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry or related areas.

The following requirements will be valued: i) Experience in bioreactor operation; ii) Motivation for research and good work capacity; iii) Good knowledge of English; iv) willingness to undertake doctoral studies.

The candidate must be enrolled in a Ph
D or in a
- degree course integrated in an educational project of a Higher Education Institution. The documents proving this situation must be submitted, at the latest, until the contracting phase of the scholarship, and before that they may be replaced by a declaration of honor.

Documents proving the respective degree recognition when they have been awarded by foreign higher education institutions must be presented, at the latest, until the contracting phase of the scholarship, and may before that be replaced by a declaration of honour.

Selection process

Selection criteria: The selection methods to be used and the respective weighting will be as follows:

1st Phase: a. Curricular assessment (grade from 1 to 20) weighting 50%; b. Experience in the research area (score from 1 to 20) weighting 50%.

The three
- ranked candidates will go through the selection interview phase and the selection methods will change to the following:

2st Phase: a. Curricular assessment and experience in the research area (score from 1 to 20) weighting 50%; b. Interview (score from 1 to 20) weighting 50%.

All applications will be evaluated on a scale from 0 to 20 values.

Candidates who do not obtain a minimum grade of 15, as a result of the jury's evaluation according to the selection criteria, will not be hired.

Additional comments

Form of advertising/notification of results: The evaluation results proposed by the juri will be notified, up to 90 days after the deadline for the submission of applications, by email, of the results proposed by the jury, with access to the minutes and the final ranking list. After notification, candidates will have 10 working days to comment on the draft decision (prior hearing of interested parties, under the terms of the Code of Administrative Procedure). The final decision will be taken after the expiry of the prior hearing period, again notified to all candidates by
- mail. Of this final decision the candidates can file a complaint within 15 working days (to the
- mail address used for the notification), or an hierarchical appeal, within 30 working days, addressed to NOVA. ID. FCT's Board through the address coord1@novaidfct. pt.

Drafts: The drafts of: i) fellowship contract, ii) final report to be presented by the fellowship holder, iii) final report to be presented by the scientific advisor, and; iv) declaration on honor, can all be found on NOVA. id. FCT website.

Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Department of Chemistry of the Faculty of Science and Technology of the Universidade Nova de Lisboa under the scientific guidance of Doctor Bruno Marreiros and Doctor Mónica Carvalheira, with NOVA. id. FCT - Association for Innovation and Development of FCT being the contracting entity. Country Portugal State/Province Caparica City Caparica Geofield