Post-Doctoral fellowship

Organisation/Company Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto (i3S) Research Field Medical sciences » Veterinary medicine Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions Postdoc Positions Country Portugal Application Deadline 18 Dec 2025 - 00:00 (Europe/London) Type of Contract Other Type of Contract Extra Information Research fellowship Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 4 Dec 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number Fellow_BIPD/i3S/04121812/2025 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

i3s – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (hereinafter i3S) is opening a call to award a grant for the development of R&D activities for a Ph
D’s with less than 3 years of postdoctorate, within the project “FORTIFISH: “demonstration of a food fortified with bioactive peptides in the reduction of the stress effects in fish” -No. 21286, Operation No. MPr-2024-9-21286 (COMPETE2030-FEDER-02232500, LISBOA2030-FEDER-02232500, ALGARVE-FEDER-02232500), co‑financed by the European Union through the Algarve 2030, Lisboa 2030 and COMPETE 2030 Operational Programs, in the framework of Portugal 2030.

Scientific Area: Veterinarian Science, Animal Science.

Project Title: “FORTIFISH: “demonstration of a food fortified with bioactive peptides in the reduction of the stress effects in fish”.

Workplans

Mitigating the effects of stress in
- life stages of fish is a critical challenge for the aquaculture industry and biomedical research using zebrafish as an experimental model. In this regard, the FORTIFISH project aims to develop fortified functional foods that promote the
- being and health of marine fish and zebrafish. This innovative project focuses on formulating foods fortified with bioactive peptides capable of reducing the impact of stress factors and improving production efficiency from the early stages of fish development. In i3S, the FORTIFISH functional solution will be tested aiming to optimize adult zebrafish welfare, species used in the biomedical industry. The contracted postdoc will be responsible for communicating with the animal facility to monitor the animal care and keep the best husbandry conditions for the zebrafish. The
- doc will be involved in the induction of stress protocols and in the execution of behavioural testing and subsequent video analysis. The postdoc will also quantify biomarkers using molecular biology techniques, such as ELISA and proteomics.

Admission Requirements

Mandatory

• Candidates must hold a Ph
  D degree in Veterinary Sciences, Aquatic Environment Sciences, Animal Science, Biology or related areas for less than three years.
• To have license to work with laboratory animals.

Preferential

• The care, housing, handling, and maintenance of laboratory fish, especially zebrafish.
• Behavioural testing in fish, particularly in stress.
• Experience in molecular biology techniques, namely ELISA kits and proteomics.

The applicant should have interest in animal welfare and to be capable of identifying stress in zebrafish.

The Doctorate beneficiary of this type of fellowship cannot exceed, with the conclusion of the fellowship contract, an accumulated period of three years under this type of scholarship, continuous or not continuously calculated. The calculation of the three years period considers also all the host entities to which the Doctorate has been linked to by a postdoctoral fellowship.

Ph
D holders of this type of fellowship must also have carried out the research work that led to the attribution of the Ph
D degree in a host institution other than i3S.

Legislation and other applicable regulations

Research Fellowship Holder Statute enacted by Law no. 40/2004 of August 18th, as amended; i3S Research Grants Regulation.

Place

The research activities will be hosted at i3S, under the scientific coordination of Prof. Anna Olsson.

Length time

The duration of the fellowship is 6 months, eventually renewable. The expected starting date is 16th of January of 2026, upon availability of the financed funds.

Research grants may also include other components, as the voluntary social insurance, under the terms of the Research Fellowship Holder Statute, article 10.

Evaluation Criteria

The selection will be carried out through curriculum evaluation (60%), considering previous experience in the points described in the Admission Requirements, motivation letter (30%), and an interview (10%). An evaluation will be made (on a scale from 1 to 100), followed by a ranking of the candidates based on the score obtained in the criteria defined above.

Only candidates with a total score of 80 will proceed to the interview.

Evaluation Pannel

President Anna Olsson, Ph
D; other members: José Bessa, Ph
D and Ana Valentim, Ph
D.

Information and Publicity of Funding Granted

The results of the evaluation will be notified by email to all candidates. After notification, candidates have 10 working days to comment and, within that period, a complaint may be submitted by email to rh. i3S@i3s. up. pt.

Applications

The call will be open between 04th december 2025 and 18th december 2025. The applications must be submitted electronically at:

The required documents composing the applications are: Ph
D Certificate, Curriculum Vitae, letter of motivation and other documents, considered as relevant by the candidate.