Post-Doctoral research Fellowship; 1 vacancy Braga

Post-Doctoral research Fellowship; 1 vacancy
Braga
Braga, Braga, Portugal

Organisation/Company University of Minho Department CMEMS - Dept. of Industrial Electronic Research Field Engineering » Electronic engineering Researcher Profile Recognised Researcher (R2) Positions Postdoc Positions Country Portugal Application Deadline 12 Nov 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Type of Contract Not Applicable Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 30 Oct 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number Mar
UM/CBMA/BPD_1/2025 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

DRAFT ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A POST-DOCTORAL RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

Title: Post-Doctoral research Fellowship; 1 vacancy

Reference:Mar
UM/CBMA/BPD_1/2025

A call for applications is now open for the attribution of (one) 1
- doctoral grant within the scope of the I&D project Mar
UMinho - Programa de investigação multidisciplinar em Ciência e Tecnologia Marinha da Universidade do Minho , financed by national funds through Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian , under the following conditions:

Recipient category:The BIPD are intended for doctorates in the area of Electronics engineering.

Admission Requirements:

• Hold a doctoral degree obtained within three years prior to the date of submission of the scholarship application;
• To have carried out the research leading to the award of the doctoral degree in an organization other than the one hosting the scholarship; *
• Not exceed, with the conclusion of the contract in question, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of three years in this type of scholarship, consecutive or interpolated;
• Not to have previously held a
  - doctoral scholarship contract with the same Organic Unit (UOEI) of UMinho. Once the BIPD contract has ended, no new scholarship contract can be signed between the same host organization and the same scholarship holder.

Candidates who do not cumulatively meet the requirements described will be excluded.

This includes different I&D Units, even if they are based in the same Organic Unit (UOEI) of UMinho (according to nº 4 and 5 of the Article 7º of the FCT I. P. Research Grants Regulations in force).

Applicants’ eligibility:

Candidates who meet the conditions set out in Article 9 of the Research Grant Regulations, No. 950/2019, of 16-12-2019, of FCT I. P. are eligible.

Nationals or citizens of other European Union member states,
- country nationals, stateless persons, and citizens with political refugee status are eligible to apply for this competition.

Candidate eligibility requirements:

• Candidates must have a Ph
  D in Electronic Engineering at the time of application.
• Preferred factors: Research experience in energy harvesting, microfluidics, microfabrication and ocean sensors.

Workplan and objectives to be achieved:

The BIPD are restricted in time in order to stimulate scientific employment and the use of researcher contracts as a rule for hiring them - according to nº 2, article 7º of the FCT I. P. Research Grants Regulation (2019).

The work plan aims to consolidate the scientific training of the scholarship holder

The work plan is framed within the tasks envisaged in the Mar
UMinho project, in particular in the activities of Observation and Monitoring of the North Coast and Pollution by (Micro)Plastics, with the development of technologies for monitoring marine, river and estuarine areas, with the tasks;

- Development of
- fouling techniques for optical sensors.

- Development of microfluidics for microplastics analysis.

- Development of sensors and electronic circuits for continuous
- time analysis in the ocean and estuarine zone of emerging pollutants.

- Dissemination of results, including participation in dissemination events

Applicable legislation and regulations:Research Fellow Statute (EBI), approved by Law nº. 40/2004 of August 18, in its current wording and FCT Research Fellowship Regulation, approved by Regulation nº 950/2019, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, of December 16, 2019, in its current wording, and Scientific Research Fellowship Regulation (RBIC) of the University of Minho, approved by order nº 4998/2025, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, nº 81, of April 28, 2025 Amended and republished through amendment statement no. 634/2025/2, published in the Official Gazette, 2nd series, no. 132, of July 11.

Host/Contracting institution and scientific supervision:The workplan will be carried out in the
CBMA - Centre for Molecular and Environmental Biology, School of Sciences of the University of Minho, located in Braga, under the scientific supervision of Professor Pedro Alexandre Gomes and the coordination of Professor Maria Cláudia Pascoal, coordinator of the CBMA research centre.

Fellowship duration: The grant will take place for a period of 11 months, with a provisional starting date on December of 2025. The fellowship grant may, eventually, be renewed up to the maximum limit allowed by the project and/or applicable legislation.

Note:

The BIPD can be renewed for periods of up to a maximum of 3 years;

It is compulsory to indicate whether or not the grant is renewable (in case of scholarship renewal, all documents required at the time of renewal must be submitted, including the scholarship recipient's performance evaluation);

Amount of the research grant: The amount of the grant corresponds to 1851 €/month, according to the table of FCT grants in the country ( http://www.fct. pt/apoios/bolsas/valores )and the table of values of the Scientific Research Scholarships of the University of Minho, updated annually by decision of the Management Board.

Payment is made on the 23rd of each month, through bank transfer to the Bank Identification Number of the fellow identified in the contratualization process.

Other components of the research grant:Define other components of the grants, as provided for in Article 18º of the FCT Research Grant Regulations (RBI).

Other benefits: Reimbursement of Voluntary Social Insurance, if the candidate chooses to receive it, corresponding to the 1st step of the contribution base (for scholarships of 6 months or more) and Personal Accident Insurance.

Exclusivity regime:The grantee will perform the activities under exclusivity, as foreseen in article 5º of the Research Fellow Statutes and applicable regulations.

The first effective member will substitute the President of the selection panel in case of impediment, being nominate the first substitute member in the place of the first effective member.

President :

Pedro Alexandre Faria e Fernandes Teixeira Gomes, Assistant Professor at the University of Minho, Department of Biology.

Effective Members:

Graça Maria Henriques Minas, Associate Professor with Aggregation at the University of Minho, Department of Industrial Electronics;

Paulo Mateus Mendes, Associate Professor with Aggregation at the University of Minho, Department of Industrial Electronics.

Substitute members:

Sergio Adriano Fernandes Lopes, Assistant Professor at the University of Minho, Department of Industrial Electronics;

Cristina Manuela Peixoto Santos, Assistant Professor with Aggregation at the University of Minho, Department of Industrial Electronics.

Criteria and procedures for applications assessment and selection: The applications assessment will focus on the candidate's Merit, following evaluation criteria, valued on a scale of 0 to 5 values (or another scale) [1] :

a) Academic career (reflecting the suitability of academic degrees for the work plan and the respective classifications), weighted at 20 per cent;

b) Professional experience, weighted at 20%;

c) Scientific publications and patents in the areas of the work plan (energy harvesting, microfluidics, microfabrication and ocean sensors), weighted at 30 per cent.

d) Participation in funded research projects in the areas of the work plan (Energy harvesting, microfluidics, microfabrication and ocean sensors), with a weighting of 30%.

The final classification of the applicant’s merit with the achieved through the following formula:

AM= (a* 0. 20) + (b* 0. 2) + (c* 0. 3) + (d* 0. 3)

Note: Candidates with degrees obtained abroad must present proof of recognition of the qualifications in Portugal and conversion of the final classification obtained in them to the Portuguese classification scale or a declaration in the terms indicated in the previous point. Candidates who do not comply with one of these provisions will be given a mark of “0” for their degree. Candidates will be evaluated on the remaining parameters.

Application deadline and submission: The call for applications is open for a period of 10 working days from the date of publication on the Euraxess portal.

Applications must be submitted by email to f8253@cmems. uminho. pt , indicating the reference number of the competition in the subject line. Only applications submitted within the established deadline and accompanied by the following documents will be accepted:

a) Candidate's updated curriculum vitae, with mandatory indication of ORCID and scopus ID;

b) Certificates of the academic degrees obtained or, if applicable, the candidate's declaration of honor that he/she has completed the degrees required in the notice by the application deadline.

For degrees obtained abroad, the record of recognition of the academic degrees and record of the conversion of the respective final classification to the Portuguese classification scale must be presented, or, alternatively, a declaration of honor from the candidate.

This declaration must attest to facts that occurred prior to the application. In the event of a discrepancy between the information contained in the declaration and the documentation submitted for the purposes of contracting the scholarship, only the information contained in the latter will be considered. If it is found that the documents proving the academic degree and diploma, or their recognition under the terms of Decree-Law n. º 66/2018, of August 16, do not correspond to the classifications awarded in the assessment of the academic career and may consequently alter the candidate's ranking, the scholarship will not be contracted;

Form of publication/notification of results: The results of the evaluation are published in a single list (in alphabetical order or by final score obtained), posted in a visible and public place in the host unit, as well as by email to all candidates, attaching, for this purpose, the minutes of the jury's deliberations, within a maximum period of 90 working days from the deadline for submission of applications.

Candidates are informed, at a preliminary hearing, in accordance with Articles 121 and 122 of the Administrative Procedure Code, of the likely outcome of the final decision, and may comment within 10 working days of this notification.

(The waiver of the hearing for interested parties must be justified in accordance with Article 124 of the CPA)

An appeal may be lodged against the final decision within 15 working days, or an appeal may be lodged with the highest executive body of the funding entity within 30 days, both after the respective notification (Article 12(nº6) of the FCT Research Grant Regulations).

Within 10 working days of notification of the grant award, the applicant must declare their acceptance in writing. In case of
- acceptance, the next highest ranked applicant will be notified immediately.

Fellowship contractualization:The scholarship is awarded through the signing of a contract between the University of Minho and the scholarship recipient, in accordance with point 2. 4 of the Rules for the Award and Management of Scholarships https://www.fct. pt/wpcontent/uploads/2022/03/Normas_de_Atribuicao_de_Bolsas_2021. pdf and the draft contract in Annex II of the University of Minho's Scientific Research Scholarship Regulations.

The contract can only be signed after receipt of all the documentation required for the type of scholarship, which must occur within a maximum period of 6 months, including proof of academic degrees or diplomas, as well as enrollment in
- degree study cycles or courses, as applicable.

Once all the documentation has been received, the contracting entity has 60 working days to sign the scholarship contract. Once received by the scholarship holder, the contract must be returned, duly signed, within 15 working days.

Term and cancellation of fellowship contracts:Without prejudice to the other grounds laid down in the University of Minho's Regulations for Scientific Research Scholarships and in the Research Fellow Statute, the scholarship will cease on completion of the contracted work plan, as well as on expiry of the period for which it was granted or renewed.

Thefinal report must be submitted to the scientific advisor, in accordance with the defined objectives and evaluation criteria, no later than 60 working days after the end of the scholarship and must be drawn up in accordance with Annex I of the Regulations of the University of Minho.

Non-discrimination and equal access policy: Universidade do Minho actively promotes a policy of
- discrimination and equal access, so that no candidate may be privileged, benefited, harmed or deprived of any right or exempt from any duty due, namely, to ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, economic situation, education, social origin or condition, genetic heritage, reduced working capacity, disability, chronic illness, nationality, ethnic origin or race, territory of origin, language, religion, political or ideological convictions and trade union membership.

Note: Under FCT rules (point 9), it is “expressly mandatory to use the FCT logo and, when applicable, the logos of the European Union and the Operational Program, following the graphic standards available on the websites of the respective Operational Programs. ”

Declaration of Honor

I, (full name), candidate for the vacancy for the award of a (type of scholarship), within the scope of the project (name or reference of the project), published on the Euraxess portal, with the reference (ref. notice), declare on my honor that I have completed the academic degree of (academic degree), qualifying for the type of scholarship in the competition, namely the course (designation), by the (University conferring the degree), on the date XX/XX/XXXX, with a final average of XXXXX values on the YY scale.

As it is not possible for me to present proof of qualifications until the end of the competition, I declare that I undertake to present the aforementioned certificate at the conclusion of the scholarship contract, in the event that I am selected for the vacancy in the competition.

As this is true, I hereby date and sign this declaration.

(Place), (date).

__________________________

(full name)

NOTE: The declaration may only attest to facts that occurred prior to the application.

In the event of a discrepancy between the information contained in the declaration and the documentation submitted for the purpose of contracting the scholarship, only the information contained in the latter will be taken into account.

Declaration of Honor

I, (full name), bearer of identification document number (XXXX), candidate for a research grant (type of grant), within the scope of the project (name or reference of the project), published on the Euraxess portal, with the reference (ref. c