Research Fellowship - CENTRE OF BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING: CEB-BI-22-2025 Braga

Research Fellowship - CENTRE OF BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING: CEB-BI-22-2025
Braga
Braga, Braga, Portugal

Organisation/Company Centro de Engenharia Biológica da Universidade do Minho Department Engenharia Biológica Research Field Biological sciences » Biological engineering Researcher Profile Other Profession Positions Master Positions Country Portugal Application Deadline 6 Jun 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP

Research Fellowship (1 vacancy)

CEB-BI-22-2025

A call for applications is now open for the attribution of one (1) research grant within the scope of the R&D project, Bio
NEXT: Plataforma Integrada para Biotecnologias Sustentáveis e a Transição Digital (NORTE2030-FEDER-02698600),
- financed by the Eurapean Union trough the Northern Regional Operational Program – Norte 2030, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Food Biotechnology

Recipient category: Masters enrolled in
- academic degree course or Ph
D students .

Requirement for granting the fellowship:

• The applicants may apply without prior registration in the course for which the fellowship is open. The requirement to enroll in a degree course or
  - academic degree course will be verified on the date of contracting the fellowship;
• Only fellowships whose selected applicants present a valid proof of enrollment in a degree course or
  - academic degree course will be contracted, according to the type of the fellowship, indicating, respectively, the academic year or its duration (star and term).

Profile:

The following are eligible to apply for this competition:

• Nationals or citizens of other member states of the European Union;
• Citizens of third countries;
• Stateless persons;
• Citizens with political refugee status.

Candidate admissibility requirements:

Mandatory requirements:

• Have a Master degree in Chemical and Biological Engineering, Food Engineering, Biotechnology or related areas;
• Not benefit from a
  - degree grant for a cumulative period of 2 years, consecutive or interpolated;

Contracting requirements:

• Indicate enrollment in a
  - academic degree course or doctoral enrolment in the Chemical and Biological Engineering, Food Engineering, Biotechnology or related;
• Present proof of academic qualifications completed at the deadline for applications, including those resulting from academic degree recognition processes;

Preferential factors:

• Experience infood engineering, food technology or food biotechnology related fields, with a focus on emergent food processing and food microbiology.
• Experience with analytical techniques such as liquid chromatography and spectroscopy techniques.

Admissibility requirements:

It is essential, under penalty of not being admitted to the competition, to attach the following documents to the application:

• The candidate's curriculum vitae;
• 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 (annex I);
• Statement proving that meets the conditions for the grant typology, according to the application requirements (annex II).
• 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, the candidate's declaration of honor;

Applicants eligibility:Applicants must comply with the eligibility conditions laid down in article 9 of the Research Grants Regulation of the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (2019).

Workplan and objectives to be achieved: Development of functional ingredients using
- and nanoencapsulation systems to protect and release bioactive compounds, enhancing their stability and bioavailability. Emerging technologies such as ohmic heating and electric fields will be applied to food processes. Digestion will be evaluated using dynamic gastrointestinal models to assess bioaccessibility, bioactivity, and structural integrity. Innovative strategies may also be developed to detect, capture, and degrade mycotoxins and contaminants using proteins/enzymes, aerogels, and electrothermal treatments, ensuring safe and effective food decontamination.

Applicable legislation and regulations:Research Fellowship Holder Statutes, approved by Law no. 40/2004 of August 18, in its current version published by Decree-Law no. 123/2019 of august 28; Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in “Diário da República”, 2nd serie, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021 and Regulation of Research Studentships and Fellowships (RBI) of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I. P. - in force.

Host/Contracting institution and scientific supervision: The workplan will be carried out in the Centre of Biological Engineering of University of Minho, located in the University of Minho, Campus of Gualtar - Braga, under the scientific supervision of the Professor António Augusto Martins de Oliveira Soares Vicente.

Fellowship duration: The grant will take place for a period of 6 months, with a provisional starting date in July 2025.

The fellowship grant may eventually be renewed within the limits established for each type of scholarship, and cannot exceed the maximum duration of the project.

Amount of the research grant: The value stipend (Monthly Maintenance Allowance) is 1309, 64€per month, in accordance with the stipends values published by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT I. P. ) in the country (Annex I – Monthly Stipends Values for the maintenance allowances of the FCT. IP) and Annex II of the Regulation of Scientific Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in “Diário da República”, 2nd serie, no. 119, through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021, according to the applicable regulation.

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

Other benefits: Reimbursement of Voluntary Social Security (Social Security contributions), corresponding to the 1st level of discounts (for research grants with a total duration 6 months or higher) 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.

Selection panel: The selection panel shall consist of three effective members and two substitute members.

President:

António Augusto Martins de Oliveira Soares Vicente, Full Professor at the Department of Biological Engineering of the University of Minho;

Effective members:

Ricardo Nuno Correia Pereira, Assistant Researcher at the Centreof Biological Engineering of the University of Minho and Ana Cristina Braga Pinheiro, Assistant Researcherat the Centre of Biological Engineering of the University of Minho;

Substitute members:

Nuno Miguel Dias Cerca, Coordinating Researcher at the Centre of Biological Engineering of the University of Minho and Maria do Pilar Araújo Teixeira, Project Consultant atthe Centre of Biological Engineering of the University of Minho.

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.

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 1 to 5 valuesand will include an interview for the first 3 classified candidates, who obtain a minimum classification of 4 in the MC:

A1 - Academic path (considering the classifications of academic degrees), with a weighting of 45%;

A2 - Personal curriculum (considering professional and scientific background), with a weighting of 45%

A3 - Motivation letter, with a weighting of 10%.

Interview – B (30%):

B1 - Interpersonal competences, with a weighting of 30%;

B2 - Demonstrated knowledge in the area of the competition, with a weighting of 40%

B3 – Motivation, with a weighting of 20%

B4 – Language skills, with a weighting of 10%

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

Candidates with a score of less than 4 points in the FC criterion will be excluded.

The academic degrees and diplomas documents, or their respective recognition when awarded by foreign higher education institutions are not mandatory in the application phase, being replaced by a declaration of honour of the candidatewith the contents of academic results (annex I). The documents of academic qualification or respective recognition will be required in the contracting phase and must attest facts that occurred on a date prior to the application. In situations of divergence between the information contained in the declaration and the documentation submitted for contracting the grant, only the information contained in the latter will be consider. If the documents proving the ownership of the academic degree and diploma, or the respective recognition under the terms of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16, do not correspond to the classifications awarded in the evaluation of the academic path, which can change the candidate's ranking, the fellowship won’t be contracted.

Notes:Applicants with degrees obtained abroad must present proof of recognition of qualifications in Portugaland conversion of the final classification obtained in them to the Portuguese classification scale or declaration under the terms indicated in the previous point. Candidates who do not comply with one of these provisions, the selection panel will assign “0” in the grade of the graduation and/or master course. Candidates will be evaluated on the remaining parameters.

Disclosure of results: The provisional results of applications, based in the selection panel minutes, will be send to the applicants by email in accordance with article 12 of the FCT's RBI (FCT funding) or article 13 of the UMinho RBI (other funding subject to the UMinho regulation).

In case of unfavourable results, the candidates have a period of 10 working days to comment, if desired, in a prior hearing to interested parties, pursuant to articles 121 and 122 of the Code of Administrative Procedure (DL no. 4 / 2015 of January 7th).

Complaint and appeal procedures: The final results of the evaluation will be published through an ordered list by final grade obtained on the site of the Centre of Biological Engineering of UMinho ( https://empregoceb. wordpress.com/ ), as well as by email to all applicants, enclosing for that purpose, the minutes of the jury deliberations.

The selected candidate must inform its willingness to accept the grant, in writing. In case of rejection, the fellowship will be awarded to the next candidate in the ordered list of applicants.

The final decision can be contested within 15 working days, by sending to the President of the jury the corresponding claim. Interested parties may also submit an optional hierarchical appeal, addressed to the Pro-Rector for Scientific Projects and Research Management, Professor Doctor Sandra Paiva.

Application deadline and submission: The call for applications is open for a minimum period of 10 working days after the notice publication on the European Scientific Mobility Portal Euraxess.

Applications must be formalized by sending an application letter with the following documents:

• qualifications certificate or declaration of the applicant (Annex I)
• statement proving that meets the conditions for the grant typology, according to the application requirements (annex II);
• other documents important to the evaluation process.

Applications must be sent by email to bolsas@ceb. uminho. pt , indicating the reference of the call CEB-BI-22-2025 for applications, in Subject. Applications submitted by other means will not be accepted.

Failure to indicate the competition reference, the lack of any of the documents required in the application, or the sending/delivery of the application to a location other than that indicated above, may result in its exclusion.

Fellowship contract:The fellowship will be attributed by signing a fellowship contract between the University of Minho and the fellow, accordingly with the contract minute (annex IV of the Regulation of Research Fellowships of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in Diário da República, 2nd Série, no. 119 , through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021, as indicated in 2. 4 of the FCT document: “Rules for Granting and Management of Grants within the scope of R&D projects, including infrastructure projects, the
- annual financing program for R&D units and other FCT financinginstruments (Version 2021)”.

The contract may only be concluded after all the documentation required is collected, which must take place within a maximum period of 6 months, including evidences of the academic degrees or diplomas and enrolment in degree courses or
- conferring courses, depending on the type of scholarship.

Once all the documentation has been received, the contracting entity has a period of 60 working days to conclude the scholarship contract. Once received, the fellow must return the contract duly signed within 15 working days.

The activities under the fellowship contract can only began after proper authorization by the contracting entity.

Term and cancellation of fellowship contracts:Without prejudice to the other causes provided the fellowship regulations (FCT and UMinho) and in the Statute of the Research Fellow, the fellowship ends with the completion of the work plan, as well as with the expiration date for which it was granted or renewed.

At the end of the fellowship, the grantee is obliged to present a Final Report of the work carried out, in accordance with the objectives and evaluation criteria defined with the scientific advisor, within 30 days after the end of the scholarship.

The final report must be prepared in accordance with Annex I of the Scientific Research Fellowships Regulation of the University of Minho (RBIC), published in Diário da República, 2nd Série, no. 119 , through dispatch no. 6524/2020 of 22-06-2020, ratified by ratification declaration no. 447/2021 of 22-06-2021.

ANNEX I

Declaration of Honor

Academic habilitations

I XXXXXX (Full name), bearer of identification document number XXXXXXX, applicant to the research fellowship vacancy under the R&D project Bio
NEXT: Plataforma Integrada para Biotecnologias Sustentáveis e a Transição Digital (NORTE2030-FEDER-02698600)
- financed by the Eurapean Union trough the Northern Regional Operational Program – Norte 2030, published on the Euraxess portal, with