Research Scholarship - VIIAFOOD – SONAE MC – BI-2 Porto

Research Scholarship - VIIAFOOD – SONAE MC – BI-2
Porto
Porto, Porto District, Portugal

Organisation/Company Universidade Católica Portuguesa - Porto Research Field Biological sciences » Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Country Portugal Application Deadline 7 Sep 2025 - 17:00 (Europe/Lisbon) Type of Contract Other Type of Contract Extra Information NA Job Status Full-time Offer Starting Date 8 Aug 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Other EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

CALL FOR APPLICATION FOR A RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP

Scientific area: Biotechnology and Biological Sciences.

Admission requirements:

General requirements:

Candidates for the Research grant must hold a degree in Master of Science. in Microbiology or Microbial Biotechnology or related areas.

Specific requirements:

Candidates must also have knowledge/research experience in the following areas:

- hybrid functional foods, in particular with probiotic and prebiotic properties;

- microbiological,
- chemical and texture characterisation,
- life studies of functional foods;

- In vitro digestibility and methodologies used for antioxidant, prebiotic and antidiabetic properties validation.

Preferred Factors:

Will be considered preferred factors:

- Large experience in texture and rheological methodologies;

- Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, as well as teamwork skills;

- Participation in national and/or international research projects in partnership.

Candidates for the Research scholarship must also be enrolled or commit to enrolling in a course that does not lead to an academic degree that promotes the consolidation of their scientific training.

Work Plan:

The activity to be developed by the scholarship holder is part of a VIIAFOOD research project, which aims to promote the incorporation of marine resources in the development of new nutritionally dense and
- quality functional foods. The Research Fellow will participate in the following tasks: 1)
- life studies of new food prototypes incorporating algae and other marine resources - microbiological and texture/rheological properties over storage period; 2) in vitro digestion and its impact on the biological stability of the food prototypes under development.

The work will be developed at the CBQF - Centro de Biotecnologia e Química Fina. of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa in Portugal, in Porto, under the scientific supervision of
Prof. Ana Maria Gomes and Doctor Joana Cristina Barbosa.

Duration of the scholarship:

The scholarship, which is expected to begin on October 2, 2025, will have a duration of 8 months on an exclusive basis.

The selection methods to be used will be the following: i) curriculum (50%); ii) previous experience (50%). If necessary, the 3 best positioned candidates may be interviewed, and in this situation, the weighting will be curricular evaluation (45%). ; ii) previous experience (35%) and selection interview (20%).

Only candidates with a final classification equal to or greater than seventy, on a scale of 0 to 100, will be selected for this position.

Applications that do not meet the admission requirements, delivered on time and incomplete applications will be considered ineligible.

President of the Jury: Prof. Doctor Maria Manuela Pintado, Effective Members: Prof. Ana Maria Gomes and Doctor Joana Cristina Barbosa. Substitute Jury: Doctor Daniela Machado.

Form of advertising/notification of results:

The jury deliberates in accordance with the selection criteria adopted and disclosed. The jury meetings minutes will contain a summary of the meeting content. After completing the application of the selection criteria, the jury proceeds with the elaboration of the ordered list, with the ranking of the approved candidates. The ranking list of eligible candidates will be published on the premises of the Universidade Católica Portuguesa, in Porto, located at Rua de Diogo Botelho, 1327, 4169-005 Porto - Portugal, with each candidate being notified of his/her position on the list ranking of candidates via email. Ineligible applicants will be notified by email, with details of the missing eligibility elements.

Complaint and appeal procedures:

Candidates have a period of ten working days, after the disclosure referred to in the previous number, to give their opinion at a prior hearing.

Deadline for acceptance of the scholarship:

Within ten working days following notification of the grant award, the selected candidate must confirm in writing his/her availability to start the scholarship on the proposed date. Failing to do so or not having availability, the candidate placed in the next position will be called.

Application deadline and form of submission:

Candidates submit their application from August 8, 2025 until September 7, 2025 (until 5 pm, Lisbon time).

It will be necessary to submit the following documents:

• Cover letter, identifying the title and reference of the project, describe the motivation and professional objectives of the candidate.
• Detailed Curriculum Vitae (should contain all the elements to assess the admission requirements, including language knowledge and research experience).
• Copy of the certificate(s) of qualifications conferring academic degree in the terms requested in the notice, which contain the final classifications.
• Registration of recognition of the academic degree awarded by a foreign higher education institution, preferably with the registration of the conversion of the respective final classification to the Portuguese classification scale to guarantee eligibility in this call for application [1].
• Proof of enrollment in a course that does not award an academic degree or declaration of commitment to enroll in a course that does not award an academic degree as set out in the admission requirements.

Only applications received during the opening period of the
- mentioned call shall be considered.

Candidates who incorrectly formalize their application or who do not prove the requirements of this call are excluded. False statements made by applicants will be punished under the law.

Privacy Policy:

Universidade Católica Portuguesa is the controller responsible for the processing of Personal Data in accordance with Regulation (EU) 2016/679 – General Regulation on Data Protection.

The personal data processed in the scope of this tender procedure is processed within the framework of said tender procedure only and will be processed by Universidade Católica Portuguesa with the purpose of verifying the fulfilment, by the candidates, of the assumptions established in the applicable legislation for their contracting. Opposition to the processing of data by the candidates will make it impossible to accept the application and, therefore, to analyse and evaluate it.

The personal data of the Data Subject, if it be indispensable for the fulfilment of the obligations of Universidade Católica Portuguesa, may be conveyed to third parties, namely to the Financing Entities identified in this announcement.

The data retention period shall correspond to the legally defined period of five years.

The Data Subject is entitled to oppose to the collection and processing of data, has the right to verification, the right to rectification, the right to deletion, and the right to restriction of processing of the data collected. However, the exercise of such rights may be excluded when the personal data is used to protect public interest, namely in the detection and prevention of crimes or when subject to professional rules of confidentiality.

The Data Subject has the right of access and portability of the data.

For purposes of exercising the respective rights, contact the University through the
- mail address compliance. rgpd@ucp. pt or by using the address found at the end of this announcement, through the means set out in "Contacts for clarification".

Non-discrimination and equal access policy:

Universidade Católica Portuguesa actively promotes a
- discrimination and equal access policy, wherefore no candidate can be privileged, benefited, impaired or deprived of any rights whatsoever, or be exempt of any duties based on their ancestry, age, gender, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, family and economic conditions, instruction, 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 union membership.

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[1] If the required academic degree has been conferred by a foreign higher education institution, it must comply with the Portuguese legislation on the recognition of foreign degrees, regulated by DL no. 66/2018 of 16 August.