Organisation/Company FEUP Department Human Resources Division Research Field Engineering » Chemical engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Bachelor Positions Country Portugal Application Deadline 29 Aug 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time 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
1 Research Grant Announcement (M/F)
Call open for applications for a research grant within the framework of projectLiquidMining - Extraction of EU strategic raw materials from wastewater and brines using a cutting-edge technology, with nr. 17152, operation code at the Funds Platform COMPETE2030-FEDER-00861300, funded by FEDER funds through COMPETE 2030 and with financial support from national funds/OE through Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under the following conditions.
Scientific Area: Chemical Engineering
Admission requirements: Candidates who cumulatively meet the following requirements may apply for this grant:
Requirement 1:
* To be a student enrolled in a master degree or integrated master or in an integrated master's program who has already completed the 180 credits corresponding to the first six curricular semesters in the area of Chemical Engineering, requirement to be proven at the time of signing the contract.
And
Requirement 2:
Hold a bachelor’s degree in Chemical Engineering or related field.
If the degree has been awarded by a foreign higher education institution, it must comply with the provisions of the Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of august 16th, and any formalities established there must be fulfilled until the time of signing the contract.
Activity Outline: The work will involve optimising the continuous crystallisation of struvite and HAP from wastewater using oscillatory flow reactors on a laboratory scale (Activity 5 of the project).The dissemination of results (Activity 10 of the project) is also an integral part of the work plan.
Legislation and regulations: Law Nº. 40/2004, of 18th August, in its current wording (Statutes of Scientific Research Fellow) and Regulation of Research Grants of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, in force ( https://www.fct.pt/financiamento/programas-de-financiamento/bolsas/ ) and Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto, in force .
Work place: The work will be developed at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Doctor António Manuel Azevedo Ferreira .
Grant duration: Initial duration of 3 months, with the predicted starting date in October 2025, on an exclusive basis eventually renewable but never exceeding the project duration.
If the contracting procedures do not allow the scholarship to have a minimum duration of 3 consecutive months, in accordance with paragraph 3 of article 6 of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.,the grant will not be awarded.
The eventual renewal of the scholarship will be carried out as determined in article 6 of the Research Grants Regulation of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.
The payment will be made by bank transfer.
Selection procedure:
The curriculum of the candidates (60%) will be evaluated based on the merit of the candidate and the following factors will be weighted:
a) Academic training (bachelor inChemical Engineering - 7 points; bachelor is related area – 3 points)
b) Academic background classification: Grade point average equal to or higher than 15/20 – 6 points; Grade point of 14/20 or 13/20 – 4 points; Others – 0 points.
c) Research experience in the project area, with skills in continuous crystallisation - 7 points; research experience in the project area, without skills in continuous crystallisation - 3 points; research experience in areas related to the project - 1 point;
The curriculum of each candidate will be evaluated in a 1-20 points scale. Candidates with less than 12 points in the curricular evaluation will not be invited for the interview.
In the interview (40%) topics related with the work plan, experience and the candidate’s CV will be discussed with the invited candidates.
If none of the candidates achieves a minimum final score of 15 points, the scholarship will not be awarded.
Selection Jury:
Advertisement of final decision :The results of the evaluation will be released to the candidates
by email to the email address indicated in the application process .
Deadline for applications and form of presentation of the applications:
The call is open from 18-08-2025 to 29-08-2025(until 23h59m, GMT time).
Applications must be formalized by email to antonio@fe.up.pt and to recursoshumanos@fe.up.pt, clearly statingthe reference FEUP-LiquidMining_B2and including the following pdf documents: Motivation letter, detailed Curriculum Vitae, Copy of certificates evidencing academic degree, Declaration on honor that the candidate fulfills the requirement contained in article 6 of the Regulation for Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. (model below, in caseof student enrolled in a non-academic degree course integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units ) and other documents considered relevant by the applicant.
Declaration on honour
I, (identification of the scholarship holder), holder of the Citizen Card / Visa / Residence Permit no. valid until _____, declare under honour, to be in the conditions of no. 5 of article 6º of the Research Grants from FCT, IP - Regulation No. 950/2019, of 16 December.
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