Office of the Vice-Rector of Cooperation
Organisation/Company Universidade de Aveiro Department Office of the Vice-Rector of Cooperation Research Field Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Bachelor Positions Country Portugal Application Deadline 22 Jul 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Offer Starting Date 16 Aug 2025 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? European Union / Next Generation EU Reference Number 67/2025/BI/AgendasPRR Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No
Offer Description
A call for application is now open for the attribution of 1 (one) Research Fellowship, with reference 67/2025/BI/AgendasPRR, for development of scientific and technological research activities, under the scheme «Agendas Mobilizadoras para a Inovação Empresarial», namely ILLIANCE project, at the CICECO - Aveiro Institute of MaterialsResearch Unit, at the University of Aveiro, Portugal, with the following conditions:
1. Scientific Area: Materials Science and Engineering.
2. Funding entity: funded by the PRR - Recovery and Resilience Plan and by the NextGenerationEU, through the scheme «Agendas para a Inovação Empresarial».
3. Admission Requirements: candidates must be students enrolled in a Master/Integrated Master course in the Materials Engineering scientific field. The candidates must also present the following requirements: laboratory experience in additive manufacturing of ceramic materials, namely robocasting.
The proof of enrolment must be made until the contract signing date, and the candidate may attach a declaration of honor to confirm that they meet the admission requirements.
If the qualification has been conferred by a foreign higher education institution it must be recognized by a Portuguese higher education institution, under the terms of the provisions of article 25 of Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of August 16th, which approves the legal regime of recognition of academic degrees and diplomas of Higher Education, attributed by foreign higher education institutions, and of paragraph e) of no. 2 of article 4 of Decree-Law no. 60/2018, of August 3rd, and any formalities established therein must be fulfilled by the date of the hiring act.
4. Eligibility: candidates who comply with provisions of paragraph a) nº1 from article 2 of the Statute of the Research Fellow are eligible, as amended by Decree-Law nº 123/2019, of 28 of August, and also the provisions of article nº 9of the Scientific Research Grant Regulations of the University of Aveiro.
5. Work Plan: Study and exploration of additive manufacturing of ceramic pastes with waste materials for the production of traditional porcelain stoneware ceramics.
6. Legislation and regulations: the fellowship assignment will be done according to the Statute of the Scientific Research Fellow, published in Decree-Law nº 123/2019, of 28 of August; Scientific Research Grant Regulation of the University of Aveiro, Regulation No. 292/2020, published in Diário da República No. 61, Series II, of March 26th; Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16th (Legal regime of recognition of academic degrees and diplomas of higher education awarded by foreign higher education institutions) (available at https://www.ua.pt/en/sgrh/bolseiros ).
7. Place of work: the work will take place at Department of Materials and Ceramic Engineering (DEMaC) of University of Aveiro, under the scientific supervision of Associate Professor Paula Maria Lousada Silveirinha Vilarinho.
8. Duration of the grant(s): the research fellowship will last for 4,5 (four and a half) months, with an expected starting date on the August 16th, 2025. The fellowship may be renewed up to the maximum limit of approved funding, during the project implementation period, and without exceeding the duration limits defined for the type of fellowship in article 9, of Regulation no. 292/2020, of February 28th, published in Diário da República, no. 61, Series II, of March 26th (Scientific Research Grant Regulation of the University of Aveiro).
9. Monthly allowance: The monthly allowance is €1.040,98, according to the table of values of monthly allowance set out in Attachment III of the Regulation on Scientific Research Scholarship of University of Aveiro, subject to any updates that may occur if applicable. The payment will be made by bank transfer. The candidate may also be reimbursed for the amount corresponding to the Voluntary Social Security, in case of adherence.
10. Selection method: the selection methods to be used include Curricular Evaluation. The sub criteria to be assessed under Curricular Evaluation (with a weight of 0 - 20points) are:
- R&D experience in the scientific area of this call (30%);
- Laboratory experience in additive manufacturing of ceramics (70%).
The jury reserves the right to not assign the Research fellowship if none candidates reach the minimum score of 10 points in a scale of 0 to 20 points.
11. Members of the Jury: President: Associate Professor Paula Maria Lousada Silveirinha Vilarinho; Permanent members: Coordenating Researcher Paula Celeste da Silva Ferreira and Principal Researcher Alexander Tkach; Substitute members: Assistant Researcher Cláudia Sofia Cordeiro Nunes and Doctorate Researcher Nuno Miguel Freitas Ferreira.
12. Period for submission of applications: the call is open between 09 july 2025 and 22 july 2025. Only applications received in this period will be considered for evaluation. Applications must be submitted by e-mail to recr-agendasprr@ua.pt with identification of the reference number in the email subject.
Applications should include the following mandatory documents: certificate(s) of qualifications, curriculum vitae, declaration of honor, application form. The candidate should also indicate the e-mail address to be notified for all purposes within the scope of this procedure.
Failure to comply with the deadline for submission of the application, as well as the incorrect formalization of the application, result in the exclusion of the application.
13. Publication/notification of results:the results of the evaluation will be published within 60 working days after the final date of submission of the application, whereas the candidates will be notified by email. For the purposes of prior hearing of interested parties, the deadline of 10 working days after notification is set, as provided for in the Code of Administrative Procedure. At the end of the period for hearing the interested parties, and in the absence of any response from them, the list of candidates will become final. Candidates may lodge a complaint against the final decision within 10 working days after notification of the final decision, by appealing to the Rector.
14. Research fellowship duration: The final ranking list of candidates will be valid for 12 months for the purpose of constituting a reserve list for selection.
University of Aveiro, 08 July 2025
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