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SCIENTIFIC AREA: Biomechanics, Materials Engineering, Biomaterials, Bioengineering,Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Polymer Engineering or related areas.
DURATION: 06 months, eventually renewable until the end of the project or the maximum duration for this research fellowship type. The fellowship is due to start July/2025.
WORKPLACE /SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION: Centre for Rapid and Sustained Product Development from the @Polytechnic of Leiria (CDRSP-PLeiria)/ PhD Researcher Juliana R. Dias
The Polytechnic of Leiria is now opening applications for 1 (one) research fellowship (BI) within the project "Embalagem do Futuro + Ecológica + Digital + Inclusiva- PPS1-Food and packaging made of recycled polyethylene from fossil and biological origin", integrated in the European funds allocated to Portugal by the PRR, within the scope of the Recovery and Resilience Mechanism (MRR) of the European Union (EU), framed in the Next Generation EU, for the period 2021 – 2026, under the following conditions:
. SCIENTIFIC AREA: Biomechanics, Materials Engineering, Biomaterials, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Polymer Engineering or related areas.
. RECIPIENTS: Graduates in Biomechanics, Materials Engineering, Biomaterials, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Polymer Engineering or related areas who are master students in Biomechanics, Materials Engineering, Biomaterials, Bioengineering, Biotechnology, Biochemistry, Polymer Engineering or related areas or who are enrolled in courses that do not confer an academic degree in association with a Research Unit (UI.
. DURATION: 06 months, eventually renewable until the end of the project or the maximum duration for this research fellowship type. The fellowship is due to start July/2025.
. WORK PLAN: Characterization (thermal, physical-chemical and mechanical) and validation of single-layer and three-layer flexible food packaging based on recycled PE in a closed cycle. Sample conditions are defined by the entire consortium and optimized during the project execution. Multifactorial analysis by combining internal results with those of partners.
. WORKPLACE AND SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION: The work will be developed at the Centre for Rapid and Sustained Product Development from the Polytechnic of Leiria (CDRSP-PLeiria), under the supervision of PhD Researcher Juliana Rosa Dias
. GRANT FINANTIAL COMPONENTS: Monthly maintenance subsidy of € 1040,98 according to the FCT, I.P. (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/Tabela_valores_SMM_2025.pdf). To this amount is added the monthly amount referring to the Voluntary Social Security, if applicable, in accordance with the conditions defined in the Statute of Research Fellows. The scholarship holder will benefit from Personal Accident Insurance during the course of the scholarship.
. PAYMENT: The maintenance stipend will be monthly processed, through bank transfer, to the account identified by the research fellow.
. ACTIVITY SCHEME: Exclusivity, according to the applicable legislation.
. EVALUATION PANEL: The jury responsible for the applications evaluation will be constituted by PhD Professors: Juliana Rosa Dias (president), Pedro José da Silva Carreira and Nuno Manuel Fernandes Alves (effective members); Tatiana Marisa Fernandes Patricio and Joana Filipa Abreu Pereira Valente (substitute members).