Offer Description
1 Research Grant Announcement (M/F)
Call open for applications for a research grant within the framework of project Project [contact details available in the full listing].PEX - IQ–SCHOOLS - Healthy Learning Environments: Predictive Modelling of Indoor Environmental Quality for Enhanced Cognitive Performance and Well-being in Schools with DOI https://doi.org/10.54499/[contact details available in the full listing].PEX, funded by national funds through FCT/MECI, under the following conditions:
Scientific Area: Environmental Engineering or related fields
Admission requirements: Candidates who cumulatively meet the following two requirements may apply for this grant:
Requirement 1:
- Be a student enrolled in a doctoral program in the area of Environmental Engineering or related fields, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.
or
- To be 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.
Note: In the case of masters who are enrolled in non-academic degree courses, the scholarship can only be awarded to those who do not exceed, with this scholarship contract, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of two years in that typology of the scholarship, followed or interpolated.
and
Requirement 2:
- Hold a master’s degree in Environmental Engineering or related fields.
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 researcher will carry out experimental tasks related to sampling for indoor environmental assessment and to the school building/classroom characteristics survey (subtasks 2.1, 2.2, and 2.3). The researcher will also contribute to data analysis for model development (in Task 4), and dissemination activities (Task 5).
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 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 Dr Klára Slezáková and Dr Soraia Ferreira Neves.
Grant duration: Initial duration of 6 months, with the predicted starting date in November 2026, on an exclusive basis eventually renewable but never exceeding the end of the project.
If it is not possible to ensure the duration of 6 months estimated in the previous paragraph, this duration will be adjusted according to the end date of the project, and provided that the minimum duration of 3 consecutive months is guaranteed, in accordance with paragraph 3 of article 6 of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.
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.
Stipend: The monthly amount of the grant amounts to 1,359.64 euros, according to the table of values of the grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in Portugal.
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 will focus the following factors:
a) Academic training - Master’s in Environmental Engineering or related areas with a grade equal to or higher than 17/20 – up to 12 points, Master’s in Environmental Engineering or related areas with a grade equal to or higher than 14/20 – up to 10 points, Master’s in Environmental Engineering or related areas with a grade lower than 14/20 – up to 4 points.
b) Publications in the area of Indoor Air Quality – up to 5 points; Publications in other areas – up to 3 points;
c) Research experience in the project area – up to 3 points; in other areas – up to 2 points.
The curriculum of each candidate will be evaluated on a 1-20 point scale. Candidates with less than 16 points in the curricular evaluation will not be invited for the interview (40%).
In the interview will be assessed the experience in the field of the work plan (up to 10 points) and the CV (up to 10 points).
If none of the candidates achieves a minimum final score of 16 points, the scholarship will not be awarded.
Selection Jury:
President: Klára Slezáková, PhD
Effective member: Soraia Ferreira Neves, PhD
Effective member: Professor Maria do Carmo da Silva Pereira
Supplementary member: Maria João Ramalho, PhD
Supplementary member: Doctor João Mário Rodrigues Miranda
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 28/10/2026 to 10/11/2026 (until 23:59 local time).
Applications must be submitted via the online application system available at https://www.apply.up.pt (Ref. IQ-SCHOOLS_B04 -BOLS-FEUP-26-68) by 10/11/2026, accompanied by the following documents:
- Motivation letter,
- Copy of certificates evidencing academic degree (referring the classification of each separated or integrated degree),
- Curriculum Vitae; 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),
- Other documents considered relevant by the applicant.
In order to assure that all documents can be read, the preferred saving format is the Portable Document Format (.pdf).
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.
Oporto, __/__/__
Signature
________________
(scholarship holder)
Where to apply
Website: https://www.apply.up.pt
Requirements
Research Field: Engineering » Chemical engineering
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent
Research Field: Engineering » Other
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent
The full announcement is also available at FEUP - FEUP | 1 Bolsa de investigação | IQ-SCHOOLS_B04 -BOLS-FEUP-26-68.
Applications must be submitted via the online application system available at https://www.apply.up.pt (Ref. IQ-SCHOOLS_B04 -BOLS-FEUP-26-68) by 10/11/2026.
Additional Information
Benefits: 1,359.64 euros
Work Location(s)
Number of offers available: 1
Company/Institute: FEUP
Country: Portugal
City: Porto
Street: Rua Dr. Roberto Frias
Postal Code: 4200-465
Website: https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt
