Post-Doctoral Research Grant - Edital BIPD-ISISE-UMINHO-C644876810-00000019-2

5 Dec 2025
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Universidade do Minho - ISISE

Department

ISISE

Research Field

Engineering » Civil engineering

Researcher Profile

Recognised Researcher (R2)

Positions

PhD Positions

Country

Portugal

Application Deadline

23 Dec 2025 - 23:00 (Europe/Lisbon)

Type of Contract

Not Applicable

Job Status

Not Applicable

Offer Starting Date

9 Dec 2025

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

NextGenerationEU

Reference Number

C644876810-00000019

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

A call is open to award (1) post-doctoral research grant within the R&D Project “R2U Technologies | modular systems”, with reference C644876810-00000019, funded by PRR – Plano de Recuperação e Resiliência – and by the European Funds Next Generation EU, under the incentive system “Agendas para a Inovação Empresarial", in the following conditions:

 

RESEARCH FIELD: Civil Engineering or related areas.

 

CANDIDATES PROFILE / CANDIDATE ADMISSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

Mandatory requirements:

The BIPD are intended for doctorates in the field of Civil Engineering, or related fields, who cumulatively meet the following requirements:

• Holders of a PhD degree obtained in the three years prior to the date of submission of the grant application;
• Have carried out the research work that led to the attribution of a PhD degree in an entity other than the host unit (Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction, CTAC);
• Do not exceed, with the conclusion of the contract in question, including possible renewals, a cumulative period of three years in this type of grant, consecutive or interpolated;
• Applicants must comply with the eligibility conditions set out in Article 9 of the Research Grant Regulations, No. 950/2019, of 16-12-2019, of FCT I.P..

Candidates who do not cumulatively meet the requirements described will be excluded.

Preferential factors:

• Background in the field of Timber Structures;
• Portuguese language proficiency;
• English language proficiency.

 

APPLICATION / ADMISSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS

The call is open from 09/12/2025 to 23/12/2025 (23:00 – Europe/Lisbon).

Applications must be sent exclusively by e-mail to jbranco@civil.uminho.pt , with the subject “Edital BIPD-ISISE-UMINHO-C644876810-00000019-2”, with the following documents:  

Elements of the National Identity Card/Citizen Card/Passport/Visa/Title of Residence;

Curriculum Vitae of the candidate, in Portuguese or in English;

Certificates of the academic degree(s) required, or, alternatively, the candidate's declaration of honor that the degree was obtained until the end of the term of application (Annex I);

Certificate of recognition of foreign academic degree, or, alternatively, the candidate's declaration of honor (Annex II), if applicable;

Statement proving that meets the conditions for the grant typology, according to the application requirements (Annex III);

Motivation letter, in Portuguese or in English.

Failure to comply with the deadline for submitting the application, such as failure to submit or late submission of the application and the documents referred to in points 2) to 4), determines the exclusion of the application.

Regarding the above mentioned admissibility requirements, the following should be noted:

• In the case of a degree granted by a foreign higher education institution, and in order to ensure the application of the principle of equal treatment to candidates holding foreign and national academic degrees, it is mandatory to recognize the degree, under the terms of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16. The recognition of the degree when awarded by foreign higher education institution is not mandatory in the application phase but will be required in the contracting phase.
• Only candidates who have completed the required qualification by the end of the application period will be admitted. If they do not yet have the official degree certificate, a declaration of honor from the candidate stating that he/she has completed the qualifications required by the end of the application period, will be accepted. At the time of the respective hiring the candidate must present the official degree certificate.

 

DURATION OF THE RESEARCH GRANT

The research grant will last for 6 months, with a provisional starting date in January 2026.

The grant may be renewed until the maximum predicted in the project and/or applicable legislation, if it is necessary to carry out activities that are essential for the conclusion of the project.

 

WORK PLAN AND OBJECTIVES

Development and validation of structural models representative of the modular system using timber elements developed under task 2.1.7;

Validation of the structural behavior of the modular system connections.

The work plan also includes the development of case studies, support for the execution of project deliverables, including scientific publications and periodic reports.

 

HOST INSTITUTION AND SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION

The work will be carried out at CTAC - Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction - Civil Engineering Department, School of Engineering of the University of Minho, located at Azurém (Guimarães), under the scientific supervision of Doctor Jorge Manuel Gonçalves Branco and coordination of Doctor José Luís Barroso de Aguiar.

 

EVALUATION CRITERIA

The evaluation of the applications will focus on the merit of the candidate, by applying the following criteria on a scale of 0 to 5 points:

Candidate's Merit – CM (100%):

In the Candidate Merit (CM) assessment the following parameters and assessment criteria are considered with the respective weights:

• SP - Scientific and technological production, cultural or artistic, and activities of applied research, obtained by the formula 0,40PQ + 0,40PV + 0,20AI. PQ corresponds to the quantitative evaluation of publications in ISI/SCOPUS journals: in the field of timber structures, PQ = up to 100 points; publications in related fields, PQ = up to 60 points; publications in other fields, PQ = 0 points. PV corresponds to the qualitative assessment of 3 articles to be provided by the candidate, PV = up to 100 points. AI corresponds to the evaluation of applied research activities or based on the practice in the field of timber structures, AI = up to 100 points; activities in related fields, AI = up to 60 points; activities in other areas, AI = 0 points – with a weighting of 80%.
• ML - Motivation Letter, describing the relevance of the scientific experience for the position and personal career goals: ML = up to 100 points – with a weighting of 20%.

The final classification of the Candidate’s Merit (CM) will be obtained by applying the following formula:

CM = (0,80*SP) + (0,20*ML)

Candidates with CM less than 3.5 points are immediately excluded.

The jury may choose to conduct an Interview to the 3 best ranked candidates in the list of the CM.

Interview – INT (20%):

• Criterion E1 - Motivation, with a weighting of 30%;
• Criterion E2 - Technical knowledge required to carry out the work plan, with a weighting of 30%;
• Criterion E3 - Overall assessment, with a weighting of 40%.

The Jury also decided on the valuation of the Interview, according to the following levels:

• Excellent – 5 points;
• Good – 4 points;
• Satisfactory – 3 points;
• Unsatisfactory – 2 points;
• Poor – 1 point.

The final classification of the Interview (INT) will be obtained by applying the following formula:

INT = (E1*0,30) + (E2*0,30) + (E3*0,40)

The final classification (FC) of Candidate’s Merit (CM) and Interview (INT) will be obtained by applying the following formula:

FC = (CM*0,80) + (INT*0,20)

The Selection Panel reserves the right not to award the research grant in the competition based on the evaluation results of the applicants and their suitability for the project objectives.

 

SELECTION PANEL

The Selection Panel is composed by the following elements:

• President: Doctor José Luís Barroso de Aguiar, Associate Professor with Habilitation of the Civil Engineering Department, CTAC, School of Engineering, University of Minho.
• Effective members: Doctor Aires Fernando Fernandes Leite Camões Azevedo, Associate Professor of the Civil Engineering Department, CTAC, School of Engineering, University of Minho, and Doctor Jorge Manuel Gonçalves Branco, Assistant Professor with Habilitation of the Civil Engineering Department, ISISE, School of Engineering, University of Minho.
• Substitute members: Doctor Dinis Miguel Campos Leitão, Assistant Professor of the Civil Engineering Department, CTAC, School of Engineering, University of Minho, and Doctor Sandra Maria Gomes Monteiro Silva, Assistant Professor of the Civil Engineering Department, ISISE, School of Engineering, University of Minho.

If the President of the Selection Panel is unavailable, he/she shall be replaced by the first effective member. The first substitute member will replace the effective member.

The Selection Panel, including the President, undertake the commitment to respect a set of responsibilities essential to the evaluation process, such as the duties of impartiality, of stating any potential situations of conflict of interest and confidentiality.

 

COMUNICATION OF RESULTS

The results of the evaluation are announced by email to all candidates, attaching, for this purpose, the minutes of the jury's deliberations, within a maximum period of 60 working days from the deadline for submission of applications.

Candidates are informed, at a preliminary hearing, in accordance with Articles 121 and 122 of the Administrative Procedure Code (DL nº 4 / 2015 of January 7), of the likely outcome of the final decision, and may comment within 10 working days of this notification.

 

COMPLAINT AND APPEAL PROCEDURES

The selected candidate must indicate, in writing, the intention to accept the grant, within 10 working days of notification of the grant award.

The final decision can be contested, having 15 working days for this purpose, or an appeal may be lodged with the Rector within 30 working days, both after the respective notification.

 

REQUIREMENTS FOR FINAL AWARDING OF THE GRANT

The scholarship is awarded through the signing of a contract between the University of Minho and the scholarship recipient, in accordance with the draft contract in Annex II of the University of Minho Regulations (RBIC).At the time of hiring, the following documents must be sent:

• National Identity Card/Citizen Card/Passport/Visa/Title of Residence;
• Copy of the certificate of the academic degree;
• Presentation of the certificate of recognition of foreign academic degree and conversion of the respective final grading into the Portuguese grading scale, if applicable;
• Science ID;
• NIB/IBAN (document of the Bank with the name of the candidate);
• Tax Identification Number (NIF);
• Digital mobile key (digital signature).

The contract may only be concluded after all the documentation required is collected, which must take place within a maximum period of 6 months.Once all the documentation has been received, the contracting entity has a period of 60 working days to conclude the scholarship contract, in accordance with nº3 of the Article 14º the University of Minho Regulations (RBIC).

 

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE

The Monthly Maintenance Allowance corresponds to the basic value of 1851,00 euros per month, according to the table of grants of FCT, I.P. in the country (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores ) and Research Scholarship of the University of Minho, updated annually, as decided by the Management Board.

Payments are made by bank transfer on the 23rd of each month to the Bank Identification Number of the fellow identified in the contratualization process.

 

OTHER BENEFITS

Reimbursement of the Voluntary Social Insurance, if the candidate chooses to receive it, corresponding to the 1st tier of the contribution base (for grants of 6 months or more) and Personal Accident Insurance.

 

EXCLUSIVITY REGIME

The grantee will perform the activities under exclusivity, as foreseen in article 5º of the Research Fellow Statutes and applicable regulations.

 

TERMS AND CONDITIONS FOR GRANT RENEWAL 

Grant may be renewed for additional periods, if this information is provided in “DURATION OF THE RESEARCH GRANT" and in the contract. This additional period may not exceed the regulatory limits or the end of the project.

The renewal of the grant always depends on a petition submitted by the grant holder, on a date prior to the end of the grant contract, accompanied by the following documents:

report issued by the supervisor(s) and by the host entity(ies) on the follow-up of the grant holder's work and the evaluation of his/her activities;

updated document proving compliance with the exclusive dedication regime.

 

TERM AND CANCELLATION OF GRANT CONTRACTS

Without prejudice to the other grounds laid down in the University of Minho's Scientific Research Scholarship Regulation and in the Research Fellow Statute, the scholarship will cease on completion of the contracted work plan, as well as on expiry of the period for which it was granted or renewed.

At the end of the grant, the grantee is obliged to present a Final Report of the work carried out, in accordance with the objectives and evaluation criteria defined with the scientific advisor, within 60 working days after the end of the grant.

The Final Report must be prepared in accordance with Annex I of the University of Minho Scientific Research Grant Regulations (RBIC).

 

APPLICABLE LEGISLATION AND REGULATIONS

Research Fellowship Holder Statutes, approved by Law no. 40/2004 of August 18, in its current version; FCT Research Fellowship Regulation, approved by Regulation nº 950/2019, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, of December 16, 2019, in its current wording; University of Minho Scientific Research Grant Regulations (RBIC), approved by Order n. 4998/2025, published in the Official Gazette, 2nd series, n. 81, of April 28, rectified and republished through Rectification Statement n. 634/2025/2, published in the Official Gazette, 2nd series, n. 132, of July 11.

 

NON-DISCRIMINATION AND EQUAL ACCESS POLICY

University of Minho actively promotes a policy of non-discrimination and equal access, so that no candidate may be privileged, benefited, harmed or deprived of any right or exempt from any duty due, namely, to ancestry, age, sex, sexual orientation, marital status, family status, economic situation, education, 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 trade union membership.

 

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

You can find the Portuguese version of the application, templates for the declaration of honor and final report at:

https://isise.net/dissemination/recruitment/

 

  

ANNEX I

 

Declaration of Honor

Academic Habilitations

 

I, XXXXX (name), candidate for the (type of scholarship) vacancy within the scope of the project (name or project reference), published on the Euraxess portal, with the reference XXXXX (ref. announcement), declare under honor that I have completed the academic degree (academic degree), qualifying for the type of scholarship in this competition, specifically the course (designation), from XXXXX (degree-granting university), on the date XX/XX/XXXX.

 

Since I am unable to present proof of qualifications until the end of the competition, I declare that I undertake to present said certificate until the date of the conclusion of the fellowship contract, in case of being selected for the vacancy in this competition.

 

As this is true, I hereby date and sign this declaration. 

 

(Location), (date). 

 

The declarant,

________________________________

(full name of the candidate)

______________________

NOTE: The declaration may only attest to facts that occurred prior to the application.

In the event of a discrepancy between the information contained in the declaration and the documentation submitted for the purpose of contracting the scholarship, only the information contained in the latter will be taken into account.

 

 

ANNEX II

 

Declaration of Honor

Diploma Recognition

 

XXXXX (name), applicant to the research fellowship vacancy under the I&D project XXXXX (title or reference), published in the Euraxess portal, reference XXXXX, hereby declares to have a degree on XXXXX (name of the course), concluded in the University of XXXXX, on the XX/XX/XXXX.

 

I have submitted my diploma for recognition in the University of XXXXX, according to the Decree-Law nº 66/2018 of August 16th, concluded in the XX/XX/XXXX.

 

I further declare that I undertake to present proof of my diploma recognition obtained under the Portuguese Law, until the date of the conclusion of the fellowship contract, in case of being selected for the vacancy in this competition.

 

As this is true, I hereby date and sign this declaration. 

 

(Location), (date). 

 

The declarant,

________________________________

(full name of the candidate)

______________________

NOTE: The declaration may only attest to facts that occurred prior to the application.

In the event of a discrepancy between the information contained in the declaration and the documentation submitted for the purpose of contracting the scholarship, only the information contained in the latter will be taken into account.

 

 

ANNEX III

 

Declaration of Honour

 

I, _________________________ (full name), candidate for the competition _______________________ (reference of the call), within the scope of the project _____________________ (title of project), hereby declare, upon my honour, that I am solely and exclusively responsible for the veracity of the information contained in my Curriculum Vitae.

I further declare, under penalty of exclusion from this competition, that I fulfil all the following requirements for the award of the Post-Doctoral Research Grant (BIPD) for which I am applying, namely:

 Hold a PhD degree obtained in the three years prior to the date of submission of the grant application.

Have carried out the research work that led to the attribution of a PhD degree in an entity other than the host unit (Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction, CTAC).

Not to exceed, with the execution of this new fellowship contract and its planned renewals, the cumulative duration of 3 years, whether consecutive or not.

To meet and comply with the eligibility requirements set forth in the Call, as well as those established in the applicable regulations for the award of Research Fellowships by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., in the Research Fellowship Regulations of the University of Minho (currently in force), and in the Statute of the Research Fellow (EBI).

To provide, at the fellowship contracting stage, the supporting documents proving that I meet the requirements for admission to this competition, specifically:

• Certificate of the doctoral degree;
• Recognition record of academic degrees and record of conversion of the respective final classification into the Portuguese grading scale, in the case of degrees awarded by a foreign higher education institution.

 

To perform the duties of a fellow on an exclusive basis, under the terms set out in Article 5 of the Statute of the Research Fellow and in the applicable research fellowship regulations.

 

Being true, this declaration shall be dated and signed by me.

 

(Location), (date). 

 

The declarant,

________________________________

(full name of the candidate)

Where to apply

E-mail

jbranco@civil.uminho.pt

Requirements

Research Field

Engineering » Civil engineering

Education Level

PhD or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications

Mandatory requirements:

The BIPD are intended for doctorates in the field of Civil Engineering, or related fields, who cumulatively meet the following requirements:

• Holders of a PhD degree obtained in the three years prior to the date of submission of the grant application;
• Have carried out the research work that led to the attribution of a PhD degree in an entity other than the host unit (Centre for Territory, Environment and Construction, CTAC);
• Do not exceed, with the conclusion of the contract in question, including possible renewals, a cumulative period of three years in this type of grant, consecutive or interpolated;
• Applicants must comply with the eligibility conditions set out in Article 9 of the Research Grant Regulations, No. 950/2019, of 16-12-2019, of FCT I.P..

Candidates who do not cumulatively meet the requirements described will be excluded.

Specific Requirements

Preferential factors:

• Background in the field of Timber Structures;
• Portuguese language proficiency;
• English language proficiency.

Languages

PORTUGUESE

Level

Good

Languages

ENGLISH

Level

Good

Additional Information
Benefits

MONTHLY MAINTENANCE ALLOWANCE

The Monthly Maintenance Allowance corresponds to the basic value of 1851,00 euros per month, according to the table of grants of FCT, I.P. in the country (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores ) and Research Scholarship of the University of Minho, updated annually, as decided by the Management Board.

Payments are made by bank transfer on the 23rd of each month to the Bank Identification Number of the fellow identified in the contratualization process.

OTHER BENEFITS

Reimbursement of the Voluntary Social Insurance, if the candidate chooses to receive it, corresponding to the 1st tier of the contribution base (for grants of 6 months or more) and Personal Accident Insurance.

Eligibility criteria

Regarding the admissibility requirements, the following should be noted:

• In the case of a degree granted by a foreign higher education institution, and in order to ensure the application of the principle of equal treatment to candidates holding foreign and national academic degrees, it is mandatory to recognize the degree, under the terms of Decree-Law No. 66/2018, of August 16. The recognition of the degree when awarded by foreign higher education institution is not mandatory in the application phase but will be required in the contracting phase.
• Only candidates who have completed the required qualification by the end of the application period will be admitted. If they do not yet have the official degree certificate, a declaration of honor from the candidate stating that he/she has completed the qualifications required by the end of the application period, will be accepted. At the time of the respective hiring the candidate must present the official degree certificate.

Selection process

The evaluation of the applications will focus on the merit of the candidate, by applying the following criteria on a scale of 0 to 5 points:

Candidate's Merit – CM (100%):

In the Candidate Merit (CM) assessment the following parameters and assessment criteria are considered with the respective weights:

• SP - Scientific and technological production, cultural or artistic, and activities of applied research, obtained by the formula 0,40PQ + 0,40PV + 0,20AI. PQ corresponds to the quantitative evaluation of publications in ISI/SCOPUS journals: in the field of timber structures, PQ = up to 100 points; publications in related fields, PQ = up to 60 points; publications in other fields, PQ = 0 points. PV corresponds to the qualitative assessment of 3 articles to be provided by the candidate, PV = up to 100 points. AI corresponds to the evaluation of applied research activities or based on the practice in the field of timber structures, AI = up to 100 points; activities in related fields, AI = up to 60 points; activities in other areas, AI = 0 points – with a weighting of 80%.
• ML - Motivation Letter, describing the relevance of the scientific experience for the position and personal career goals: ML = up to 100 points – with a weighting of 20%.

The final classification of the Candidate’s Merit (CM) will be obtained by applying the following formula:

CM = (0,80*SP) + (0,20*ML)

Candidates with CM less than 3.5 points are immediately excluded.

The jury may choose to conduct an Interview to the 3 best ranked candidates in the list of the CM.

Interview – INT (20%):

• Criterion E1 - Motivation, with a weighting of 30%;
• Criterion E2 - Technical knowledge required to carry out the work plan, with a weighting of 30%;
• Criterion E3 - Overall assessment, with a weighting of 40%.

The Jury also decided on the valuation of the Interview, according to the following levels:

• Excellent – 5 points;
• Good – 4 points;
• Satisfactory – 3 points;
• Unsatisfactory – 2 points;
• Poor – 1 point.

The final classification of the Interview (INT) will be obtained by applying the following formula:

INT = (E1*0,30) + (E2*0,30) + (E3*0,40)

The final classification (FC) of Candidate’s Merit (CM) and Interview (INT) will be obtained by applying the following formula:

FC = (CM*0,80) + (INT*0,20)

The Selection Panel reserves the right not to award the research grant in the competition based on the evaluation results of the applicants and their suitability for the project objectives.

Additional comments

You can find the Portuguese version of the application, templates for the declaration of honor and final report at:

https://isise.net/dissemination/recruitment/

Website for additional job details

https://isise.net/dissemination/recruitment/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Universidade do Minho - CTAC

Country

Portugal

City

Guimarães

Geofield

Contact

City

Guimarães

Website

http://www.isise.net/

Street

Campus de Azurém

Postal Code

4800-058

STATUS: EXPIRED

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