17 Dec 2025
Job Information
- Organisation/Company
Universidade do Minho- Department
MEtRICs - Mechanical Engineering and Resource Sustainability Center- Research Field
Engineering » Mechanical engineering
Engineering » Industrial engineering- Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)- Positions
Master Positions- Country
Portugal- Application Deadline
8 Jan 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)- Type of Contract
Not Applicable- Job Status
Not Applicable- Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by a EU programme- Reference Number
Waste2NFs_2025_01_BI_MEtRICs (1)- Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No
Offer Description
ANNOUNCEMENT FOR THE AWARD OF A RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP
(whose scope of application is the FCT Research Grant Regulations)
Title: Research Fellowship for a MSc degree holder - Waste2NFs_01; 1 vacancy
Reference: Waste2NFs_2025_01_BI_MEtRICs (1)
A call for applications is now open for the attribution of one grant of research fellowship, at the Mechanical Engineering and Resource Sustainability Center – MEtRICs, within the scope of the I&D project within the scope of the I&D project “Nanofluidos (NFs) inovadores para sistemas térmicos através da recuperação de resíduos industriais”, reference 2023.18254.ICDT, financed by national funds through the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. (FCT, I.P), in the Scientific Research and Technological Development Projects in All Scientific Domains – IC&DT2023 program, under the following conditions:
Scientific Area: Mechanical and Industrial Engineering
Recipient category: Students enrolled in,
- Degree courses: Research grant (BI) is intended for R&D activities by students enrolled in PhD programme.
- Non-conferring degrees courses: It may also be intended for R&D activities by masters enrolled in non-academic degree courses.
Requirement for granting the fellowship:
- The applicants may apply without prior registration in the course for which the fellowship is open. The requirement to enroll in a degree course or non-academic degree course will be verified on the date of contracting the fellowship;
- Only fellowships whose selected applicants present a valid proof of enrollment in a degree course or non-academic degree course will be contracted, according to the type of the fellowship, issued by a Higher Education Institution, indicAating, respectively, the academic year or its duration (star and term).
Applicants’ eligibility: Candidates who meet the conditions set out in Article 9 of the Research Grant Regulations, No. 950/2019, of 16-12-2019, of FCT I.P. are eligible.
Nationals or citizens of other European Union member states, third-country nationals, stateless persons, and citizens with political refugee status are eligible to apply for this competition.
Candidate eligibility requirements:
- Candidates must have at the date of application, a Master’s degree in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, or related areas. It is required for contractualization, proof of academic qualifications completed at the deadline for applications, including those resulting from academic degree recognition processes.
- Preferential Requirements: Nanofluids, heat transfer; fabrication of PDMS devices, nanoparticles production, wettability, sustainability; numerical simulation of fluids and heat transfer, biofluids.
Workplan and objectives to be achieved: The workplan for this scholarship includes:
- Recovery and characterization of nanoparticles from industrial waste;
- Evaluation of the thermal, rheological, and wettability properties of nanofluids derived from industrial waste;
- Experimental assays and numerical simulation of nanofluids.
The activities carried out will be evaluated based on execution reports.
Applicable legislation and regulations: Research Fellow Statute (EBI), approved by Law nº. 40/2004 of August 18, in its current wording and 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, and Scientific Research Fellowship Regulation (RBIC) of the University of Minho, approved by order nº 4998/2025, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, nº 81, of April 28, 2025 Amended and republished through amendment statement no. 634/2025/2, published in the Official Gazette, 2nd series, no. 132, of July 11.
Host/Contracting institution and scientific supervision: The workplan will be carried out in the Mechanical Engineering and Resource Sustainability Center (MEtRICs) of University of Minho, located in the Azurém Campus, Guimarães, under the scientific supervision and coordination of Rui Alberto Madeira Macedo Lima, Associate Professor, Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho and Principal Investigator of the project.
Fellowship duration: The grant will take place for a period of 10 months, with a provisional starting date on the February of 2026. The fellowship grant may, eventually, be renewed up to the maximum limit allowed by the project and/or applicable legislation.
Amount of the research grant: The amount of the grant corresponds to 1309,64€/month, according to the table of FCT (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores ) and the values of the Research scholarship of the University of Minho, updated annually, as decided by the Management Board.
Payment is made on the 23rd of each month, through bank transfer to the Bank Identification Number of the fellow identified in the contratualization process.
Other benefits: Reimbursement of Voluntary Social Insurance, if the candidate chooses to receive it, corresponding to the 1st level of discounts (for research grants with a total duration 6 months or higher) 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.
Selection panel: The selection panel has the following composition:
President: Doctor Maria Cândida Lobo Guerra Vilarinho (Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho).
Effective members: Doctor José Manuel Ramos Gomes (Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho) and Doctor Delfim Fernandes Soares, (Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho).
Substitute members: Doctor Carlos Alberto Jorge Leite Faria (Invited professor equivalent to assistant professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho) and Doctor Francisco Carrusca Pimenta de Brito (Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho).
The first effective member will substitute the President of the selection panel in case of impediment, being nominate the first substitute member in the place of the first effective member.
Criteria and procedures for applications assessment and selection: The applications assessment will focus on the candidate's Merit, following evaluation criteria, valued on a scale of 0 to 5 values:
Applicant Merit - AM (100%):
The final classification of the applicant’s merit with the achieved through the following formula:
AM= (A*0,5) + (B*0,4) + (C*0,1), in which,
A= (A.1*0,50) + (A.2*0,50), and,
B= (B.1*0,5) + (B.2*0,5)
If the selection panel does not feel able to decide using the method under AM, it may choose to conduct an Interview. In that case, AM will have a weighting of 70% and the candidates classified in the first 3 positions, that had obtained a minimum 3 values in AM, will be admitted to the Interview phase, in which the Jury will evaluate the following sub-criteria:
Interview - ENT:
The final classification of the Interview with the achieved through the following formula:
ENT=(i×0,3) + (ii×0,4) + (iii×0,2) + (iv×0,1)
The final classification (CF) of the Candidate Merit (AM) and Interview (ENT) will be obtained by applying the following formula:
CF = (AM*0,7) + (ENT*0,3)
Note: Applicants with degrees obtained abroad must present proof of recognition of qualifications in Portugal and conversion of the final classification obtained in them to the Portuguese classification scale or declaration under the terms indicated in the previous point. Candidates who do not comply with one of these provisions, the selection panel will assign “0” in the grade of the graduation and/or master course. Candidates will be evaluated on the remaining parameters.
Application deadline and submission: The call for applications is open from 17/12/2025 till 08/01/2025.
Applications must be submitted by email to sec-metrics@dem.uminho.pt , indicating the reference number of the competition in the subject line. Only applications submitted within the established deadline and accompanied by the following documents will be accepted:
- Candidate's updated curriculum vitae;
- Certificates of the academic degrees obtained or, if applicable, the candidate's declaration of honor that he/she has completed the degrees required in the notice by the application deadline (not applicable to research initiation grants).
For degrees obtained abroad, the record of recognition of the academic degrees and record of the conversion of the respective final classification to the Portuguese classification scale must be presented, or, alternatively, a declaration of honor from the candidate.
This declaration must 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 purposes of contracting the scholarship, only the information contained in the latter will be considered. If it is found that the documents proving the academic degree and diploma, or their recognition under the terms of Decree-Law n. º 66/2018, of August 16, do not correspond to the classifications awarded in the assessment of the academic career and may consequently alter the candidate's ranking, the scholarship will not be contracted;
- Motivation letter;
- Declaration of Honor of the Candidate proving that meets the conditions for the grant typology;
- Other documents that the candidate considers relevant to the evaluation process.
Form of publication/notification of results: The results of the evaluation are published in a single list (order by final score obtained), posted in a visible and public place in the host unit, as well as by email to all candidates, attaching, for this purpose, the minutes of the jury's deliberations, within a maximum period of 90 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, of the likely outcome of the final decision, and may comment within 10 working days of this notification.
An appeal may be lodged against the final decision within 15 working days, or an appeal may be lodged with the highest executive body of the funding entity within 30 days, both after the respective notification (Article 12(nº6) of the FCT Research Grant Regulations).
Within 10 working days of notification of the grant award, the applicant must declare their acceptance in writing. In case of non-acceptance, the next highest ranked applicant will be notified immediately.
Constitution of a selection reserve list: The applicants ranked in the next positions on the ordered list will be included in a selection reserve list, which can be used until 30/11/2026.
Fellowship contractualization: The scholarship is awarded through the signing of a contract between the University of Minho and the scholarship recipient, in accordance with point 2.4 of the Rules for the Award and Management of Scholarships https://www.fct.pt/wpcontent/uploads/2022/03/Normas_de_Atribuicao_de_Bolsas_2021.pdf and the draft contract in Annex II of the University of Minho's Scientific Research Scholarship Regulations (https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/2s/2025/04/081000000/0027500295.pdf ).
The contract can only be signed after receipt of all the documentation required for the type of scholarship, which must occur within a maximum period of 6 months, including proof of academic degrees or diplomas, as well as enrollment in non-degree study cycles or courses, as applicable.
Once all the documentation has been received, the contracting entity has 60 working days to sign the scholarship contract. Once received by the scholarship holder, the contract must be returned, duly signed, within 15 working days.
Term and cancellation of fellowship 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.
The final report must be submitted to the scientific advisor, in accordance with the defined objectives and evaluation criteria, no later than 60 working days after the end of the scholarship and must be drawn up in accordance with Annex I of the Regulations of the University of Minho (https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/2s/2025/04/081000000/0027500295.pdf ).
Non-discrimination and equal access policy: Universidade do 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.
Annex I:
Declaration of Honor
Academic qualifications
I, (full name), candidate for the vacancy for the award of a (type of scholarship), within the scope of the project (name or reference of the project), published on the Euraxess portal, with the reference (ref. notice), declare on my honor that I have completed the academic degree of (academic degree), qualifying for the type of scholarship in the competition, namely the course (designation), by the (University conferring the degree), on the date XX/XX/XXXX, with a final average of XXXXX values on the YY scale.
As it is not possible for me to present proof of qualifications until the end of the competition, I declare that I undertake to present the aforementioned certificate at the conclusion of the scholarship contract, in the event that I am selected for the vacancy in the competition.
As this is true, I hereby date and sign this declaration.
(Place), (date).
__________________________
(full name)
_________________________
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
I, (full name), bearer of identification document number (XXXX), candidate for a research grant (type of grant), within the scope of the project (name or reference of the project), published on the Euraxess portal, with the reference (ref. call for proposals), declare on my honor that (I have not received any research grants to date / I have received the following research grants) under the Research Grant Holder Statute.
University
Financing Entity
Project
Type of Grant
Duration
Start
Term
As this is true, I hereby date and sign this declaration.
(Place), (date).
__________________________
(full name)
Where to apply
sec-metrics@dem.uminho.pt
Requirements
- Research Field
- Engineering » Mechanical engineering
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
- Research Field
- Engineering » Industrial engineering
- Education Level
- Master Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
Candidate eligibility requirements:
- Candidates must have at the date of application, a Master’s degree in Mechanical and Industrial Engineering, or related areas. It is required for contractualization, proof of academic qualifications completed at the deadline for applications, including those resulting from academic degree recognition processes.
- Preferential Requirements: Nanofluids, heat transfer; fabrication of PDMS devices, nanoparticles production, wettability, sustainability; numerical simulation of fluids and heat transfer, biofluids.
Specific Requirements
Recipient category: Students enrolled in,
- Degree courses: Research grant (BI) is intended for R&D activities by students enrolled in PhD programme.
- Non-conferring degrees courses: It may also be intended for R&D activities by masters enrolled in non-academic degree courses.
Requirement for granting the fellowship:
- The applicants may apply without prior registration in the course for which the fellowship is open. The requirement to enroll in a degree course or non-academic degree course will be verified on the date of contracting the fellowship;
- Only fellowships whose selected applicants present a valid proof of enrollment in a degree course or non-academic degree course will be contracted, according to the type of the fellowship, issued by a Higher Education Institution, indicAating, respectively, the academic year or its duration (star and term).
Applicants’ eligibility: Candidates who meet the conditions set out in Article 9 of the Research Grant Regulations, No. 950/2019, of 16-12-2019, of FCT I.P. are eligible.
Additional Information
Benefits
Fellowship duration: The grant will take place for a period of 10 months, with a provisional starting date on the February of 2026. The fellowship grant may, eventually, be renewed up to the maximum limit allowed by the project and/or applicable legislation.
Amount of the research grant: The amount of the grant corresponds to 1309,64€/month, according to the table of FCT (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores ) and the values of the Research scholarship of the University of Minho, updated annually, as decided by the Management Board.
Payment is made on the 23rd of each month, through bank transfer to the Bank Identification Number of the fellow identified in the contratualization process.
Other benefits: Reimbursement of Voluntary Social Insurance, if the candidate chooses to receive it, corresponding to the 1st level of discounts (for research grants with a total duration 6 months or higher) and personal accident insurance.
Eligibility criteria
Applicants’ eligibility: Candidates who meet the conditions set out in Article 9 of the Research Grant Regulations, No. 950/2019, of 16-12-2019, of FCT I.P. are eligible.
Nationals or citizens of other European Union member states, third-country nationals, stateless persons, and citizens with political refugee status are eligible to apply for this competition.
Applicable legislation and regulations: Research Fellow Statute (EBI), approved by Law nº. 40/2004 of August 18, in its current wording and 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, and Scientific Research Fellowship Regulation (RBIC) of the University of Minho, approved by order nº 4998/2025, published in the Diário da República, 2nd series, nº 81, of April 28, 2025 Amended and republished through amendment statement no. 634/2025/2, published in the Official Gazette, 2nd series, no. 132, of July 11.
Selection process
Selection panel: The selection panel has the following composition:
President: Doctor Maria Cândida Lobo Guerra Vilarinho (Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho).
Effective members: Doctor José Manuel Ramos Gomes (Associate Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho) and Doctor Delfim Fernandes Soares, (Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho).
Substitute members: Doctor Carlos Alberto Jorge Leite Faria (Invited professor equivalent to assistant professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho) and Doctor Francisco Carrusca Pimenta de Brito (Assistant Professor at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, School of Engineering, University of Minho).
The first effective member will substitute the President of the selection panel in case of impediment, being nominate the first substitute member in the place of the first effective member.
Criteria and procedures for applications assessment and selection: The applications assessment will focus on the candidate's Merit, following evaluation criteria, valued on a scale of 0 to 5 values:
Applicant Merit - AM (100%):
The final classification of the applicant’s merit with the achieved through the following formula:
AM= (A*0,5) + (B*0,4) + (C*0,1), in which,
A= (A.1*0,50) + (A.2*0,50), and,
B= (B.1*0,5) + (B.2*0,5)
If the selection panel does not feel able to decide using the method under AM, it may choose to conduct an Interview. In that case, AM will have a weighting of 70% and the candidates classified in the first 3 positions, that had obtained a minimum 3 values in AM, will be admitted to the Interview phase, in which the Jury will evaluate the following sub-criteria:
Interview - ENT:
The final classification of the Interview with the achieved through the following formula:
ENT=(i×0,3) + (ii×0,4) + (iii×0,2) + (iv×0,1)
The final classification (CF) of the Candidate Merit (AM) and Interview (ENT) will be obtained by applying the following formula:
CF = (AM*0,7) + (ENT*0,3)
Note: Applicants with degrees obtained abroad must present proof of recognition of qualifications in Portugal and conversion of the final classification obtained in them to the Portuguese classification scale or declaration under the terms indicated in the previous point. Candidates who do not comply with one of these provisions, the selection panel will assign “0” in the grade of the graduation and/or master course. Candidates will be evaluated on the remaining parameters.
Application deadline and submission: The call for applications is open from 17/12/2025 till 08/01/2025.
Applications must be submitted by email to sec-metrics@dem.uminho.pt , indicating the reference number of the competition in the subject line. Only applications submitted within the established deadline and accompanied by the following documents will be accepted:
- Candidate's updated curriculum vitae;
- Certificates of the academic degrees obtained or, if applicable, the candidate's declaration of honor that he/she has completed the degrees required in the notice by the application deadline (not applicable to research initiation grants).
For degrees obtained abroad, the record of recognition of the academic degrees and record of the conversion of the respective final classification to the Portuguese classification scale must be presented, or, alternatively, a declaration of honor from the candidate.
This declaration must 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 purposes of contracting the scholarship, only the information contained in the latter will be considered. If it is found that the documents proving the academic degree and diploma, or their recognition under the terms of Decree-Law n. º 66/2018, of August 16, do not correspond to the classifications awarded in the assessment of the academic career and may consequently alter the candidate's ranking, the scholarship will not be contracted;
- Motivation letter;
- Declaration of Honor of the Candidate proving that meets the conditions for the grant typology;
- Other documents that the candidate considers relevant to the evaluation process.
Form of publication/notification of results: The results of the evaluation are published in a single list (order by final score obtained), posted in a visible and public place in the host unit, as well as by email to all candidates, attaching, for this purpose, the minutes of the jury's deliberations, within a maximum period of 90 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, of the likely outcome of the final decision, and may comment within 10 working days of this notification.
An appeal may be lodged against the final decision within 15 working days, or an appeal may be lodged with the highest executive body of the funding entity within 30 days, both after the respective notification (Article 12(nº6) of the FCT Research Grant Regulations).
Within 10 working days of notification of the grant award, the applicant must declare their acceptance in writing. In case of non-acceptance, the next highest ranked applicant will be notified immediately.
Constitution of a selection reserve list: The applicants ranked in the next positions on the ordered list will be included in a selection reserve list, which can be used until 30/11/2026.
Additional comments
Fellowship contractualization: The scholarship is awarded through the signing of a contract between the University of Minho and the scholarship recipient, in accordance with point 2.4 of the Rules for the Award and Management of Scholarships https://www.fct.pt/wpcontent/uploads/2022/03/Normas_de_Atribuicao_de_Bolsas_2021.pdf and the draft contract in Annex II of the University of Minho's Scientific Research Scholarship Regulations (https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/2s/2025/04/081000000/0027500295.pdf ).
The contract can only be signed after receipt of all the documentation required for the type of scholarship, which must occur within a maximum period of 6 months, including proof of academic degrees or diplomas, as well as enrollment in non-degree study cycles or courses, as applicable.
Once all the documentation has been received, the contracting entity has 60 working days to sign the scholarship contract. Once received by the scholarship holder, the contract must be returned, duly signed, within 15 working days.
Term and cancellation of fellowship 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.
The final report must be submitted to the scientific advisor, in accordance with the defined objectives and evaluation criteria, no later than 60 working days after the end of the scholarship and must be drawn up in accordance with Annex I of the Regulations of the University of Minho (https://files.diariodarepublica.pt/2s/2025/04/081000000/0027500295.pdf ).
- Website for additional job details
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Work Location(s)
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- Company/Institute
- MEtRICs - Mechanical Engineering and Resource Sustainability Center
- Country
- Portugal
- City
- Guimarães
- Postal Code
- 4800-058
- Street
- Campus de Azurém
- Geofield
Contact
- City
Guimarães- Website
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Campus de Azurém- Postal Code
4800-058
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