FEUP|1 Research Grant Announcement |FEUP- Health24towers_dez

FEUP, Portugal

Updated: 3 days ago

Job Type: FullTime

Deadline: 05 Feb 2026

22 Jan 2026
Job Information

Organisation/Company: FEUP
Department: Human Resources Division
Research Field: Engineering » Mechanical engineering
Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
Positions: Master Positions
Application Deadline: 5 Feb 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon)
Country: Portugal
Type of Contract: Temporary
Job Status: Full-time
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?: Not funded by a EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?: No

Offer Description

1 Research Grant Announcement (M/F)

Call open for applications for a research grant within the framework of project “Health24towers: Investigação, desenvolvimento e validação de dispositivos de monotorização inteligente e preditiva para Infraestruturas de Telecomunicações”, with nr. 17429 and operation code at the Funds Platform (Balcão dos Fundos) NORTE2030-FEDER-01198000, co-financed by the European Union through the NORTE 2030 Regional Program, of Portugal 2030, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Mechanical Engineering

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 Mechanical Engineering, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

- 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 Mechanical Engineering.

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 Health24towers project aims to investigate and develop an intelligent and predictive monitoring system for telecommunications tower infrastructures. The proposed solution will use information collected through specific sensors installed on the infrastructures, which will be processed by advanced Artificial Intelligence algorithms. The numerous tasks for this grant will contribute to the project's activities. Namely:

Installation of sensors on telecommunications towers;
Participation in the elaboration of requirements;
Development of a 3D vision system;
Processing using artificial intelligence;
Fusion of depth maps to obtain point clouds and visualization of results.
Creation of documentation and dissemination of results.

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 forceand Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto, in force.

Work place: The work will be developed at the Department of Mechanical Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Professor António Ramos Silva, and on an exclusive basis.

Grant duration: Initial duration of 6 months, with the predicted starting date in March 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 varies between 1.309,64 euros, according to the table of values of the grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in Portugal, and 1569,64 euros, depending on the profile and previous experience of the candidate in the project area.

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 in Mechanical Engineering 10 points; Others Masters – 2 points)

b) Publications in the area of 3D vision 5 points, Publications in other areas – 2 points

c) Research Experience in the project area – 5 points; in related areas – 3 points; Other areas – 1 point

The curriculum of each candidate will be evaluated in a 1-20 points scale. Candidates with less than 13 points in the curricular evaluation will not be invited for the interview (40%).

In the interview topics related with the work plan, experience and the candidate’s CV can be discussed with the invited candidates.

If none of the candidates achieves a minimum final score of 14 points, the scholarship will not be awarded.

Selection Jury:

President: Professor Doutor António Ramos da Silva

Effective member: Professor Doutor António Manuel Ferreira Mendes Lopes

Effective member: Professor Doutor Joaquim Gabriel Magalhães Mendes

Supplementary member: Professor Doutor Marco Paulo Lages Parente

Supplementary member: Professor Doutor Pedro Manuel Leal Ribeiro

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 23/01/2026 a 05/02/2026 (until 23h59m, GMT time).

Applications must be formalized by email to ars@fe.up.pt and to recursoshumanos@fe.up.pt , clearly stating the reference FEUP- Health24towers_dez and including the following pdf 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) and 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

E-mail: recursoshumanos@fe.up.pt

Requirements

Research Field: Engineering » Mechanical engineering
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent

Skills/Qualifications