研究资助公告 FEUP-BI-ThermoBatt_2_BOLS-FEUP-26-79

1 Research Grant Announcement (M/F) Call open for applications for a research grant within the framework of project ThermoBatt: “High-efficiency, low-cost thermal battery with pine resin-based phase change materials”, with nr.

21654 and operation code at the Funds Platform (Balcão dos Fundos) COMPETE2030-FEDER-, co-financed by the European Union through the COMPETE 2030 Programme, of Portugal 2030, under the following conditions: Scientific Area: Chemical 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 Chemical Engineering, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

or - Holder of an academic degree 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, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

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 Chemical Engineering – Process and Product or related field.

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.

iii) performance evaluation and optimization of the laboratory prototype, as well as design and dimensioning of the functional unit (thermal/electrochemical battery);

iv) economic feasibility and sustainability study, as well as monitoring and performance evaluation of the latent heat thermal battery in real conditions;

and v) promotion and dissemination of the results obtained.

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 Civil and Georesources Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Doctor João Manuel do Paço Quesado Delgado and Professor Adélio Miguel Magalhães Mendes.

Grant duration: Initial duration of 12 months, with the predicted starting date in November 2026, on an exclusive basis eventually renewable but never exceeding the end of the projec.

If it is not possible to ensure the duration of 12 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.

in the Country .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 the following factors will be weighted: a) Academic training (Master in Chemical Engineering – Process and Product - 7 points;

Master in Chemical Engineering – 3 points) b) Score of the Master's Thesis in Chemical Engineering – Process and Product, in the area of resinous materials (equal to or greater than 18 points / 90% - 10 points;

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.

In the interview (40%) topics related to the work plan, experience, the candidate’s CV, and fluency in the Portuguese language will be discussed with the invited candidates.

If none of the candidates achieves a minimum final score of 15 points, the scholarship will not be awarded.

Deadline for applications and form of presentation of the applications: The call is open from 06/11/2026 a 19/11/2026 (until 23h59m, GMT time).

Applications must be submitted via the online application system available at by 19/11/2026, with reference FEUP-BI-ThermoBatt_2_BOLS-FEUP-26-79 accompanied by the following documents : Motivation letter written in Portuguese;

Copy of certificates evidencing academic degree (referring the classification of each separated or integrated degree) and respective recognition by a Portuguese Higher Education Institution, if the degree was awarded by a Foreign Higher Education Institution;

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, for student 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) 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.

Be a student enrolled in a doctoral program in Chemical Engineering, to be proven at the time of signing the contract, OR

Hold an academic degree enrolled in a non-academic degree course integrated in the educational proje