Doctoral Research Fellowship

MM), funded by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT), under the Horizon Europe "Transforming Health and Care Systems" programme, Grant ID THCS2025-608.

Reference: 05_BI-D 2026

General Scientific Area: Information Technology

Specific Scientific Area: Health Information Systems

Eligibility requirements: Applicants must hold a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering or a related field and be enrolled in a doctoral programme in Computer Engineering or a related field.

Work Plan:

This work plan forms part of the activities of the GOAL.MM project (in English and in accordance with the project proposal), under the title Data-Driven Intervention: Building Analytics Capacity for Multimorbidity Management in Primary Care:

Objectives

Within the project GOAL-MM (mostly WP2 and WP3), we aim at enabling the extraction of EHR data from participating GPs and integrate it with data from METHIS to support analytics. It will provide GPs with tools to visualize patient data for monitoring multimorbidity treatment plans and set up passive/active activity tracking for participants in the Norwegian, Portuguese and Canadian study arm.

Description of work

Key tasks

• T1. Develop a Literature review on the topic of data analytics in digital primary care service
• T2. Define with the physicians and other member of the project participating in the project the data analytics requirements
• T3. Develop the data GOAL.MM data analytics information system
• T4. Installing and operating the data extraction system in GP/family physicians offices participating in the project (M2.1).
• T5 Design a solution for passive (and eventually active) activity tracking of patients (M2.3).
• T6 Support the operation of the METHIS system for the institutions participating in the project (M2.2 and M2.4).
• T7 Specify, Implement and operate a solution for keeping GPs informed about their patients´ health condition (METHIS data) (M2.5)
• T8 Extend data analytics tool within METHIS with innovative applications (M2.6)
• T9 Support METHIS implementation at the three locations
• T10 Integrate METHIS data into the Portuguese, Norwegian and Canadian Data Presentation and analytics tool (M2.7)
• T11 Support the management of development of the three instantiations of METHIS in Portugal, Norway and Canada
• T12 Support the production of documentations related with project Milestones and Deliverables

Methodology: A user-centred design principles will be used to meet the needs of the users, design science (DSRM) and our established DevOps and other innovative AI applications. For METHIS development we will use Shape Up/Basecamp to ensure secure operation of the METHIS systems and continuous deployment of new functionality for the users.

Applicable legislation and regulations: The fellowship will be governed by the legislation in force concerning the Research Fellowship Holder Statute, approved by Law No. 40/2004 of 18 August, as amended, including the amendments introduced by Decree-Law No. 123/2019 of 28 August, as well as the INOV Fellowship Regulations, approved by the Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia on 3 January 2020, and the FCT Fellowship Regulations in force.

For further information, please consult the FCT Research Fellowship Regulations No. 950/2019, updated and republished by Notice No. 412/2026/2, incorporating amendments approved by the FCT Board of Directors in December 2025 (FCT Research Fellowships for Doctoral Studies).

Workplace and Scientific Supervisors: The work will be carried out at INOV, in Lisbon, Portugal, under the scientific supervision of Professor Luís Velez Lapão and Professor Miguel Mira da Silva.

Fellowship duration: The fellowship will last for 30 months, with an expected start date in November 2026, and may be renewed until the end of the project or until the allocated funding is exhausted.

Monthly maintenance allowance: The doctoral research fellowship provides a monthly allowance of €1,309.64, in accordance with the schedule of allowances for fellowships awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in Portugal (FCT Fellowship Allowances). Payment will be made by bank transfer to a bank account held by the fellowship holder.

Evaluation and selection criteria and procedures: The fellowship holder will be selected by the selection panel, which will rank applicants based on an assessment of the information and documents submitted with their applications, in accordance with the FCT Fellowship Regulations. The following criteria will apply:

• Quality of the applicant’s CV [25%]
• Relevance of the applicant’s academic background to the work to be carried out within the project [25%]
• Experience in activities related to the work plan [30%]
• Demonstrated motivation [20%]

Each application will be scored from 0 (minimum) to 20 (maximum) points, based on the above criteria.

Composition of the Evaluation and Selection Panel:

Full members:

• Chair: Prof. Luís Miguel Silveira
• Prof. Carlos Ribeiro
• Dr. Mariana Peyroteo

Application period and submission procedure: The call is open from 28 October to 12 November 2026.

Applications must be submitted by email to l.lapao@fct.unl.pt, quoting the call reference: EDITAL 05_BI-D 2026, and must include the following documents:

• Curriculum Vitae;
• Academic degree certificate;
• Proof of enrolment in a doctoral programme;
• Other relevant supporting documents for the final assessment;
• Motivation letter.

Deadlines and procedures for prior hearings, complaints and appeals: These will follow the FCT Research Fellowship Regulations No. 950/2019, updated and republished by Notice No. 412/2026/2, incorporating amendments approved by the FCT Board of Directors in December 2025.

Where to apply

E-mail: drh@inov.pt

Requirements

Research Field: Engineering » Computer engineering

Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent

Specific Requirements

Applicants must hold a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering or a related field and be enrolled in a doctoral programme in Computer Engineering or a related field.

Internal Application form(s) needed

EDITAL_05_BI-D_2026_EN.pdf (English, 274.87 KB - PDF)

EDITAL_05_BI-D_2026_PT.pdf (English, 291.35 KB - PDF)

Additional Information

Benefits

The doctoral research fellowship provides a monthly allowance of €1,309.64, in accordance with the schedule of allowances for fellowships awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in Portugal (FCT Fellowship Allowances). Payment will be made by bank transfer to a bank account held by the fellowship holder.

Eligibility criteria

Applicants must hold a Master’s degree in Computer Engineering or a related field and be enrolled in a doctoral programme in Computer Engineering or a related field.

Selection process

The fellowship holder will be selected by the selection panel, which will rank applicants based on an assessment of the information and documents submitted with their applications, in accordance with the FCT Fellowship Regulations. The following criteria will apply:
• Quality of the applicant’s CV [25%]
• Relevance of the applicant’s academic background to the work to be carried out within the project [25%]
• Experience in activities related to the work plan [30%]
• Demonstrated motivation [20%]
Each application will be scored from 0 (minimum) to 20 (maximum) points, based on the above criteria.

Additional comments

Applications must be submitted by email to drh@INOV.PT, quoting the call reference: EDITAL 05_BI-D 2026, and must include the following documents:
• Curriculum Vitae;
• Academic degree certificate;
• Proof of enrolment in a doctoral programme;
• Other relevant supporting documents for the final assessment;
• Motivation letter.
Deadlines and procedures for prior hearings, complaints and appeals: These will follow the FCT Research Fellowship Regulations No. 950/2019, updated and republished by Notice No. 412/2026/2, incorporating amendments approved by the FCT Board of Directors in December 2025.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available: 1

Company/Institute: inov

Country: Portugal

State/Province: Lisboa

City: Lisboa

Postal Code: 1000-029

Street: Rua Alves Redol, 9

Contact

State/Province: Lisboa

City: Lisboa

Website: http://www.inov.pt

Street: Rua Alves Redol, 9

Postal Code: 1000-029

E-Mail: DRH@INOV.PT