Job Information
- Organisation/Company: Universty of Aveiro
- Department: SGRH
- Research Field: Other
- Researcher Profile: First Stage Researcher (R1)
- Positions: Postdoc Positions
- Application Deadline: 9 Sep 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?: Other EU programme
Offer Description
Public notice Ref.ª CDL-CTTRI-321-SGRH/2026 — Doctor Paulo Jorge dos Santos Gonçalves Ferreira, Full Professor and Rector of the University of Aveiro, hereby announces that for a period of 10 business days, starting on the first business day following after which this notice is published, by extractive notice, in the Diário da República, an international public notice is opened for recruitment in the form of an Uncertain Term Work Contract, under the Portuguese Labour Code, 1(one) position for a First Level Doctorate Researcher for the performance of Project Manager duties within the HE INCEPTION project, supported by the MSCA-DN Program budgets (Project 32.85).
The present public notice was opened on 17 of may, 2026 by order of the Rector of the University of Aveiro, following the proposal of the Scientific Council.
The contest is governed by the provisions of Decree-Law 57/2016, August 29, that approves the rules for post-doctoral work contracts, designed to stimulate employment in science and technology in all areas of knowledge (RJEC) within the legal provisions of the Labour Code, Law no.7/2009, February 12, in its current wording and other applicable legislation and regulations.
The monthly payment corresponds to 2.408,11€.
1 — Admission requirements:
Any national, foreign, and stateless candidate(s) who hold a doctorate degree in Applied Biochemistry, Electrochemistry, and Energy Systems and a scientific and professional curriculum whose profile is suited to the activity to be performed, can submit their applications.
Candidate(s) of the contest holding qualifications obtained abroad must prove the recognition, equivalence, or registration of the doctorate degree, under the applicable legislation. This formality must be fulfilled up to the date of signing the contract.
2 — Formalization of the applications:
2.1 — The Applications must be accompanied by the following documents:
- a) Application minute for the competition addressed to the Rector of the University of Aveiro;
- b) Copy of detailed curriculum vitae structured according to the items under point 5;
- c) Other documents that are relevant for the evaluation of the qualification in related scientific areas;
- d) Any other documents that the applicant considers relevant, namely for the assessment of the information referred to under no. 2 of Article 5 of the RJEC.
2.2 — The curriculum vitae should contain:
- a) Full name of the candidate;
- b) Copy of the certificate with the respective mark or grade or another document that is legally recognized for the same purpose;
- c) All pertinent information for assessing the application, considering the selection and ranking criteria of the present call, being it recommended that this information is organized according to the sub-items of the assessment described under Section 5 below.
2.3 — The compulsory application minute, to be completely filled out, dated, and signed, is available at https://www.ua.pt/file/78384.
2.4 — Submission of the application:
2.4.1 — The application may be submitted in Portuguese or English, by email, to the Human Resources Department of the University of Aveiro (sgrh-concursosdl57-2016@ua.pt), until the deadline stipulated in this Notice. The Services will issue a message proving the electronic validation of the same.
2.4.2 — Instructions for the submission of applications, in digital format, are available in the Competition and Job Offers of the Human Resources area at https://www.ua.pt/en/sgrh/pessoal-investigador-novos-concursos-e-ofertas.
2.4.3 — When formalizing the application, if a classified document is submitted that reveals a commercial or industrial secret; a secret relative to the literary, artistic, or scientific property; or that requires confidentiality, the candidate must identify the document with this information, under penalty of the work in question being unrestrictedly accessed by any of the other candidates, when consulting the process.
2.5 — Non-compliance with the deadline for submission of the application, as well as failure to submit or late submission of the documents, referred to in points 2.1 and 2.2, will lead to the disqualification of the application. Candidates will be notified of the exclusion decision by e-mail, for the hearing of interested parties, following Articles 121 et seq. of the Administrative Procedure Code.
3 — Call Jury:
3.1 — In accordance with article 13 of the RJEC the call jury has the following composition:
Chairman:
Doutor Valter Bruno Reis e Silva, Investigador Auxiliar da Universidade de Aveiro.
Juri members:
- Professor Doutor Luís António da Cruz Tarelho, Professor Associado Universidade de Aveiro;
- Equiparada a Investigadora Auxiliar Paula Sofia Gil Neto Quinteiro da Universidade de Aveiro;
Substitute members:
- Professor Doutor Manuel Arlindo Amador de Matos, Professor Auxiliar da Universidade de Aveiro;
- Professor Doutor Flávio Gonzaga Castro Santos Silva, Professor Auxiliar da Universidade de Aveiro;
4 — Jury operation rules
4.1 — The deliberations are held by roll call voting requiring the absolute majority of votes of the members of the jury present at the meeting, not permitting abstentions.
4.2.1 — To be the author or co-author of at least 10 articles in the scientific field for which the call is open, indexed in the Science Citation Index Expanded of Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science as document type = article or document type = review, or in Scopus with the same characteristics. To have obtained a total of at least 100 citations in the Science Citation Index Expanded of Clarivate Analytics' Web of Science or in Scopus, or 400 citations in Google Scholar. To have delivered at least 5 conference presentations (poster or oral).
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4.2.2 — To have at least 6 months of experience in innovation consulting (project management); participation in at least 1 European project as a researcher.
4.3 — The exclusion decision in absolute merit is communicated to candidates by e-mail for their hearing.
4.4 — After the phase of approval in absolute merit, the jury will begin the process of appraisal of applications, taking into account the criteria set out in this notice.
5 — Evaluation and selection:
5.1 — The selection methods are the curricular evaluation and an interview session.
5.2 — The evaluation of the scientific and curricular background focuses on the relevance, quality, and timeliness of:
- a) The scientific, technological, cultural, or artistic production of the last five years considered most relevant by the candidate;
- b) The applied or practice-based research activities developed over the last five years and considered of greatest impact by the candidate;
- c) The extension and knowledge dissemination activities developed over the last five years, namely in the context of promoting culture and scientific practices, considered of greatest relevance by the candidate;
- d) The management activities of science, technology, and innovation programs, or experience in observing and monitoring the scientific and technological system or higher education, in Portugal or abroad.
5.3 — The five-year period mentioned above can be extended by the panel if requested by the candidate, whenever the suspension of scientific activities is reasoned by socially protected grounds like parental leave, long-term serious illness, and other legal situations of unavailability to work.
6 — Curricular Evaluation.
This component of the evaluation is expressed on a numerical scale from 0 to 20 taking into account the following criteria:
6.1 — The curricular evaluation criteria are as follows:
6.1.1: Criteria for evaluating Scientific Performance over the last five years considered most relevant by the candidate (12 points);
- Scientific production. Quality and quantity of scientific production in the field for which the call is open (books, journal articles, conference papers), expressed by the number and type of publications, and by the recognition given to it by the scientific community (reflected in the quality of the publication venues and the citations made to them by other authors);
- Coordination and implementation of scientific projects. Quality and quantity of scientific projects led or participated in by the candidate, within the field for which the call is open, funded on a competitive basis by public funds through national or international agencies, or funded by companies. The evaluation of quality must take into account the funding obtained, the competitiveness of the call, the evaluations received by the completed projects, and the prototypes developed, particularly if they led to products or services;
- Involvement in the scientific community and formation of scientific teams. Evaluating the capacity for involvement in the scientific community, expressed, namely, through the organization of scientific conferences, participation as a (co-)editor of journals, participation in project and article evaluation duties, delivery of invited lectures, participation in academic examination boards, as well as recognition achieved through awards or other distinctions and their respective impact. The supervision of students in doctoral and post-doctoral work will also be evaluated.
6.1.2: Criteria for evaluating extension and knowledge dissemination activities developed over the last five years, namely in the context of promoting culture and scientific practices, considered of greatest relevance by the candidate (8 points);
- Patents, registration, and ownership of rights, drafting of technical standards and legislation. Authorship and co-authorship of patents, registrations of intellectual property rights over software, mathematical methods, and rules for mental activity. Participation in standardization committees and in the drafting of legislative bills and technical standards. The evaluation of this criterion must also take into account the economic valuation resulting from patents and intellectual property rights;
- Participation in consulting activities, testing, and measurements involving the business community and/or the public sector. Participation as a trainer in professional training courses or technological specialization courses aimed at companies or the public sector. The evaluation of this criterion must also take into account the economic valuation of the research results achieved, measured by the development and technology transfer contracts to which they gave rise and the spin-off companies to whose creation they contributed;
- Participation in scientific and technological dissemination initiatives within the scientific community (for example, organizing congresses and conferences) and for diverse audiences. Scientific and technological dissemination publications. Presentation of lectures and seminars aimed at the general public.
6.2 — The score obtained in the curricular evaluation method is expressed on a numeric scale of 0 to 20, considering the valuation up to two decimal places.
6.3 — The jury deliberates by vote justified according to the criteria of evaluation; no abstentions are allowed.
6.4 — The classification of each candidate is obtained by averaging the scores of each of the elements of the jury. In case of a tie, the decision of the tie-breaker shall be the responsibility of the chairman of the jury.
6.5 — Once the Curricular Assessment is completed, the candidates who obtain an average score equal to or greater than 15 points, are approved for the next stage of assessment, as set out in point 5.1.
6.6 — The candidates the candidates who obtain an average score lower than 15 points, are considered excluded from the competition.
7 — Interview Session
This evaluation method is intended exclusively for clarifying aspects related to the candidates' research results. It may or may not be applied by the jury if the results of this evaluation method are not capable of changing the final ranking of the candidates, given the weighting factor of this evaluation element. Should this method be applied, the weightings specified in point 8.1 shall be considered. Otherwise, the weightings specified in point 8.2 shall apply.
7.1 — The Interview will last 30 minutes.
7.2 — The evaluation of the session is expressed on a numerical scale from 0 to 20, and must take into account the scientific knowledge and communication skills demonstrated by the candidate, as well as the answers to the questions posed by the jury and their development prospects within the unit for which they are applying.
7.3 — The jury deliberates by means of a reasoned roll-call vote, with no abstentions permitted.
7.4 — Each candidate's score is likewise obtained by the average of the scores given by the jury members.
8 — Ordering of candidates
8.1 — The final score of each candidate is obtained through a weighted average, by assigning a weighting factor of 90% to the curricular review note and a weighting factor of 10% to the note of the session. In case of a tie, the decision of the tie-breaker shall be the responsibility of the chairman of the jury.
8.2 — If, by the decision of the jury, it deliberates not to apply the method of selection of the session, the Curricular Evaluation will have a weight of 100%. In case of a tie, the decision of the tie-breaker shall be the responsibility of the chairman of the jury.
9 — Participation of the parties and decision:
9.1 — The final ordering project is communicated to candidates by e-mail for their hearing.
9.2 — At the hearing of the interested parties, the jury appreciates the allegations offered and approves the final ordering list of candidates.
10 — Publication of Competition Notice
In addition to being published in Series 2 of Diário da República, the present notice is also published in:
- a) The Public Employment Pool;
- b) The website of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., in Portuguese and English;
- c) The website of the University of Aveiro, in Portuguese and English;
- d) In a national newspaper.
11 — This call is intended exclusively for filling the indicated vacancy and may be terminated at any time up until the approval of the final ranking list of candidates. It shall remain valid for a period of 12 months starting from the date of approval of the final ranking list of this procedure.
12 — In compliance with paragraph h) of Article 9 of the Constitution of the Portuguese Republic, the Government, as the employing entity, actively promotes a policy of equal opportunities between men and women in access to employment and professional advancement, scrupulously taking measures to avoid any form of discrimination.
17 of may, 2026 — The Rector, Professor DoctorPaulo Jorge dos Santos Gonçalves Ferreira.
PT Version link: https://www.ua.pt/pt/sgrh/pessoal-investigador-novos-concursos-e-ofertas
Where to apply
E-mail: sgrh-concursosdl57-2016@ua.pt
Requirements
- Research Field: Other
- Education Level: PhD or equivalent
Additional Information
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available: 1
- Company/Institute: DAO, University of Aveiro
- Country: Portugal
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Contact
- City: Aveiro
- Website: https://www.ua.pt
- Street: Campus Universitário de Santiago
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