Job Information
- Organisation/Company: Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde da Universidade do Porto (i3S)
Offer Description
Announcement of a Research fellowship
Reference: Fellow_BI/FCT2025/i3S/07091809/2026
i3S – Institute for Research and Innovation in Health (hereinafter i3S) is opening a call to award a grant for the development of R&D activities by PhD students or by Master´s enrolled in non-academic degree courses integrated into the educational project of a higher education institution, within the project "Neutrophil-based ImmunoEngineering for Tissue Regeneration", ref. COMPETE2030-FEDER-00796700, Operation No. 16784, funded by COMPETE2030 and national funds (FCT) under Notice no. MPr-2023-12.
Host Institution: i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde, Porto, Portugal.
Scientific Area: Bioengineering.
Project Title: "Neutrophil-based ImmunoEngineering for Tissue Regeneration".
Workplan:
The successful progression of wound healing typically involves 3 consecutive phases: inflammatory, proliferative, and remodeling. When this natural process is disrupted, chronic wounds (CW) develop. CW fail to proceed through the defined sequence of healing phases and become trapped in the inflammatory stage.
The aim of this research project is to develop a multifunctional hydrogel with immunomodulatory and pro-angiogenic properties, to induce a pro-regenerative microenvironment to enhance the healing of CW.
Admission Requirements:
Mandatory:
- Master in Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering or related areas (with a minimum grade of 15 (0-20) in the integrated master's degree or average between the Bachelor's and Master's degrees);
- Training in animal experimentation (accredited by FELASA);
- Candidates must be enrolled in a non-academic degree course integrated into the educational project of a higher education institution, Or an honor statement of capacity to enroll in the aforementioned course until the grant is contracted; Or:
- Candidates must be enrolled in a PhD Program of a higher education institution, preferentially in scientific areas related to this project, until the grant is contracted Or declaration of honor that they are in a position to enroll in the referred cycle of studies.
Preferential:
- Experience with biomaterials development, namely hydrogels;
- Experience with mammalian cell culture, including experience with immune cells;
- Experience in angiogenesis assays;
- Experience with flow cytometry and advanced microscopy techniques;
- Fluent (writing and speaking) in English.
Legislation and other applicable regulations: Research Fellowship Holder Statute enacted by Law no. 40/2004 of August 18th, as amended; FCT Research Grants Regulation, approved by way of Regulation nr. 950/2019, published in the II Series of DR of December 16th, 2019; i3S Research Grants Regulation.
Place: The research activities will be hosted at i3S, in the research group Bioengineered 3D Microenvironments, under the scientific coordination of Doctor Judite Novais Barbosa.
Length time: The duration of the fellowship is 12 months, and the expected starting date is October 16th, 2026, upon availability of the financed funds.
Monthly maintenance stipend: €1.359,64, according to the values table of FCT, at Portugal (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM-2026.pdf). The payments will be made by bank transference.
Research grants may also include other components, as the voluntary social insurance, under the terms of the Research Fellowship Holder Statute, article 10.
Evaluation Criteria:
The candidate selection will be performed taking into account the Admission Requirements (described above), based on the evaluation of the curriculum vitae (70%), motivation letter (10%) and interview (20%). Candidates will be ranked taking into account the full evaluation (in a scale from 1 to 100). Up to 3 candidates with top evaluation of curriculum vitae and motivation letter will be invited to an interview.
Evaluation Pannel: President – Doctor Judite Novais Barbosa; Other members: Doctor Cristina Barrias and Doctor Sílvia Ferreira.
Information and Publicity of Funding Granted: The results of the evaluation will be notified by email to all candidates. After notification, candidates have 10 working days to comment and, within that period, a complaint may be submitted by email to rh.i3s@i3s.up.pt.
Applications: The call will be open between September 7th to September 18th, 2026.
The applications must be submitted electronically at:
https://dozer.i3s.up.pt/applicationmanagement/#/addapplications/ef2d2d25da4ff669c794cf7c9bb4a34b
The required documents for the application are: Certificate of Qualifications, Curriculum Vitae, letter of motivation, proof of enrolment in a cycle of studies Or in a course that does not confer an academic degree (proof of enrollment Or a honor statement of capacity to enroll in the aforementioned cycle of studies or course until the grant is contracted), and other documents, considered as relevant by the candidate.
Documents to be provided at the time of contracting: in addition to those mentioned in the previous point, it is necessary to present proof of enrollment in a cycle of studies Or in a non-academic degree course integrated into the educational project of a higher education institution.
Full Announcement at: https://dozer.i3s.up.pt/fileupload/downloadfile/viewpdfnewtab/284bf9daea713ec894c255b746ed5d2
Where to apply
Website: https://dozer.i3s.up.pt/applicationmanagement/#/addapplications/ef2d2d25da4ff669c794cf7c9bb4a34b
Requirements
Research Field: Biological sciences » Biological engineering
Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent
Specific Requirements
Admission Requirements:
Mandatory:
- Master in Bioengineering, Biomedical Engineering or related areas (with a minimum grade of 15 (0-20) in the integrated master's degree or average between the Bachelor's and Master's degrees);
- Training in animal experimentation (accredited by FELASA);
- Candidates must be enrolled in a non-academic degree course integrated into the educational project of a higher education institution, Or an honor statement of capacity to enroll in the aforementioned course until the grant is contracted; Or:
- Candidates must be enrolled in a PhD Program of a higher education institution, preferentially in scientific areas related to this project, until the grant is contracted Or declaration of honor that they are in a position to enroll in the referred cycle of studies.
Preferential:
- Experience with biomaterials development, namely hydrogels;
- Experience with mammalian cell culture, including experience with immune cells;
- Experience in angiogenesis assays;
- Experience with flow cytometry and advanced microscopy techniques;
- Fluent (writing and speaking) in English.
Additional Information
Website for additional job details: https://dozer.i3s.up.pt/fileupload/downloadfile/viewpdfnewtab/3398974af28c4fe0fb8c19a98ab7341c
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available: 1
- Company/Institute: i3S - Instituto de Investigação e Inovação em Saúde
- Country: Portugal
Contact
- City: Porto
- Website: http://www.i3S.up.pt
- Street: Rua Alfredo Allen 208
- Postal Code: 4200-135
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