Job Information
- Organisation/Company: FEUP
- Department: Human Resources Division
- Research Field: Engineering » Other; Computer science » Other; Physics » Other; Engineering » Chemical engineering
Offer Description
1 Research Grant Announcement
Applications are open for 1 (one) research grant under the project 2024.16728.PEX - Ciao PCS: the extreme adaptive optics of the extremely large telescope, funded by national funds through FCT/MECI, under the following conditions:
Scientific Areas: Physics Engineering, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence, or a closely related field
Admission requirements: Candidates who will cumulatively meet the following two requirements by the date of signing the grant contract (start of the scholarship) may apply for this competition:
Requirement 1:
- Be a student enrolled in a doctoral program in the area of Computer Science, Data Science, Physics Engineering, Physics, or a related field.
or
- Hold an academic degree and be enrolled in a non-degree course integrated into the educational programme of a Higher Education Institution, carried out in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units.
Note: For Master's degree holders who are enrolled in non-degree courses, the scholarship may only be awarded to individuals who, upon the celebration of the scholarship contract in question (including all possible renewals), will not exceed a cumulative period of two years in this type of scholarship, whether consecutively or intermittently.
and
Requirement 2:
- Hold a master’s degree in Physics Engineering, Computer Science, Data Science, Artificial Intelligence or related field.
Important note on foreign degrees: If the degree has been awarded by a foreign higher education institution, the diploma must be officially recognised in Portugal (in accordance with the legal regime for the recognition of foreign degrees, Decree-Law no. 66/2018, of 16 August). While candidates do not need to have this recognition finalised at the time of application, all legal formalities and the recognition process must be fully completed and regularised by the exact time of signing the scholarship contract, without which the contract cannot be celebrated.
Activity Outline:
- Develop computational optics methods applied to wavefront sensing, in particular super-resolution and joint wavefront and amplitude estimation to improve extreme adaptive optics (XAO) performance of the Extremely Large Telescope’s future Planetary Camera and Spectrograph instrument
- Compare via Monte Carlo models viable wavefront control strategies for PCS, integrating the findings from the previous item
- Perform experimental work and data analysis from scaled-down PCS XAO prototypes
Legislation and regulations:Law No. 40/2004, of 18 of August, in its current version (Scientific Research Grant-Holder Statute), FCT’s Research Grant Regulations, currently in force: and the Research Grant Regulations of the University of Porto, currently in force.
Work place: The work will be developed at the Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Professor Carlos Manuel Correia da Silva.
Grant duration: 10 months, with the expected starting date September 2026, on an exclusive, full-time basis eventually renewable but never exceeding the project duration.
If it is not possible to ensure the 10-month duration estimated in the previous paragraph, this duration will be adjusted according to the end date of the project, ensuring that the minimum duration of 3 consecutive months is guaranteed, in accordance with paragraph 3 of article 6 of FCT's Research Grant Regulations.
The eventual renewal of the scholarship will be carried out as determined in article 6 of FCT's Research Grants Regulation.
Stipend: The grant stipend amounts to 1.359,64 € according to the table for domestic grants directly awarded by FCT, I.P. Instalments 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 Physics Engineering or related field – 10 points; Others Masters – 2 points)
- b) Publications in the area of Physics Engineering or related field – 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 on a 1-20 points scale. Candidates with less than 14 points in the curricular evaluation will not be invited for the interview.
In the interview (relative weight: 40%) topics related with the work plan, experience and the candidate’s CV will be discussed with the invited candidates.
If none of the candidates achieves a minimum final score of 16 points, the scholarship will not be awarded.
Selection Jury:
President: Professor Dr. Carlos Manuel Correia da Silva
Effective member: Professor Dr. Paulo Jorge Valente Garcia
Effective member: Professor Dr. Carlos Daniel Diogo Matias Pintassilgo
Supplementary member: Professor Dr. Jaime Enrique Villate Matiz
Supplementary member: Professor Dr. António José dos Santos Silva
Advertisement of final decision: The results of the evaluation will be released to the candidates
by email to the address indicated in the application process.
Deadline for applications and form of presentation of the applications:
The call is open from 06/08/2026 to 31/08/2026(until 23h59m, Lisbon time).
Applications must be submitted via the online application system available at https://www.apply.up.pt by 31 August 2026, accompanied by the following documents:
- Motivation letter
- Copy of academic degree certificates (referring the classification of each separated or integrated degree),
- Curriculum Vitae,
- Declaration on honour that the candidate fulfils the requirement contained in paragraph c) of the admission requirements (template provided below);
______________________________
Declaration on honour
I, [Candidate’s Full Name], holder of [Citizen Card/Visa/Residence Permit] no. [Document Number], valid until [Expiry Date], hereby declare on my honour, in accordance with paragraph e) of no. 3 of Article 7 of the Research Grant Regulations of FCT, I.P. (Regulation no. 950/2019, of 16 of December), that I will not exceed, including possible renewals of the scholarship contract in question, a cumulative period of three years in this type of scholarship, whether consecutive or intermittent.
Porto, ___ / ___ / ____
______________________________
(Signature of the Candidate)
Where to apply
Website: https://www.apply.up.pt
Requirements
- Research Field: Engineering » Chemical engineering
- Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent
- Research Field: Physics » Other
- Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent
- Research Field: Computer science » Other
- Education Level: Master Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications
Full announcement also available at FEUP - FEUP| 1 Bolsa de investigação |BOLS-FEUP-26-1 - Projeto 2024.16728.PEX - Ciao PCS
Specific Requirements
Full announcement also available at FEUP - FEUP| 1 Bolsa de investigação |BOLS-FEUP-26-1 - Projeto 2024.16728.PEX - Ciao PCS
Additional Information
Benefits
1.359,64 €
Eligibility criteria
Full announcement also available at FEUP - FEUP| 1 Bolsa de investigação |BOLS-FEUP-26-1 - Projeto 2024.16728.PEX - Ciao PCS
Applications at: https://app.apply.up.pt (Ref.ª BOLS-FEUP-26-1).
Selection process
Full announcement also available at FEUP - FEUP| 1 Bolsa de investigação |BOLS-FEUP-26-1 - Projeto 2024.16728.PEX - Ciao PCS
Applications at: https://app.apply.up.pt (Ref.ª BOLS-FEUP-26-1).
Additional comments
Full announcement also available at FEUP - FEUP| 1 Bolsa de investigação |BOLS-FEUP-26-1 - Projeto 2024.16728.PEX - Ciao PCS~
Applications at: https://app.apply.up.pt (Ref.ª BOLS-FEUP-26-1).
Work Location(s)
- Number of offers available: 1
- Company/Institute: FEUP
- Country: Portugal
- Geofield
Contact
- City: Porto
- Website: https://sigarra.up.pt/feup/pt
- Street: Rua Dr. Roberto Frias
- Postal Code: 4200-465
This is a Preview Listing…
You must sign in to see the full job description, and to apply.
Manage / Upgrade this job to a Full Job Listing.
Find Your Best Opportunity
Tell them AcademicJobs.com sent you!
.png){kind=logo}
