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1 Postdoctoral Research Grant

Call open for applications for a postdoctoral research grant within the framework of project “TAILWIND – Sustainable station-keeping systems for floating wind”, with the Grant Agreement nº 101136195 — TAILWIND — HORIZON-CL5-2023-D3-01, financed by the European Union, in the scope of Horizon Europe Framework Programme, under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Civil Engineering - Geotechnics

Admission requirements:

Candidates who cumulatively meet the following requirements may apply for this grant:

a) Hold a PhD degree in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering or similar, obtained in the last three years before the application to this grant;

b) The Post-doctoral research is carried out in a host entity other than the one where the research work that led to the award of the PhD degree was developed.

c) Do not exceed, with this scholarship contract, including renewals, an accumulated period of three years in this condition, followed or interpolated.

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.

Activity Outline: The European Project TAILWIND (https://tailwind-project.eu/) is focused on improving mooring and anchoring (station-keeping) technologies for floating offshore wind farms. Activities to be developed are related to the case study on the Portuguese Atlantic coast. The researcher will be integrated in the research team of Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering and will work in the: i) definition and interpretation of cyclic triaxial tests results (including with multidirectional cyclic loading) namely using the cyclic contour diagram methodology; ii) soil-structure interaction numerical modelling of anchor structures; iii) evaluation of possible liquefaction and scour effects; iv) elaboration of scientific papers, reports, design guidelines.

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 University of Porto.

Work place: The work will be developed at the CONSTRUCT - Instituto de I&D em Estruturas e Construções, and the Department of Civil Engineering and Georesources of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Professors Sara Rios da Rocha e Silva, Cristiana Maria da Fonseca Ferreira, António Milton Topa Gomes, e António Joaquim Pereira Viana da Fonseca.

Grant duration: Initial duration of 12 months, with starting date predicted to January 2026, on exclusive basis regime, eventually renewable, but not exceeding the end of the project.

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 4 of article 11 of the Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto.

Stipend: The grant stipend amounts to 1851,00€ according to the table of values of the Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto. The payment will be made by bank transfer.

Selection procedure:

The curricular evaluation (60%) of the candidates will be evaluated based on the merit of the candidate and the following factor will be evaluated:

a) Academic training (Ph.D. in Civil Engineering, Geotechnical Engineering or similar, with a Geotechnical thesis - 10 points; Others areas – 2 points)

b) Publications in the project area – 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 in a 1‐20 points scale. Candidates with less than

15/20 points in the curricular evaluation will not be invited for the interview.

In the interview (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 15 points, the scholarship will not be awarded.

Selection Jury:

President: Professor Sara Rios da Rocha e Silva

Effective member: Professor Cristiana Maria da Fonseca Ferreira

Effective member: Professor António Joaquim Pereira Viana da Fonseca

Supplementary member: Professor António Milton Topa Gomes

Supplementary member: Professor Paulo Jorge Rosa Santos

Advertisement of final decision: The results of the evaluation will be released to the candidates by email to the email address indicated in the application process.

Deadline for applications and form of presentation of the applications:

The call is open from 24/11/2025 a 09/12/2025 Applications must be formalized by email to sara.rios@fe.up.ptand to recursoshumanos@fe.up.pt should clearly state the reference FEUP‐TAILWIND_PosDoc2, and must include:

• • Motivation Letter,
• • Certificates evidencing academic degree,
• • Detailed Curriculum Vitae,
• • Declaration on honour that the candidate fulfills the requirement contained in paragraph c) of the admission requirements (template below);
• • other documents considered relevant by the applicant