진학프로석·박사 채용 접수 플랫폼

Open Call Nº16/2026/BM

INIAV, IP (Instituto Nacional de Investigação Agrária e Veterinária)

Fellowship under the project PurPest (412223 PURPEST 101060634)

The National Institute of Agrarian and Veterinary Research, I.P. (INIAV, I.P.) opens a position for one master grant, within in the scope of the project: 412223 PURPEST 101060634 – “Plant pest prevention through technology-guided monitoring and site-specific control”.

This fellowship will be funded by the Horizon Europe Framework (HORIZON-CL6-2021-FARM2FORK-01).

1. Legislation and Regulations:

Statute of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law nr. 40/2004, of August 18, amended and republished by Decree-Law No. 202/2012 of August 27 and amended by Decree-Law No. 233/2012 of October 29, Law No. 12/2013 of January 29 and Decree-Law No. 89/2013 of July 9 and Decree-Law No. 123/2019. Regulation No. 950/2019, of December 16, which approves the FCT Research Scholarship Regulation, I.P. available on (https://www.iniav.pt/images/INIAV/Recursos-humanos/Bolsas_estagios/BE_2…) pursuant to Decree-Law No. 123/2019 of August 28, which updated several provisions of the EBI.

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2. Admission requirements:

Applicants must be PhD students or masters enrolled in a non-degree course integrated in a pedagogical project of a higher education institution (proof of enrolment must be provided at the time of processing the contract), in the areas of Agronomy, Biology, Bioinformatics, Science Communication or similar.

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   Preferential factors:

   a) Experience in Science Management and Communication;

   b) Proven experience in Open Science promotion, management and organization, namely in communication of science to the general public, and scientific data management;

   c)Experience on participating, organizing and managing scientific research projects;

   d) Experience in writing reports / scientific publications and dissemination on digital channels, with incidence on editing press and online content, and informatic knowledge from user point of view;

   e) Experience in the set up and management of large greenhouse and/or field assays with microorganisms and/or plants;

   f)Proficiency in Portuguese and English, written and spoken;

   g) Availability to work in partner institutions;

   h) Autonomy, resilience, critical spirit and ability to work in team environment.

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3. Work plan:

The fellow will be responsible for developing the on-going work of the project’s tasks, with special emphasis on Communication, Dissemination and Exploitation of research results; management of information flow to digital channels created for the project, database maintenance, technical support and consulting on the implementation of research strategies and science communication on the research areas of the project, supporting and writing applications to competitive funding, particularly international and/or inter-institutional cooperation actions, and organizations of meetings, events or thematic actions with multidisciplinary teams.

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2. Workplace:

The workplace will be the Plant Nematology Lab of INIAV, I.P. in Oeiras, with occasional stays at HERCULES-UÉ (University of Évora), a partner institute of PurPest.

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2. Technical guidance:

The grantee will be supervised by the Researcher Maria de Lurdes Inácio.

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2. Duration of the Grant:

The fellowship will have a duration of 9 months (with the end date coinciding with the end of the project), expected to start on the 1st April 2026.

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2. Monthly maintenance allowance:

According to the values for Research Fellowships awarded by FCT in Portugal (http://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores), the amount of the monthly maintenance allowance is 1309,64€/ month, being the payment method for the Fellow by Wire Transfer. The monthly value of the scholarship is, according to the stock chart of the exchanges awarded directly by FCT, I.P., in the Country (https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/valores) Regulation No 950/2019 of 16 December. The research fellowship will receive personal accident insurance and, if they are not covered by any social protection scheme, they can ensure the exercise of the right to social security by adhering to the voluntary social insurance scheme in accordance with the Code of Contributory Schemes of the Social Security System.

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2. Deadline for submitting applications:

The deadline for submitting the application shall be within 10 working days of the publication of this notice.

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2. Selection Criteria:

The selection method, with an eliminatory character, will consist of a curricular evaluation and interview, if the jury deems it necessary. The criteria for evaluating applications shall be based on the combined assessment of the following criteria:

• AQ – Academic qualifications (favoring the final qualification of MSc)
• ET – Professional Training (professional experience)
• PA – Profile Adequacy
• I – Interview, If the jury deems it necessary, an individual interview will be conducted with the candidates to assess the adequacy of the profile.
• Formula: SC= 0,2AQ + 0,5ET+ 0,3PA or SC = 0,2AQ + 0,4ET + 0,3PA+ 0,1I

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2. Application Documents:

The application must contain the following documents:

1. Detailed curriculum vitae (dated and signed) - mandatory.
2. Letter of presentation (dated and signed) addressed to Dr. Maria de Lurdes Inácio, which must include the full identification of the candidate and the reference to this announcement No. 16/2026/BM;
3. Documents (digital copies) proving the elements considered most relevant and certificates of academic qualifications - mandatory.
4. Declaration of honour regarding conditions not met in official documents, namely the availability for the development of field work, in compliance with the opening hours of INIAV, I.P.
5. Other documents which the applicant considers relevant to the assessment of its technical and scientific merit.

All the above documents must be organized in PDF format and sent mandatorily via e-mail to bolsas@iniav.pt with reference announcement No. 16/2026/BM. Applications delivered by hand or CTT will not be accepted.

12. Composition of the Selection Jury:

President – Dr. Maria de Lurdes Inácio

1st effective member – Dr. Luís Bonifácio

2nd effective member - Dr. Jorge Faria

Substitute member - Dr. Paula Fareleira

Any doubts regarding the application may be clarified by Dr. Maria de Lurdes Inácio (lurdes.inacio@iniav.pt).

13. Announcement/ notification of the results:

After the results have been published, applicants must be considered automatically notified so that, if they wish to comment on the hearing of interested parties, they can do so within 10 working days of the date of publication. At the end of this period, the selected candidate will be notified in writing of the grant assignment and communication of the effective start date. In case of resignation or withdrawal of the selected candidate, the candidate immediately best ranked will be notified and thus successively.