1 - Title

RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (RF)

2 - Offer description

As per the terms laid down in Regulamento de Bolsas de Investigação do LNEC (LNEC Regulation for Research Fellowships) and in Estatuto do Bolseiro de Investigação Científica (Statute of the Research Fellow), approved by Law no. 40/2004, 18 August, as it stands, we announce the launching of a call for awarding a full time research fellowship (RF) in the scope of several projects underway at the NTIII division. 

3 – Research Fellowship Type

Research grant (BI) for master’s enrolled in a non-degree granting course, as per the provisions of article 9 (2) of the LNEC Regulation for Research Fellowships.

4 – Financing source

LNEC own revenue

5 – Scientific area

Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Data science, Information systems or related areas

6 - Duration

The Grant shall be awarded for a 12 month period

7 – Activity Regime

All the work shall be developed on an exclusive dedication regime, as per the provisions laid down in the Statute of the Research Fellow, approved by Law no. 40/2004, 18 August, as it stands, and in LNEC Regulation for Fellowships, available on LNEC website.

8 - Work plan and objectives

The research fellow will participate in research and innovation activities within the scientific area to which the grant is assigned, working within research projects.  In particular, the research fellow will work within the field of optimization of transportation routes, intelligent transport and optimal evacuation routes.

9  - Location

Workplace: LNEC – National Laboratory for Civil Engineering, I.P.

Avenida do Brasil, 101 – 1700-066 Lisboa

Country: Portugal

Website:  https://www.lnec.pt

Email: recrutamento@lnec.pt

The above activities shall be conducted at the Information Technologies and Computer Infrastructures Unit of the Scientific Instrumentation Center (NTIII/CIC) of LNEC, without prejudice to the possibility of performing temporary missions in Portugal.

10. -  Qualifications

Eligible candidates are holders of an MSc degree or Integrated MSc degree in computer science, and enrolled in a non-awarding academic degree course

Candidates should have the ability to work in multidisciplinary teams, motivation to, and experience in research activities in the fields mentioned in section 4, with preference given to candidates with experience in data science tools.

11 – Scientific supervision

The activities will be supervised by the assistant researcher Gonçalo Jesus from LNEC’s NTIII/CIC.

12 - Monthly allowance

The Grant shall include a monthly allowance in the amount of € 1 445.00 and a daily food allowance of € 6.15. The fellow shall also be entitled to a specific social security system and to insurance against personal accidents at work. 

13 - Selection methods and criteria

The evaluation of the applications shall be based on the Applicant’s Merits (MC), and the following evaluation criteria shall be scored on a 0 to 20 scale. 

Applicant’s merits:

• Academic Background (PA) – scores of the academic degrees required by this call, namely degree (or equivalent) or MSc – 50%
• Professional Résumé (CP) – scientific and professional career – 30%
• Interview with the selection jury (ES) – 20%

Hence:

MC = 0.5 PA + 0.3 CP + 0.2 ES.

The jury is entitled to decide not to award the Grant if the quality of the applicants is deemed below par.

14 - Selection jury

President: Laura Maria Mello Saraiva Caldeira, Principal reseracher

Members: 

Eduardo Manuel Cabrita Fortunato, Principal researcher

Maria do Rosário da Silva Veiga, Principal Researcher

15 - Application documents

1. at the time of the application:

• Letter of motivation (maximum: one A4 page).

• Degree certificate, with indication of the partial scores and final classification.

   

Foreign certificates shall be valid only if they are dully endorsed by an issuing entity, or if a recognition/equivalence document is produced stating that the foreign qualifications correspond to the same Portuguese qualifications.   The respective scores can only be used if they are officially converted to the Portuguese scoring scale (by DGES – Direção Geral do Ensino Superior or by a public higher education institution), even if the foreign classification corresponds to a 0 to 20 scale.

• Official document of enrollment in the degree course defined in paragraph 10 of the present notice.

  Should the candidate be unable to produce such document, without any fault on his/her part, he/she may replace it by a sworn declaration stating that he/she has been enrolled in the said degree course, and committing to deliver it until the signature of the contract.

• Detailed Curriculum Vitae.
• Other documents (optional), such as letters of reference and supporting documents of internships or complementary courses considered as relevant for the purposes of this Grant

2. at the time of the awarding of the contract:

• Official document stating that the applicant is enrolled in the degree course defined in 10.
• Necessary information for preparing the contract.

16 – Deadline for applications

Between 13 to 26 March 2026

17 - Formalization of applications

The applications shall be formalized by one of the following means:

• Electronic mail addressed to recrutamento@lnec.pt., until 24h00 of the last day of the stipulated time limit
• directly to the Setor de Arquivo e Expediente Geral of LNEC, at Avenida do Brasil, 101, 1700-066 Lisboa.
• registered letter with acknowledgement of receipt addressed to LNEC, I.P., Avenida do Brasil, nº101, 1700-066 Lisboa; the date of delivery considered for the purpose of compliance with the stipulated time limit being the date of registration

In the last two cases, the applications shall be delivered in a sealed envelope, bearing the following information on the outside: “Concurso para atribuição de 1 bolsa de investigação na área de sistemas da informação”

18 - Notification of results

The final score of each evaluation stage shall be advertised in a list sorted by the final score obtained, all applicants being notified by electronic mail. The results shall also be published on the Recruitment page of LNEC’s website.

19 - Deadlines and procedures for preliminary hearing, claims and appeals

Once the provisional ranked list of the evaluation results has been communicated, applicants who have an unfavourable provisional decision may use their right to dispute it during the preliminary hearing phase (if requested), which takes place within 10 working days, according to the Administrative Procedure Code (CPA). 

The final decision shall be disclosed after the analysis of applicants’ arguments presented in the preliminary hearing. Final decision can be claimed within 15 working days or, alternatively, appealed to the Board of Directors, within 30 working days, after the communication of the final results, respectively.

20 - Further information

Additional information can be obtained by phone: +351 218 443 892 or +351 218 443 216 or by electronic mail to the address referred to in 17. The applicants living outside of Portugal can also refer to the portal EURAXESS Portugal.

21 - Standard fellowship contract

Available on the Recruitmentpage of LNEC’s website.

22 - Model of the final report to be prepared by the research fellow and supervisor

Available on the Recruitment page of LNEC’s website.