BI Refª.UI0308/MAP.INVADER.2/2026

INESC COIMBRA - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES DE COIMBRA; Portugal; On-site; EUR 14,000 - 17,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Maintenance allowance 1359,64€ monthly

Hospedagem/apoio logístico

Job summary

INESC COIMBRA - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES DE COIMBRA procura bolsista científico (BI) para MSc holders, no âmbito do projeto MAP.INVADER, com orientação científica de Diogo Duarte. A bolsa envolve 6 meses, com início previsto para 15 de dezembro de 2026, em Coimbra, com regime de dedicação exclusiva.

A bolsa tem valor mensal de 1.359,64€, com regulação pela legislação de Bolsas FCT, I. P., incluíndo eventual seguro social.

Qualifications

• Requisito: Mestrado nas áreas indicadas ou afins.
• Experiência prévia com fenologia de plantas e dados de observação da Terra.
• Conhecimentos em integração de ciência cidadã com observação da Terra.

Responsibilities

• Conduzir estudo de fenologia de espécies florestais em Portugal Continental.
• Analisar dados de observação da Terra (Sentinel) para mapping de espécies.
• Preparar relatório científico/papers com resultados e metodologias.

Skills

Fenologia

Observação da Terra

Ciência cidadã

Sensoriamento remoto

Education

Mestrado em Proteção Ambiental / Ciências Biológicas / Engenharia Geoespacial / Observação da Terra

Tools

Processamento de dados Sentinel

GIS / software geoespacial

Job description

INESC COIMBRA - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES DE COIMBRA

Organisation/Company INESC COIMBRA - INSTITUTO DE ENGENHARIA DE SISTEMAS E COMPUTADORES DE COIMBRA Research Field Engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Application Deadline 13 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Not Applicable Job Status Not Applicable Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 15 Dec 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Other EU programme Reference Number COMPETE2030-FEDER 00922900 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? Yes

Offer Description

NOTICE

ANNOUNCEMENT CALL FOR A SCIENTIFIC RESEARCH FELLOWSHIP (BI) FOR MSc HOLDERS

A call is now open for the award of 1 (one) scientific research fellowship (BI) for MSc holders, under theproject MAP.INVADER - “Automatic mapping of invasive alien plants at national level using a multi-resolution remote sensing approach”, of operation no. 14727, operation code at Balcão dos Fundos COMPETE2030-FEDER 00922900, of the Institute of Systems and Computer Engineering of Coimbra (INESC Coimbra), BI Refª.UI0308 /MAP.INVADER.2/ 2026 , to be funded under Notice MPr-2023-12 - Scientific Research and Technological Development (S&TD) Projects - Individual and Co-promotional Operations, within the scope of the Compete 2030 Operational Program - Thematic Program Innovation and Digital Transition, part of Portugal 2030 and co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (FEDER), under the following conditions:

Scientific Area:Environmental Protection, Biological Sciences, Remote Sensing

Admission requirements Master’s degree in Environmental Protection, Biological Sciences, Geospatial Engineering and Earth Observation, or related fields. Candidates are expected to be enrolled in a doctoral programor in a study cycle that does not confer an academic degree.

Additional skills and qualifications: Previous experience with plant phenology using earth observation data and with the integration of citizen science and earth observation.

Work plan and objectives to be achieved:In the framework of the MAP.INVADER project (Invasive alien plants mapping over national extents using an automated and multi-scale remote sensing framework) and its work packages and milestones, the main goal to be achieved is related with the Milestone 4 . The work will specifically focus on the study of portuguese forest species phenology for Continental Portugal using remote sensing. This will consider three main forest species: eucalyptus, pine and acacia dealbata and earth observation data coming from Sentinel constellations. Given the disparate landscapes present in Continental Portugal the phenology study will consider several landscape units in Portugal. This will then serve as input for the acacia dealbata image recognition models which will be mapping acacia dealbata over continental Portugal. The final outcome will be a report and/or scientific paper addressing the differences in phenology of the above indicated forest species in Portuguese landscape units deemed representative of the several landscapes present in Portugal.

Applicable legislation and regulations: Statute of the Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law No. 40/2004 of August 18, amended and republished by Decree-Law No. 202/2012 of August 27, by Decree-Law No. 89/2013 of July 9, by Decree-Law No. 233/2012 of October 29, and by Law No. 12/2013 of January 29, and amended by Decree-Law No. 123/2019 of August 28, in the drafting in force ( https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/estatutobolseiro ) and Regulation of Research Grants of FCT, I. P, inforce: https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml.pt

Regime:The granting of the scholarship does not create or entitle a relationship of a legal-labor nature, it is carried out on an exclusive dedication basis and is attributed to the Scholarship Holder/the Scholarship Regulation of INESC COIMBRA, as provided for in the Bylaws of the Research Fellow and in the Research Grants Regulation of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P., both in their current wording.

Workplace:The work will be developed within the activities of the Institute of Systems and Computer Engineering of Coimbra (INESC Coimbra), under the scientific guidance of Diogo Duarte. The workplace is in the Department Electrical and Computer Engineering of the Faculty of Sciences and Technology of the University of Coimbra.

Duration of the scholarships:The scholarship will last for 6 months, renewable for equal periods or until the end of the project, on an exclusive basis, in accordance with FCT’s advanced human resources training regulation and the INESC COIMBRA Research Scholarship Regulation, and is scheduled to start in December 15th2026.

Monthly maintenance allowance amount:Theamount of the scholarships is in accordance with the table of values of the scholarships awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the country ( https://www.fct.pt/fct-atualizou-o-valor-das-bolsas-para-2026// ) and corresponds to 1359,64€, The form of payment will be by bank transfer, for the account to be designated by the Research Fellow. The voluntary social insurance, corresponding to the first tier, is added to this amount if the applicant chooses to subscribe to it, as well as personal accident insurance. The value of the scholarship will not increase over the entire period of its duration.

Selection methods:The selection methods to be used will be as follows: curricular evaluation, with a valuation of 50% for academic qualifications and 50% for the degree of satisfaction of the requirements related to knowledge and experience, in particular experience with mobile devices programming and Artificial Intelligence techniques. If the Jury deems necessary, an interview may be conducted with candidates placed in the top four positions according to the order resulting from the previous criteria. In this case, the final score will include the curricular evaluation (as described above), with a valuation of 75%, and the interview, with a valuation of 25%.

Composition of the Selection Jury:

Members:

Candidates’ eligibility: Without prejudice to the applicable rules for each scholarship type, the following are eligible for fellowship:

• National citizens or citizens of other Member States of the European Union;
• Third-party state citizens;
• Stateless persons;
• Beneficiaries of political refugee status.

After the announcement of the results, candidates are considered automatically notified to, if they wish to do so, comment on the results on a preliminary hearing period within 10 business days after that date.

Application deadline: The call isopen from November 2nd to 13th, 2026.

In case of resignation or withdrawal of the selected candidate, the next candidate with the highest evaluation score will be notified immediately.Once the selection process is completed, the fellowship contract will be drawn up in accordance with the draft contract provided by the FCT.After the contracted period, the fellowship holder and supervisor must prepare the final report in accordance with the respective assessment criteria that were established.

Publication link Notice in PT and EN, on the INESC Coimbra website:

Master’s degree in Environmental Protection, Biological Sciences, Geospatial Engineering and Earth Observation, or related fields. Candidates are expected to be enrolled in a doctoral programor in a study cycle that does not confer an academic degree.

Specific Requirements

Additional skills and qualifications: Previous experience with plant phenology using earth observation data and with the integration of citizen science and earth observation