COMPETITION FOR GRANTING 1 RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP FOR A PhD STUDENT _ #NOVAID-B550

NOVA.id.FCT- Associação para a Inovação de Desenvolvimento da FCT; Portugal; On-site; EUR 13,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

A NOVA.id.FCT- Associação para a Inovação de Desenvolvimento da FCT está a seleccionar um(a) Investigador(a) de 1.ª Fase para um projeto de 6 meses, com bolsa de investigação. O trabalho incide sobre Twins Digitais para terapias com jogos sérios, com supervisão do Prof.

Rui Neves Madeira, no NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics. O estágio requer matrícula num programa de doutoramento em Ciência da Computação.

Qualifications

• Enrolment in a PhD program in Computer Science.
• Experiência com Unity3D, Meta Quest, EEG/ECG sinais em contextos AR/VR.
• Conhecimentos avançados de processamento de sinais e digital twins.
• Experiência em desenvolver jogos sérios para saúde.

Responsibilities

• Realizar uma revisão de literatura sobre Gêmeos Digitais na terapia com jogos sérios.
• Criar um protótipo VR/AR + EEG para estudos de terapia personalizada.
• Definir um modelo de Gêmeo Digital para terapia com jogos sérios.
• Conduzir um estudo com terapeutas e apresentar resultados em conferências e revistas internacionais.

Skills

Unity3D

EEG/ECG signals

AR/VR

AI/ML/DL

Education

PhD enrolment

Tools

Meta Quest

VR/AR prototyping

Job description

Organisation/Company NOVA.id.FCT- Associação para a Inovação de Desenvolvimento da FCT Department Nova-Lincs Research Field Computer science Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Application Deadline 27 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Not Applicable Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 16 Nov 2026 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number #NOVAID-B550 Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

Work Plan:

- Conduct a literature review on Digital Twins in the field of therapy using serious games.

- Create a VR/AR + EEG prototype for studies on personalized therapy.

- Define a Digital Twin model for therapy using serious games.

- Conduct a user study with therapists.

- Publish results in internationally renowned conferences and journals.

- Participate in the activities and events of the group and the research center.

Workplace: The work will be developed at NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics, Computer Science Department – NOVA FCT, under the supervision of Professor Rui Neves Madeira.

Fellowship duration: The scholarship will last for 6 months, eventually renewed within the duration of the project.

Documents that are of mandatory submission, for purposes of the studentship contracting: proof of enrollment in a PhD program.

* In case of foreign academic degrees, and to guarantee the application of the principle of equal treatment to applicants with national and foreign academic degrees, it is mandatory to submit the recognition of such degrees and the conversion of the respective final grade to the Portuguese grading scale.

Applicable legislation and regulations: Law No. 40/2004, of August 18, amended and republished by Decree-Law No. 202/2012 of August 27 (Statute of the Scientific Research Fellow) and amended by Decree-Law No. 233/2012 of October 29, by Law No. 12 /2013 of 29 January, by Decree-Law No. 89/2013, of 9 July and Decree-Law No. 123/2019, of 28 August; Regulation of Research Grants of NOVA.id.FCT – Association for Innovation and Development of FCT; Regulation of Research Grants of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P. in force ( https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/regulamento.phtml.pt );

- Enrolment in a PhD program in Computer Science. The documents proving this situation must be presented, at the latest, up to the stage of contracting the scholarship, and before that, they may be replaced by a declaration of honor.

Preferred Factors: Experience with Unity3D, Meta Quest, and EEG and ECG signal acquisition devices in AR/VR contexts. Advanced knowledge of signal processing and digital twins. Extensive experience in developing serious games for healthcare and children with special needs. Experience as a researcher/grant recipient on funded projects involving AI/ML/DL.

Additional Information

Monthly maintenance allowance amount: The amount of the monthly maintenance allowance corresponds to €1359.64 euros.

Eligibility criteria

Selection criteria:

For all candidates who meet the minimum requirements, a classification will be made, on a scale of 0 to 20, taking into account the weighting of the following selection methods:

Previous Experience Relevant to the Project Execution (40%)

Selection process

Composition of the Selection Jury:

Form of advertising/notification of results: The evaluation results proposed by the juri will be notified, up to 90 days after the deadline for the submission of applications, by email, of the results proposed by the jury, with access to the minutes and the final ranking list. After notification, candidates will have 10 working days to comment on the draft decision (prior hearing of interested parties, under the terms of the Code of Administrative Procedure). The final decision will be taken after the expiry of the prior hearing period, again notified to all candidates by e‑mail. Of this final decision the candidates can file a complaint within 15 working days (to the e‑mail address used for the notification), or a hierarchical appeal, within 30 working days, addressed to NOVA.ID.FCT's Board through the address [e-mail] .

Additional comments

Drafts: The drafts of: i) fellowship contract, ii) final report to be presented by the fellowship holder, iii) final report to be presented by the scientific advisor, and; iv) declaration on honor, can all be found on NOVA.id.FCT website.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute NOVA Laboratory for Computer Science and Informatics Country Portugal State/Province Almada City Caparica Postal Code 2829-516 Street Campus de Caparica Geofield