FEUP|1 Research Grant Announcement |FEUP-ClimSHELL_BOLS-FEUP-26-88

EURAXESS Ireland; Porto; On-site; EUR 14,000 - 17,000; Full time

Job summary

A Universidade do Porto, através do FEUP, divulga uma bolsa de investigação para o projeto ClimSHELL. O candidato(a) deve possuir mestrado em Design de Comunicação ou área relacionada, e está sujeito a avaliação curricular e entrevista.

A duração inicial é de 6 meses, com início previsto em dezembro de 2026, com possibilidade de renovação conforme o andamento do projeto. O vencimento mensal é de 1.359,64 €, pago por transferência bancária.

Qualifications

• Be a student enrolled in a doctoral program in the area of Design, or Communication Sciences and Technologies, to be duly proven at signing the contract.
• Holder of an academic degree enrolled in a non-academic degree course integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with R&D units, to be proven at signing the contract.
• Note: In the case of masters who are enrolled in non-academic degree courses, the scholarship can only be awarded to those who do not exceed, with this scholarship contract, an accumulated period of two years in that typology of the scholarship, followed or interpolated.
• Hold a master’s degree in Communication Design, or related field.

Responsibilities

• Define and prepare collaborative approaches; plan and facilitate participatory design or co-design sessions on narratives and storytelling using various methods and tools to support user research.
• Prepare interviews as part of stakeholder engagement, specifically by designing personas, contextual scenarios, and various levels of prototyping and evaluation related to the field of Information Visualization.
• Collaborate on defining initiatives/measures to strengthen community capacity.
• Organize and participate in a second set of workshops on climate futures.
• Write scientific articles and participate in conferences to disseminate research.
• Develop the editorial design and implement the ClimSHELL e-book.

Education

Master in Communication Design

Master in Multimedia

Other Masters in related fields

Job description

Organisation/Company FEUP Department Human Resources Division Research Field Engineering » Design engineering Engineering » Communication engineering Engineering » Other Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Master Positions Application Deadline 26 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Lisbon) Country Portugal Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No

Offer Description

1 Research Grant Announcement (M/F)

Call open for applications for a research grant within the framework of project ClimSHELL – Designing Climate Shelter Systems and Envisioning Resilient Futures, with number 16833 and operation code at the Funds Platform (Balcão dos Fundos) NORTE2030-FEDER-00801900, financed by the European Union through the NORTE 2030 Regional Program, of Portugal 2030, and with financial support of Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under the following conditions:

Scientific Area

Spatial Planning and Environment

Admission requirements

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

Requirement 1

• Be a student enrolled in a doctoral program in the area of Design, or Communication Sciences and Technologies, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.
• Holder of an academic degree enrolled in a non-academic degree course integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, developed in association or cooperation with one or more R&D units, a requirement to be duly proven at the time of signing the contract.

Note: In the case of masters who are enrolled in non-academic degree courses, the scholarship can only be awarded to those who do not exceed, with this scholarship contract, including possible renewals, an accumulated period of two years in that typology of the scholarship, followed or interpolated.

Requirement 2

• Hold a master’s degree in Communication Design, or related field.

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

1. Define and prepare collaborative approaches; more specifically, plan and facilitate participatory design or co-design sessions on narratives and storytelling using various methods and tools to support user research.
2. Prepare interviews as part of stakeholder engagement, specifically by designing personas, contextual scenarios, and various levels of prototyping and evaluation related to the field of Information Visualization.
3. Collaborate on defining initiatives/measures to strengthen community capacity.
4. Organize and participate in a second set of workshops on climate futures.
5. Write scientific articles and participate in conferences to disseminate research.
6. Develop the editorial design and implement the ClimSHELL e-book.

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 Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, in force and Regulation of Research Grants of University of Porto, in force .

Work place

The work will be developed at the Department of Civil and Georesources Engineering of the Faculty of Engineering of the University of Porto (FEUP), under the scientific supervision of Professor Sara Maria dos Santos Rodrigues da Cruz .

Grant duration

Initial duration of 6 months, with the predicted starting date in December 2026, on an exclusive basis, eventually renewable but never exceeding the project duration.

If it is not possible to ensure the duration of 6 months estimatedin 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 3 of article 6 of the Research Grant Regulations of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.

The eventual renewal of the scholarship will be carried out as determined in article 6 of the Research Grants Regulation of the Foundation for Science and Technology, I.P.

Stipend

The grant stipend amounts to 1.359,64 € according to the table of values of the grants awarded directly by FCT, I.P. in the Country .

The payment will be made by bank transfer.

Selection procedure

The curriculum of the candidates (60%) will be evaluated based on the merit of the candidate and the following factors will be weighted:

• Academic training Master in Communication Design - 5 points; Master in Multimedia – 3 points; Other Masters in related fields – 2 points).
• Final classification of the master's degree course: 16 or more - 5 points; 15 or 14 - 3 points; 13 or less - 0 points.
• Publications in the field of Human-Centered Design and Design Methods – up to 5 points; Publications in other fields – up to 2 points.
• Research Experience in the area of project design – up to 5 points; in related areas – up to 3 points; Other areas not related – 1 point

Candidates will be ranked on a numerical scale from 1 to 20 points based on their curriculum assessment score. Candidates who obtain a score lower than 13 points in the curriculum assessment will not be admitted to the interview (40%). The interview will cover topics related to the candidate's work plan, experience and CV, and assessed their command of English and Portuguese. The interview will be conducted in Portuguese and English.

If none of the candidates achieves the minimum final score of 15 points, the scholarship will not be awarded.

Selection Jury

2nd Supplementary member: Doutora Catarina Dias Cadima

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 13/11/2026 to 26/11/2026 (until 23h59m, GMT time).