Scientific Research Fellowship: UID/04044/2025-2029

Politécnico de Leiria; Portugal; On-site; EUR 14,000 - 17,000; Part time

Job summary

Politécnico de Leiria and Oeste invites applications for a 1-year research fellowship (BI) within the UID/04044/2025-2029 project. The candidate will develop prostheses and assistive devices using 3D printing and validate them clinically in rehabilitation settings, under supervision of PhD professors.

Open to Master's graduates in Biomedical Engineering or related fields, or those enrolled in non-degree courses, with a structured evaluation framework and a defined starting date in 12/2026.

Qualifications

• Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering or related areas.
• Enrollment in courses that do not confer an academic degree.
• Experience with additive manufacturing / 3D printing.
• Interest or experience in rehabilitation field.

Responsibilities

• Develop prostheses, orthoses, and assistive devices using additive manufacturing (3D printing).
• Test and validate prostheses, orthoses, and assistive devices in a clinical setting (rehabilitation).

Skills

Biomedical engineering

3D printing

Clinical testing

Rehabilitation

Education

Master's degree in Biomedical Engineering

Related areas

Job description

Organisation/Company Politécnico de Leiria Department CDRSP Research Field Engineering » Biomedical engineering Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1) Positions Other Positions Application Deadline 10 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/London) Country Portugal Type of Contract Other Type of Contract Extra Information research fellowship contract Job Status Other Job Status Extra Information 03 months, eventually renewable Hours Per Week 35 Offer Starting Date 28 Oct 2026 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

The University of Leiria and Oeste is now opening applications for 1 (one) research fellowship (BI) within the project “UID/04044/2025-2029”, funded by national funds through FCT – Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P., under the following conditions, under the following conditions:

• SCIENTIFIC AREA: Biomedical Engineering.
• RECIPIENTS: Master's degree Biomedical Engineering or related areas or who are enrolled in courses that do not confer an academic degree, in association with an organic research unit (UI).
• DURATION: 03 months, eventually renewable until the end of the project or the maximum duration for this research fellowship type. The fellowship is due to start in 12/2026.
• WORK PLAN:1)Develop prostheses, orthoses, and assistive devices using additive manufacturing (3D printing); 2) Test and validate prostheses, orthoses, and assistive devices in a clinical setting (within the field of rehabilitation).

WORKPLACE AND SCIENTIFIC SUPERVISION: The work will be developed at the Centre for Rapid and Sustained Product Development from the University of Leiria and Oeste (CDRSP-ULO), under the supervision of PhD professors: Nuno Manuel Fernandes Alves and Cláudia Regina Pereira Quaresma.

• GRANT FINANTIAL COMPONENTS: Monthly maintenance subsidy, in the amount of €1.359,64€, according to the FCT, I.P. ( https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2026/03/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM-202… ). To this amount is added the monthly amount referring to the Voluntary Social Security, if applicable, in accordance with the conditions defined in the Statute of Research Fellows. The scholarship holder will benefit from Personal Accident Insurance during the course of the scholarship.
• PAYMENT: The maintenance stipend will be monthly processed, through bank transfer, to the account identified by the research fellow.
• ACTIVITY SCHEME: Exclusivity, according to the applicable legislation.
• EVALUATION PANEL: The jury responsible for the applications evaluation will be constituted by PhD Professors/researchers: Nuno Manuel Fernandes Alves(president), Joana Filipa Abreu Pereira Valente and Paula Cristina Rodrigues Pascoal Faria (effective members); Paulo Jorge da Costa Parente Novo and Juliana Rosa Dias (substitute members).
• APPLICATION DEADLINE: october 28, 2026 to november 10, 2026.
• SELECTION METHOD AND EVALUATION CRITERIA: The evaluation will be made through curriculum analysis and possible interview, and will focus on the merit of the candidate, where they will be considered and weighted according to the following:

• A) Suitability of the Academic Study Area (SA) (20%)
  • Academic degree Biomedical Engineering- 20 values.
  • Academic degree in related areas – 10 values.
• B) Academic Qualification (AQ) ( 30%) : final grade master's degree.
• C) Professional/Academic Experience (PAE) (20%):
  • Has excellent professional/academic experience – 20 values.
  • Has very good professional/academic experience – 17 values.
  • Has good professional/academic experience – 14 values.
  • Has enough professional/academic experience – 10 values.
  • Has insufficient professional/academic experience – 2 values.
  • No mention of professional/academic practice – 0 values.
• D) Specific knowledge (SK) (30%):
  • 1) Development of prostheses, orthoses, and assistive devices using additive manufacturing (3D printing); Knowledge and experience in the testing and validation of prostheses, orthoses, and assistive devices in a clinical setting, particularly in the field of rehabilitation.
  • Excellent knowledge - 20 values.
  • High knowledge - 15 values.
  • Medium knowledge - 10 values.
  • Low level of knowledge - 5 values.
  • No knowledge - 0 values.

with the final grade FG = [A*0.2 + B*0,3 + C*0.2 + D* 0.3]. If the jury decides by reasoned deliberation, the three first classified in the curriculum analysis will be invited for an interview (INT), with the final grade (FG) = [FG*0.8 + INT*0.2].

Candidates who, at the end of the assessment, obtain a classification of less than 9.5 will be excluded from the contest.

Observation: If the candidate(s) with foreign qualifications(s) do not present, during the application phase, the recognition of the degree or foreign diploma and the classification conversion to the Portuguese scale, the jury defines the conversion only for the application purposes based on the rules of the legal regime applicable to the recognition of foreign degrees and diplomas or, when not possible, applies the minimal classification of 10 points.

Note that foreign academic degrees need to be registered by a Portuguese institution, in accordance with Decree-law no. 66/2018, dated August 16th, and Ordinance no. 33/2019, dated January 25th. The presentation of the certificate is mandatory for signing the contract. More information can be obtained at: https://www.dges.gov.pt/pt/pagina/reconhecimento?plid=374

ELIGIBILITY OF CANDIDATES: Without prejudice to the applicable rules to each type of research fellowship, the following candidates are eligible:

• National citizens or citizens of other member states of the European Union.
• Third-party states citizens.
• Stateless persons.
• Beneficiaries of political refugee status.

SUBMISSION OF APPLICATIONS: Applications must be submitted through https://recrutamento.ipleiria.pt/processos-ativos/bolseiros/concurso?re… by clicking the "submit application" button, filling out and submitting the application form accompanied by the following documents:

• Document(s) proving the ownership of the academic degree(s) and/or required application diploma(s), preferably with the final average and curricular units’ classification. Candidates with foreign qualifications must prove their academic degree and foreign diploma in the terms of the Decree-law no. 66/2018, dated August 16th. These documents can be dismissed during the application phase, by submitting a declaration of honour available in the application form, which can only attest to facts that occurred prior to the application, with the verification of this condition occurring only in the contract signing phase;
• Document proving the enrolment and registration in a non-awarding degree course, as stated in the application announcement (optional presentation in the application stage, which in turn is a mandatory element when contracting the research grant);
• Updated candidate Curriculum Vitae;
• Document(s) supporting other evaluation parameter(s) indicated in the announcement;
• Other certifications and/or other documents considered relevant by the candidate.

RESULTS | DISCLOSURE AND COMPLAINTS: The jury will send to the candidates, by e-mail, the provisional results of the evaluation (presented in the form of the minutes resulting from the evaluation process) within 90 working days after the application deadline. After this disclosure, candidates have 10 working days to pronounce, if they wish, in the appropriate form available in the institutional webpage, under the terms of the administrative procedure code (CPA). The final decision will be taken within a maximum period of 60 working days after the conclusion of the previous hearing of interested parties, of which a complaint can be filed within 15 working days, after notification, to the highest executive body of the University of Leiria and Oeste. Within the scope of the research fellowship award procedure, if the final ordering list, duly approved, contains a number of approved candidates higher than the number of research fellowships to be filled, an internal recruitment reserve is always created, which can be used when there is need for occupation due to withdrawal of the scholarship holder, under the terms of the CPA, to be used during the eligibility of the project.