Competition For Granting One Research Scholarship 2025

A tender is open for the attribution of one Research Scholarship within the scope of the Project INTENT “Intelligent health monitoring of road infrastructures using bender elements.”

embedded in pavements,” financed by “Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia, I.P.”/MCTES (FCT, I.P.), ref. 2022.06879.PTDC, through national funds (OE).

RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP– the work plan is developed at Lusófona University and CERIS Research Centre both in Lisbon, Portugal, and consists of the following items:

1) Modelling of fatigue degradation in granular layers of pavements;

2) Development of machine learning algorithms for damage detection;

3) Development of a toolbox for the automatic data acquisition and interpretation, damage progression forecast and early warning system for pavements.

A summary of the Project INTENT can be found in the Appendix.

Fellowship duration:

The fellowship is for an initial period of 6 months, scheduled to start in September 2025. The scholarship contract may eventually be renewed up to a maximum duration of 12 months.

Summary

1. Category: Fellowship
2. Application Deadline: June 30, 2025
3. Opportunity Location: Portugal
4. Sponsor Organisation: Civil Research Group

Eligibility Criteria for Competition For Granting One Research Scholarship 2025

Candidates holding a Master’s Degree in Civil Engineering, or Transportation Engineering, or Geotechnical Engineering, or Structural Engineering, or other related areas of interest to the project.

Benefits of Competition For Granting One Research Scholarship 2025

Monthly maintenance allowance amount:

1. The scholarship corresponds to the Bolsa de Investigação level of the table of scholarships awarded directly by FCT, I.P., in Portugal, with payment made monthly by bank transfer. The current stipend is set to €1309.64 per month, plus a Social Security contribution.

How to Apply

Documentation to be provided when applying: Applications must be formalized, obligatorily, by sending the following documents written in Portuguese or English, preferably in PDF files:

1. CV with indication of ORCID reference number;
2. BSc Degree Certificate;
3. MSc Degree Certificate;
4. Motivation letter;
5. Recommendation Letters (optional).

At least the MSc classification should be recognized by the Portuguese Authorities. However, holders of foreign degrees may substitute the official recognition documents by a declaration of the candidate (link), stating that the candidate will present the recognition documents by the time the work contract is to be signed.

Recipients’ profile/category: Master Degree holders in the following scientific areas: Civil Engineering, or Transportation Engineering, or Geotechnical Engineering, or Structural

Engineering or other related areas of interest to the project.

If the candidate does not already have the MSc degree recognized in Portugal, a fast-track recognition is possible for candidates with MSc degrees granted by Universities from the European Union, as well as the following countries or territories: Andorra, Brazil (only degrees classified by CAPES with conceito equal or superior to 5), Canada, Macau, Moldova, Norway, the Russian Federation, Switzerland, Turkey, Ukraine, USA, United Kingdom.

The selection methods will be the following:

1. Scientific merit: 70% for the final grade of the course, calculated according to the formula 0.5*U + 0.5*M, where U and M represent the classifications of the candidates at the Undergraduate (BSc) and Master (MSc) levels, respectively (for integrated Master (MI) the formula is 1*MI); 30% for scientific publications (5 points for ISI journals, 2 points for non-ISI journals, 1 point for

international conferences, 0.5 points for national conferences).

2. Interview: The first three candidates classified according to the scientific merit (SM) will be invited for an interview, for which a grade will also be awarded (I). The final score of a candidate is computed according to the formula 0.7*SM + 0.3*I. The jury may close the call without selecting any of the candidates if their qualifications are deemed too low to be acceptable.

Applications should be sent by email to dragos.moldovan@ulusofona.pt with the subject RESEARCH SCHOLARSHIP

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Application Deadline

30 June, 2025

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