Work opportunities - Oportunidades de emprego
🌍 Project Assistant – Environmental Management
Deadline: May 15, 2025 (23:59 UTC)
Project: ISLANDS (UNEP/GEF)
Location: SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe
Duration: 5 years
Join the international ISLANDS – Implementing Sustainable Low and Non-Chemical Development in Small Island Developing States, supporting sustainable, low-chemical development in Small Island Developing States. Lead coordination in SĂŁo TomĂ© and PrĂncipe, focusing on environmental governance, waste, and chemical management.
Requirements:
- Degree in Environmental Sciences, Engineering, or Waste Management
- 3+ years of experience in environmental project management
- Knowledge of Multilateral Environmental Agreements
đź“© Led by CERENA & CEGIST (IST, University of Lisbon) in partnership with CRCBS-AF.
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📋 Postdoctoral Fellowship – Research Management
Deadline: May 19, 2025
Project: CERENA – UIDB/04028/2025 (FCT-funded)
Host: IST-ID, Lisbon
Grant: 12 months (renewable up to 36 months)
Join IST-ID as a junior pre-award manager and develop skills in grant writing, project planning, and research funding strategy. Ideal for PhD holders seeking a career in research management.
đź“© Apply: mariana.santa-marta@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
B1 Form available here.
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PhD opportunities
🧪 PhD Research Studentship – Chemical Engineering
Deadline: May 23, 2025
Project: SIMIACCI (Horizon Europe)
Host: CERENA, IST-ID
Grant: €1309.64/month | Duration: 12 months (renewable)
Join a European project improving indoor air quality in museums and archives. Work includes experimental and modeling tasks, with opportunities for international collaboration and publication.
đź“© Apply: moises.pinto@tecnico.ulisboa.pt
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Do you hold a Ph.D. degree? Are you looking for a position in CERENA?
We help you to prepare high-quality project proposals for highly competitive national and international calls. CERENA has a pre-call open to prepare submissions for Scientific Employment Stimulus and to Marie Skłodowska-Curie Individual Fellowships, two competitive programs for granting a researcher contract.
Who?
We are looking for any national and foreign candidate(s) holding a Ph.D. degree in a research area related to CERENA’s main research lines: energy, environment and raw materials. We seek highly motivated researchers with ability for independent and creative research and a strong publication track-recording. Good English skills are essential. We advise to carefully revise the eligibility criteria for both programs. CERENA may give some guidance and help to obtain the required administrative documents to apply for the calls.
Application documents.
Candidates must submit a single PDF document * with a motivation letter, a brief description of a potential research plan and the Curriculum Vitae, both written in English. All information should not exceed 4 pages.
*We are using Google forms for application; you will need to be signed in to a Google account to submit your files
CERENA develops research at the highest level of excellence related to the sustainable use of natural resources, including energy, as well as their impact on the environment. CERENA uses an approach that is simultaneously integrative, multidisciplinary and multi-scale, from the molecular level to the planetary scale, where researchers from different scientific fields - earth, chemical and material engineering - converge towards the same objectives. 
Questions about the application should be addressed to careers@cerena.tecnico.ulisboa.pt