Admission Requirements: Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, or related areas.

               a) to hold a master degree (or equivalent) and be enrolled in a course that does not award an academic degree, and it is integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, performed in association or cooperation with one or several R&D units;

b) not to exceed with this contract, including the possible renovations, an accumulated period of two years in this type of studentship, continuously or with interruptions. 

c) Given the nature of the project which is aimed at utilizing cutting-edge technologies, such as Brain imaging, Neurofeedback and Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) for neurorehabilitation, the candidate must have broad knowledge in non-invasive neural interfaces. Preferred factors: Experience in neurofeedback or BCIs, EEG signal processing, and excellent writing skills in English. Prior use of VR will be considered as an advantage.

Monthly maintenance allowance: According to the values for Research Fellowships awarded by FCT in Portugal (https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_atualizacao-2024.pdf), the amount of the monthly maintenance allowance is €1259,64, being the payment method an option of the Fellow by Wire Transfer/Check

Admission Requirements: Master Degree in Biomedical Engineering, Biophysics, or related areas.

               a) to hold a master degree (or equivalent) and be enrolled in a course that does not award an academic degree, and it is integrated in the educational project of a higher education institution, performed in association or cooperation with one or several R&D units;

b) not to exceed with this contract, including the possible renovations, an accumulated period of two years in this type of studentship, continuously or with interruptions. 

c) Given the nature of the project which is aimed at utilizing cutting-edge technologies, such as Brain imaging, Neurofeedback and Brain-Computer Interfaces (BCI) for neurorehabilitation, the candidate must have broad knowledge in non-invasive neural interfaces. Preferred factors: Experience in neurofeedback or BCIs, EEG signal processing, and excellent writing skills in English. Prior use of VR will be considered as an advantage.

Selection methods: The selection methods will be the following: 1) relevance of academic degree and respective grade (25%); 2) CV and prior clinical experience in brain-computer interfaces (25%); 3) motivation letter (25%); and 4) global evaluation by the jury (25%). The jury will interview up to a maximum of three candidates with the highest marks. In order to make a more objective assessment of some of these criteria, the interview* will count 50% towards each of the above criteria.

Composition of the selection Jury: Professors Athanasios Vourvopoulos, Patricia Figueiredo and João Sanches.

Announcement/ notification of the results: The final evaluation results will be communicated to all applicants by email.

Deadlines and procedures of complaint and appeal. A complaint may be lodged from the final decision within 15 working days, or an appeal to the Executive Board of IST-ID within 30 working days, both counted from the respective notification.

Legislation and Regulations: Statute of Scientific Research Fellow, approved by Law nr. 40/2004, of August 18, as worded by Decree-Law nr. 123/2019, of August 28; FCT Regulation for Research Studentships and Fellowships, available on https://www.fct.pt/apoios/bolsas/docs/RegulamentoBolsasFCT2019.pdf and https://dre.pt/application/file/a/127230968 .

Workplace: The work will be developed at Institute for Systems and Robotics (ISR-Lisboa) of Instituto Superior Técnico, under the scientific supervision of Professor Athanasios Vourvopoulos.