INESC TEC is accepting applications to award 1 Research Grant for MSC holders - Plurianual_25-29 - TTO (AE2026-0170)

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INESC TEC is accepting applications to award 1 Research Grant for MSC holders - Plurianual_25-29 - TTO (AE2026-0170) Sintesi in italiano (traduzione automatica): INESC TEC, un'organizzazione di ricerca con sede a Porto, Portogallo, sta accettando domande per un grant di ricerca per laureati magistrali. La durata del grant è di 11 mesi e 22 giorni, con possibilità di rinnovo. Il candidato selezionato lavorerà su progetti legati al trasferimento tecnologico, all'innovazione e all'imprenditorialità, contribuendo a rafforzare l'ecosistema dell'innovazione attraverso la collaborazione tra ricercatori, industrie e startup. È richiesta una laurea magistrale in un campo pertinente. Il grant prevede un'indennità mensile di 1359,64 euro e copertura assicurativa sanitaria. Il candidato parteciperà a attività di mappatura degli stakeholder e interviste per la scoperta dei clienti, oltre a workshop e sessioni di capacity-building. Portuguese version: https://repositorio.inesctec.pt/editais/pt/AE2026-0170.pdf CALL FOR GRANT APPLICATIONS (AE2026-0170) INESC TEC is now accepting grant applications to award 1 Research Grant (BI) within the scope of the Multiannual Funding of R&D Units 2025-2029, with the reference UID/50014/2025, Funded by national funds through the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT), I.P. 1. GRANT DESCRIPTION Type of grant: Research Grant (BI) General scientific area: TECHNOLOGY Scientific subarea: Knowledge technology Grant duration: 11 months 22 days, starting on 2026-08-10 , with the possibility of being renewed until the end of the project. Scientific advisor: Rita Lopes Workplace: INESC TEC, Porto, Portugal Maintenance stipend: 1359.64, according to the table of monthly maintenance stipend for FCT grants ( https://www.fct.pt/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Tabela-de-Valores-SMM_atu… ), paid via bank transfer. Grant holders may be awarded potential supplements, according to a quarterly evaluation process (Articles 19, 21 and 22 of the Regulations for Grants of INESC TEC and Annex II), up to a maximum limit of 50 of the monthly maintenance stipend. INESC TEC supports costs with registration, enrolment or tuition fees, during the grant duration, under the terms established in the internal document: "Payment of Tuition fees to grant holders" ( https://www.inesctec.pt/pagamento-propinas-bolseirosEN ) The grant holder will benefit from health insurance, supported by INESC TEC. 2. OBJECTIVES: Develop advanced competencies in technology transfer, knowledge valorisation, open innovation, entrepreneurship, market validation, and innovation ecosystem development.; ; Support the early-stage validation of innovation and entrepreneurial opportunities through structured customer discovery processes, stakeholder engagement, evidence-based market assessment, identification of unmet user and market needs, and evaluation of problem–solution fit to reduce innovation and commercialisation risks.; ; Contribute to strengthening innovation ecosystem capacity by fostering collaboration among researchers, industry partners, startups, investors, and public-sector stakeholders, while supporting the design of sustainable exploitation pathways, business models, and impact-oriented strategies to maximise the uptake, scalability, and long-term sustainability of project results. 3. BRIEF PRESENTATION OF THE WORK PROGRAMME AND TRAINING: The fellow will join INESC TEC activities - Fostering Systemic Innovation and Digital Transformation across European Innovation Ecosystems, supporting capacity-building, ecosystem connection and exploitation/legacy activities in the context of open innovation, co-creation and systemic entrepreneurship.; The work plan includes: (i) mapping and characterising quadruple-helix stakeholders (academia, industry, public sector and civil society) in the innovation ecosystem (ii) preparing and conducting customer discovery interviews with researchers, startups, SMEs, companies, public entities, potential customers/users, investors and other relevant actors (iii) defining, testing and documenting hypotheses on problems, customer segments, value propositions and problem-solution fit (iv) supporting the identification of market needs and digital transformation challenges in health/bio-health, energy and mobility (v) supporting workshops, co-creation actions, matchmaking, capacity-building sessions and links with incubation/acceleration programmes (vi) carrying out market, competitor, value-chain, exploitation model and technology-transfer pathway analyses (vii) systematising evidence into opportunity briefs, reports, presentations, decision matrices and other decision-support materials and (vii i) capacity-building, ecosystem-connection, interregional-project, exploitation and legacy activities and deliverables.; Hands-on training will be provided by INESC TEC's Technology Transfer and Entrepreneurship team in technology scouting, v Annuncio in inglese. Fonte: Euraxess (Commissione europea).