Announcement for the award of a research initiation fellowship – BII/miPEP2Protect-CBMA/2026

Applications for one research fellowship in CBMA in the scope of “miPEP2Protect – Exploring a non-mature miRNA-encoded peptide (miPEP) as a bio-based strategy to protect grapevine against the devastating trunk disease «Esca»” (COMPETE2030-FEDER-00756300)

Applications are open from 6th to 19th August | Full announcement: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/458806

A call for applications is open for 1 research initiation grant, within the scope of the I&D project “miPEP2Protect – Exploring a non-mature miRNA-encoded peptide (miPEP) as a bio-based strategy to protect grapevine against the devastating trunk disease «Esca»”, ref. COMPETE2030-FEDER-00756300, funded by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF), through the Competitiveness and Internationalisation Operational Programme (POCI) – COMPETE 2030, Portugal 2030, and by national funds through Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia – FCT I.P under the following conditions:

Scientific Area: Biological Sciences

Recipient category: students who are enrolled in a Master’s or Bachelor’s degree programme or, alternatively, graduates enrolled in a non-degree course integrated into the educational project of a higher education institution.
a) Research initiation grants (BII) are intended for initial I&D activities by students enrolled in a higher vocational technical course, a bachelor’s degree, an integrated master’s degree or a master’s degree, with the aim of starting their scientific training by taking part in I&D projects to be developed in national institutions.
b) Research initiation scholarships (BII) can also be used to carry out initial I&D activities by graduates enrolled in non-academic degree courses as part of the educational project of a higher education institution.