Fellowships & Individual Grants
Showcasing competitive doctoral, postdoctoral, and career development scientific grants awarded to ClusterDEM researchers.
Competitive Fellowships & Scientific Grants
🎓 FCT Doctoral Grant
2026 – Present
“Title: Advanced Ice Protection System for Wind Turbines and Aircraft based on Novel Electro-Active Polymer Plasma Actuators”
- Doctoral Fellow / Awardee: Leonardo Alberto Mbanguine
- Supervisor Team: Prof. Frederico Rodrigues, Prof. José Páscoa
- Grant Reference: 2026.04171.BD
- Funding Agency: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
- Host Institution: Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences and Technologies (C-MAST) / UBI
🎓 UBI-CGD Doctoral Incentive
Aug 2026 – Jan 2027
Bolsas de Incentivo a Doutoramento (UBI-CGD 2025/2026)
- Awardee: Leonardo Alberto Mbanguine
- Grant Reference: BolsaBID2025-2026-FE
- Duration: 6 months (1 August – 31 January)
- Funding Agency: UBI – Caixa Geral de Depósitos (CGD)
- Host Institution: Universidade da Beira Interior (UBI)
🎓 FCT Doctoral Grant
2026 – Present
“Title: Advanced Plasma-Assisted Electrostatic Spray Systems for Enhanced and Sustainable Surface Finishing in the Automotive Industry”
- Doctoral Fellow / Awardee: GUSTAVO ALEXANDRE CAMACHO NUNES
- Supervisor Team: Prof. Frederico Rodrigues, Prof. José Páscoa
- Grant Reference: 2026.04158.BDANA
- Funding Agency: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
- Host Institution: Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences and Technologies (C-MAST) / UBI
🎓 FCT Doctoral Grant
2025 – Present
“Title: Development of a smart plasma-enhanced technology for electrospray optimization”
- Doctoral Fellow / Awardee: Miguel Moreira
- Supervisor Team: Prof. Frederico Rodrigues, Prof. José Páscoa
- Grant Reference: 2025.07065.BD
- Funding Agency: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
- Host Institution: Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences and Technologies (C-MAST) / UBI
🔬 FCT Postdoctoral Fellowship
2018 – 2023
New generation printable sensors and plasma actuators for flow control in aeronautics
- Postdoctoral Fellow: Prof. Dr. João Nunes Pereira
- Supervisor: Prof. José Páscoa
- Grant Reference: SFRH/BPD/117838/2016
- Execution Period: 2018/09/01 – 2023/02/28
- Funding Agency: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
- Participating / Partner Institutions: BCMaterials (Spain), Universidade da Beira Interior – C-MAST (Portugal), Centro de Física das Universidades do Minho e do Porto (Portugal), Instituto de Telecomunicações Lisboa (Portugal)
🎓 FCT Doctoral Grant
2022 – Present
“Non-equilibrium plasma enhanced flame stabilization for high efficiency low emission combustion”
- Doctoral Fellow / Awardee: Fatemeh Bagherighajari
- Supervisor Team: Prof. José Páscoa, Dr. Mohammadmahdi Abdollahzadehsangroudi
- Grant Reference: 2022.09877.BD
- Funding Agency: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
- Host Institution: Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences and Technologies (C-MAST) / UBI
🎓 FCT Doctoral Grant
2020 – 2024
“Estudo da Atomização de Jatos Eletrohidrodinâmicos: Modelação, Desempenho e Aplicações”
- Doctoral Fellow: Sílvio Miguel Rodrigues Cândido
- Supervisor: Prof. José Páscoa
- Grant Reference: 2020.04517.BD
- Funding Agency: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
- Host Institution: C-MAST / University of Beira Interior
💼 FCT Scientific Employment Stimulus (CEEC)
2019 – 2024
Smart blade based on printed sliding dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators and higher harmonic motion for ice removal of cycloidal wind turbine
- Awardee / Principal Investigator: Dr. Mohammadmahdi Abdollahzadehsangroudi
- Grant / Contract Reference: CEECIND/03347/2017/CP1472/CT0001
- Execution Period: 2019-09-01 to 2024-08-31
- Funding Agency: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
- Host Institution: Universidade da Beira Interior / C-MAST
- Award Value: €190,641.11
- DOI Link: 10.54499/CEECIND/03347/2017/CP1472/CT0001 ↗
🎓 FCT Doctoral Grant
2015 – 2019
“Modelação Experimental para Otimização de Atuadores a Plasma com Aplicações em Termofluidodinâmica”
- Doctoral Fellow: Dr. Frederico Miguel Freire Rodrigues
- Supervisor: Prof. José Páscoa
- Grant Reference: SFRH/BD/110529/2015
- Funding Agency: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
- Host Institution: C-MAST / University of Beira Interior
🎓 FCT Doctoral Grant
2009 – 2014
“Métodos Numéricos para a Dinâmica de Gases e Escoamentos Magnetohidrodinâmicos a Números de Mach Arbitrários: Aplicações em Tubeiras Magnetoplasmadinâmicas”
- Doctoral Fellow: Dr. Carlos Manuel Cipriano Xisto
- Supervisor: Prof. José Páscoa
- Grant Reference: SFRH/BD/60285/2009
- Funding Agency: Fundação para a Ciência e a Tecnologia (FCT)
- Host Institution: C-MAST / University of Beira Interior