{"id":3364,"date":"2026-07-26T07:33:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-26T07:33:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/clusterdem.ubi.pt\/?page_id=3364"},"modified":"2026-07-27T19:38:19","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T19:38:19","slug":"fellowships-individual-grants","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clusterdem.ubi.pt\/?page_id=3364","title":{"rendered":"Fellowships &#038; Individual Grants"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-text-color has-background is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-00ebdded wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"background-color:#0b192c;color:#ffffff;padding-top:50px;padding-bottom:50px;padding-left:40px;padding-right:40px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,sans-serif;\">\n    <h1 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:32px;font-weight:700;margin:0;\">Fellowships &amp; Individual Grants<\/h1>\n    <p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:1.1rem;margin:10px auto 0 auto;opacity:0.9;max-width:750px;\">\n        Showcasing competitive doctoral, postdoctoral, and career development scientific grants awarded to ClusterDEM researchers.\n    <\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-00ebdded wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"padding:40px 20px;font-family:system-ui,-apple-system,sans-serif;max-width:1150px;margin:0 auto;\">\n\n    <h2 style=\"font-size:24px;font-weight:700;color:#0b192c;margin-bottom:25px;border-left:4px solid #3182ce;padding-left:12px;\">Competitive Fellowships &amp; Scientific Grants<\/h2>\n    \n    <div style=\"display:flex; flex-direction:column; gap:25px; margin-bottom:50px;\">\n\n        <!-- 1. FCT CEEC Contract - Dr. Mohammadmahdi Abdollahzadehsangroudi -->\n        <div style=\"border:1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius:8px; padding:25px; background:#ffffff; box-shadow:0 4px 6px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.01); border-left:4px solid #2b6cb0;\">\n            <div style=\"display:flex; justify-content:space-between; align-items:flex-start; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:10px; margin-bottom:12px;\">\n                <span style=\"font-size:11px; font-weight:700; color:#2b6cb0; background:#ebf8ff; padding:4px 12px; border-radius:12px; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:0.5px;\">\ud83d\udcbc FCT Scientific Employment Stimulus (CEEC)<\/span>\n                <span style=\"font-size:12px; color:#718096; font-weight:600;\">2019 \u2013 2024<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <h3 style=\"margin:0 0 10px 0; font-size:18px; color:#0b192c; font-weight:600;\">\n                Smart blade based on printed sliding dielectric barrier discharge plasma actuators and higher harmonic motion for ice removal of cycloidal wind turbine\n            <\/h3>\n            <ul style=\"margin:0; padding-left:20px; font-size:14px; color:#4a5568; line-height:1.6;\">\n                <li><strong>Awardee \/ Principal Investigator:<\/strong> Dr. Mohammadmahdi Abdollahzadehsangroudi<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Grant \/ Contract Reference:<\/strong> CEECIND\/03347\/2017\/CP1472\/CT0001<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Execution Period:<\/strong> 2019-09-01 to 2024-08-31<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Funding Agency:<\/strong> Funda\u00e7\u00e3o para a Ci\u00eancia e a Tecnologia (FCT)<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Host Institution:<\/strong> Universidade da Beira Interior \/ C-MAST<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Award Value:<\/strong> \u20ac190,641.11<\/li>\n                <li><strong>DOI Link:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.54499\/CEECIND\/03347\/2017\/CP1472\/CT0001\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" style=\"color:#3182ce;\">10.54499\/CEECIND\/03347\/2017\/CP1472\/CT0001 \u2197<\/a><\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- 2. FCT Postdoctoral Grant - Prof. Dr. Jo\u00e3o Nunes Pereira -->\n        <div style=\"border:1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius:8px; padding:25px; background:#ffffff; box-shadow:0 4px 6px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.01); border-left:4px solid #3182ce;\">\n            <div style=\"display:flex; justify-content:space-between; align-items:flex-start; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:10px; margin-bottom:12px;\">\n                <span style=\"font-size:11px; font-weight:700; color:#2b6cb0; background:#ebf8ff; padding:4px 12px; border-radius:12px; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:0.5px;\">\ud83d\udd2c FCT Postdoctoral Fellowship<\/span>\n                <span style=\"font-size:12px; color:#718096; font-weight:600;\">2018 \u2013 2023<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <h3 style=\"margin:0 0 10px 0; font-size:18px; color:#0b192c; font-weight:600;\">\n                New generation printable sensors and plasma actuators for flow control in aeronautics\n            <\/h3>\n            <ul style=\"margin:0; padding-left:20px; font-size:14px; color:#4a5568; line-height:1.6;\">\n                <li><strong>Postdoctoral Fellow:<\/strong> Prof. Dr. Jo\u00e3o Nunes Pereira<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Supervisor:<\/strong> Prof. Jos\u00e9 P\u00e1scoa<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Grant Reference:<\/strong> SFRH\/BPD\/117838\/2016<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Execution Period:<\/strong> 2018\/09\/01 \u2013 2023\/02\/28<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Funding Agency:<\/strong> Funda\u00e7\u00e3o para a Ci\u00eancia e a Tecnologia (FCT)<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Participating \/ Partner Institutions:<\/strong> BCMaterials (Spain), Universidade da Beira Interior &#8211; C-MAST (Portugal), Centro de F\u00edsica das Universidades do Minho e do Porto (Portugal), Instituto de Telecomunica\u00e7\u00f5es Lisboa (Portugal)<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- 3. FCT PhD Fellowship - Fatemeh Bagherighajari -->\n        <div style=\"border:1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius:8px; padding:25px; background:#ffffff; box-shadow:0 4px 6px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.01); border-left:4px solid #276749;\">\n            <div style=\"display:flex; justify-content:space-between; align-items:flex-start; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:10px; margin-bottom:12px;\">\n                <span style=\"font-size:11px; font-weight:700; color:#276749; background:#f0fff4; padding:4px 12px; border-radius:12px; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:0.5px;\">\ud83c\udf93 FCT Doctoral Grant<\/span>\n                <span style=\"font-size:12px; color:#718096; font-weight:600;\">2022 \u2013 Present<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <h3 style=\"margin:0 0 10px 0; font-size:18px; color:#0b192c; font-weight:600;\">\n                &#8220;Non-equilibrium plasma enhanced flame stabilization for high efficiency low emission combustion&#8221;\n            <\/h3>\n            <ul style=\"margin:0; padding-left:20px; font-size:14px; color:#4a5568; line-height:1.6;\">\n                <li><strong>Doctoral Fellow \/ Awardee:<\/strong> Fatemeh Bagherighajari<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Supervisor Team:<\/strong> Prof. Jos\u00e9 P\u00e1scoa, Dr. Mohammadmahdi Abdollahzadehsangroudi<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Grant Reference:<\/strong> 2022.09877.BD<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Funding Agency:<\/strong> Funda\u00e7\u00e3o para a Ci\u00eancia e a Tecnologia (FCT)<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Host Institution:<\/strong> Centre for Mechanical and Aerospace Sciences and Technologies (C-MAST) \/ UBI<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- 4. FCT PhD Fellowship - S\u00edlvio Miguel Rodrigues C\u00e2ndido -->\n        <div style=\"border:1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius:8px; padding:25px; background:#ffffff; box-shadow:0 4px 6px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.01); border-left:4px solid #276749;\">\n            <div style=\"display:flex; justify-content:space-between; align-items:flex-start; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:10px; margin-bottom:12px;\">\n                <span style=\"font-size:11px; font-weight:700; color:#276749; background:#f0fff4; padding:4px 12px; border-radius:12px; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:0.5px;\">\ud83c\udf93 FCT Doctoral Grant<\/span>\n                <span style=\"font-size:12px; color:#718096; font-weight:600;\">2020 \u2013 2024<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <h3 style=\"margin:0 0 10px 0; font-size:18px; color:#0b192c; font-weight:600;\">\n                &#8220;Estudo da Atomiza\u00e7\u00e3o de Jatos Eletrohidrodin\u00e2micos: Modela\u00e7\u00e3o, Desempenho e Aplica\u00e7\u00f5es&#8221;\n            <\/h3>\n            <ul style=\"margin:0; padding-left:20px; font-size:14px; color:#4a5568; line-height:1.6;\">\n                <li><strong>Doctoral Fellow:<\/strong> S\u00edlvio Miguel Rodrigues C\u00e2ndido<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Supervisor:<\/strong> Prof. Jos\u00e9 P\u00e1scoa<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Grant Reference:<\/strong> 2020.04517.BD<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Funding Agency:<\/strong> Funda\u00e7\u00e3o para a Ci\u00eancia e a Tecnologia (FCT)<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Host Institution:<\/strong> C-MAST \/ University of Beira Interior<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- 5. FCT PhD Fellowship - Dr. Frederico Miguel Freire Rodrigues -->\n        <div style=\"border:1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius:8px; padding:25px; background:#ffffff; box-shadow:0 4px 6px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.01); border-left:4px solid #276749;\">\n            <div style=\"display:flex; justify-content:space-between; align-items:flex-start; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:10px; margin-bottom:12px;\">\n                <span style=\"font-size:11px; font-weight:700; color:#276749; background:#f0fff4; padding:4px 12px; border-radius:12px; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:0.5px;\">\ud83c\udf93 FCT Doctoral Grant<\/span>\n                <span style=\"font-size:12px; color:#718096; font-weight:600;\">2015 \u2013 2019<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <h3 style=\"margin:0 0 10px 0; font-size:18px; color:#0b192c; font-weight:600;\">\n                &#8220;Modela\u00e7\u00e3o Experimental para Otimiza\u00e7\u00e3o de Atuadores a Plasma com Aplica\u00e7\u00f5es em Termofluidodin\u00e2mica&#8221;\n            <\/h3>\n            <ul style=\"margin:0; padding-left:20px; font-size:14px; color:#4a5568; line-height:1.6;\">\n                <li><strong>Doctoral Fellow:<\/strong> Dr. Frederico Miguel Freire Rodrigues<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Supervisor:<\/strong> Prof. Jos\u00e9 P\u00e1scoa<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Grant Reference:<\/strong> SFRH\/BD\/110529\/2015<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Funding Agency:<\/strong> Funda\u00e7\u00e3o para a Ci\u00eancia e a Tecnologia (FCT)<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Host Institution:<\/strong> C-MAST \/ University of Beira Interior<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n\n        <!-- 6. FCT PhD Fellowship - Dr. Carlos Manuel Cipriano Xisto -->\n        <div style=\"border:1px solid #e2e8f0; border-radius:8px; padding:25px; background:#ffffff; box-shadow:0 4px 6px -1px rgba(0,0,0,0.01); border-left:4px solid #276749;\">\n            <div style=\"display:flex; justify-content:space-between; align-items:flex-start; flex-wrap:wrap; gap:10px; margin-bottom:12px;\">\n                <span style=\"font-size:11px; font-weight:700; color:#276749; background:#f0fff4; padding:4px 12px; border-radius:12px; text-transform:uppercase; letter-spacing:0.5px;\">\ud83c\udf93 FCT Doctoral Grant<\/span>\n                <span style=\"font-size:12px; color:#718096; font-weight:600;\">2009 \u2013 2014<\/span>\n            <\/div>\n            <h3 style=\"margin:0 0 10px 0; font-size:18px; color:#0b192c; font-weight:600;\">\n                &#8220;M\u00e9todos Num\u00e9ricos para a Din\u00e2mica de Gases e Escoamentos Magnetohidrodin\u00e2micos a N\u00fameros de Mach Arbitr\u00e1rios: Aplica\u00e7\u00f5es em Tubeiras Magnetoplasmadin\u00e2micas&#8221;\n            <\/h3>\n            <ul style=\"margin:0; padding-left:20px; font-size:14px; color:#4a5568; line-height:1.6;\">\n                <li><strong>Doctoral Fellow:<\/strong> Dr. Carlos Manuel Cipriano Xisto<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Supervisor:<\/strong> Prof. Jos\u00e9 P\u00e1scoa<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Grant Reference:<\/strong> SFRH\/BD\/60285\/2009<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Funding Agency:<\/strong> Funda\u00e7\u00e3o para a Ci\u00eancia e a Tecnologia (FCT)<\/li>\n                <li><strong>Host Institution:<\/strong> C-MAST \/ University of Beira Interior<\/li>\n            <\/ul>\n        <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fellowships &amp; Individual Grants Showcasing competitive doctoral, postdoctoral, and career development scientific grants awarded to ClusterDEM researchers. 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