Research Projects

If you are a professor or a researcher at the University of Aveiro and have interest in a Research, Development and Innovation challenge proposed by Altice Labs, take advantage of this opportunity to get support in terms of funding, infrastructure and specialized know-how.

Application Form

Master's Degree, PhD, PostDoc
If the proposer is a faculty/researcher.

Before applying, please review the list of innovation areas of interest to Alticelabs@UA.

Explain your interest in the selected challenge and how it aligns with your research interests
Quantify and describe the list of deliverables, products/prototypes, scientific papers, reports, and other results to be obtained.
Identify and briefly describe each phase of the project and follow up with a detailed fortnightly schedule. The duration of research projects is a minimum of 6 months and a maximum of 12 months.
Identify the investigator in charge, number, category and profile of grantees to be hired (1). Other needs may be indicated, namely technical resources, which will be made available according to the availability of the AlticeLabs@UA laboratory.

* Required fields

(1) See table below.
The maximum funding per project is 25.000€.

Monthly costs for scholarships and associated charges

Scholarship Type Scholarship Value Voluntary Social Insurance Sub-total General Operating Costs Total
PostDoc Scholarship 1.901,00€ 154,66€ 2.005,66€ 513,92€ 2.569,58€
PhD Scholarship 1.359,64€ 154,66€ 1.514,30€ 378,58€ 1.892,88€
Research Scholarship: Doctorate 1.901,00€ 154,66€ 2.005,66€ 513,92€ 2.569,58€
Research Scholarship: Master 1.359,64€ 154,66€ 1.514,30€ 378,58€ 1.892,88€
Research Scholarship: Graduate 1.090,98€ 154,66€ 1.245,64€ 311,41€ 1.557,05€
Research Integration Scholarship 701,12€ 154,66€ 855,78€ 213,95€ 1.069,73€

* SSV is only charged for scholarships of 6 months or more

FAQ’s

AlticeLabs@UA is a research lab, based at the University of Aveiro and installed at the Department of Communication and Art, which results from the extensive experience of collaboration between the University of Aveiro and Altice Labs and aims to support academic and research projects of common interest to both institutions.

Given the areas of competence common to both institutions, which we intend to maintain and strengthen through the AlticeLabs@UA laboratory, we are accepting applications for Research Projects that deal, namely, with:

  • Advanced Connectivity;
  • AI‑Driven Autonomous Systems;
  • Secure & Trusted Systems;
  • Digital Experiences & Environments;
  • Defense & Dual‑Use Systems.

Professors and Researchers from the University of Aveiro, in the case of the Research Projects, and Post-graduate students (master’s degree, doctorate, or post-doctorate) from any course at the University of Aveiro, in the case of the Academic Projects.

The maximum funding per project is 25.000€.

July 17th, 2026.

The evaluation and seriation of the research projects will be carried out by a committee comprising two representatives from the University of Aveiro and two from Altice Labs.

The result of the evaluation and seriation will be formalized through the minutes of the committee meeting and published until July 31st 2026.

To obtain more information, please refer to the AlticeLabs@UA protocol and the respective addendum.

Each research project will have a researcher from the University of Aveiro in charge. In the case of projects proposed by one or more researchers, the proposal shall identify the responsible researcher. In the case of projects proposed by students, the responsible researcher will be designated by the coordination and management team of AlticeLabs@UA.
The monitoring of the execution of each project will be carried out by the AlticeLabs@UA coordination and management team, with the regularity that the team considers appropriate for each project.

At the end of the project, the responsible researcher shall deliver the following documents:

  • Project report containing a synthesis of the activity, description of the results, and complete documentation of the modules and components developed;
  • Source code, published in the repository to be designated;
  • Functional demonstration of the developed SW.

Contact us, if you have any questions