Duarte Monteiro

• Structure and submit high-value applications under Portugal's PRR and COMPETE 2030, coordinating technical, financial and compliance documentation across the project lifecycle.
• Led the drafting of an €18M consortium funding application for a major Portuguese industrial group.
• Support a digital-health scale-up's PRR Mobilising Agenda and R&D funding strategy.

• Led 15 Portugal 2030 applications (>€4.3M approved) and supported 35 more (>€15.6M) across industry, healthcare, wine and cork.
• Identified €2.9M in SIFIDE/RFAI tax benefits across 27 client mandates.
• Monitored 27 approved projects and prepared IVV/PEPAC reporting.
• Designed a continuous-improvement system that became my MSc thesis.

• Co-led a winning Erasmus+ framework-partnership application and a €75,000 specific grant for a six-country consortium.
• Negotiated directly with the European Commission's EACEA on scope, work packages and budget.
• Defined work packages, timelines, impact metrics and annual budget execution.

As a Summer Intern in the role of Project Analyst, I supported key activities in managing financial projects related to initiatives such as Portugal 2030 and PRR. My responsibilities included:
- Assisting in the preparation of financial demonstrations to support project applications.
- Conducting detailed analyses to ensure alignment with funding criteria.
- Supporting the drafting and submission

• Co-led the successful Erasmus+ "Civil Society Cooperation in Youth" framework-partnership application and a €75,000 specific grant, coordinating a six-country consortium.
• Defined five work packages, timelines and impact metrics, negotiated with EACEA and oversaw annual budget execution.

As Vice-President of Corporate Relations at ESTIEM LG Aveiro, I was in charge of maintaining and expanding relationships with companies, organizations and other stakeholders, in order to provide students with relevant experiences, projects and networking opportunities. I was responsible for organizing events, workshops, and networking activities, and for leading a team of student representatives i

As a financial content writer at MeuCapital, I was responsible for producing and publishing articles and informative materials about financial topics, including investments, economics, and financial planning. Additionally, I collaborated with the marketing team to create effective content strategies to attract and engage the target audience.

During my internship, I was able to develop my leadership skills as well as being responsible for the Great Britain customer portfolio. I had the task to search for those contacts on LinkedIn Sales Navigator, contact them and reroute them to the people above me.

Worked as Collaborator of Corporate Relations at ESTIEM LG Aveiro.

Along with 5 other people, responsible for the decoration and technology for the "Lean Conference" event, which took place at the University of Aveiro during the days of May 24th and 25th, 2022, with the aim of putting Lean into practice. Approximately 200 participants and 20 companies from various business sectors were present over the course of two days, including lectures, Lean Talks, workshops

I had the opportunity to work as a member of the Decoration and Technology team for the 7th edition of "In Touch - Networking today, a job tomorrow", which featured around 35 companies and almost 200 participants from the academic community of the University of Aveiro. The event consists of various business-related lectures, a company fair, and pitch sessions. I was, among other things, responsibl

Grade: 17/20 (thesis 18/20)

Activities and societies: ESTIEM (European Students of Industrial Engineering and Management)

MSc thesis (18/20): "Bridging Strategy and Execution: A Continuous Improvement Model for Knowledge-Intensive Firms". Designed and piloted the "IC Improvement House" framework, quadrupling improvement-suggestion throughput and cutting implementation time from 75.8 to ~29 days.

Completed a Bachelor's degree in Engineering and Industrial Management at the University of Aveiro.

Completed secondary education in Sciences and Technologies at Escola Básica e Secundária Lousada Norte.