Mission Statement

This doctoral programme intends to provide an internationally competitive scientific training of doctoral students in innovative pharmaceutical, nutritional and sport research.

The school wants to attract motivated students and to guide them towards scientific excellence and independence in a truly unique and dynamic multi-as well as interdisciplinary environment to finally become well-educated, open-minded and responsible graduates. The cohorts trained and supported by the VDS PhaNuSpo are part of the vibrant research environment at the Faculty of Life Sciences and the Centre for Sport Science and University Sports of the University of Vienna.

Your Benefits

  • Co-supervision and mentoring from at least two experts in your field.
  • Low hierarchies and an open door policy.
  • Interdisciplinary exchange in the form of joint courses, seminars, retreats and social events.
  • Additional financial support e.g. in the form of completion or mobility grants.
  • A strong student voice.
  • Dedicated administrative support.

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 News

Event
 

The workshop on 1 June offers an introduction to the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and provides the necessary know-how to be able to formulate the impact of one's own research and relate it...

Media
 

Dear PhaNuSpo doctoral students,

Do YOU want to actively contribute to the launching of this NEW PODCAST, designed by and for doctoral students? Then we invite you to participate in the launch and...

Awards
 

Application deadline extended until June 25, 2023.

The Austrian Association of Molecular Life Sciences and Biotechnology (ÖGMBT) has started the competition for the "Life Science Awards Austria 2023"...

Awards
 

Your ongoing dissertation project has the potential to generate social, economic or cultural impact? Win the Impact Award 2023 and spread the impact of your research project with a tailor-made video! ...

Research
 

Producing antibiotics takes a lot of effort – even when the activity is outsourced to bacteria. A research group with Olga Sekurova and Sergey Zotchev from the University of Vienna has now discovered...

Event
 

Three webinars and a panel discussion on the transformation of science and studies:

* 25 April 2023 16:00 - 17:30, Prof. Dr. Bernhard Knapp on "AI/Chat GPT in teaching and research"

* 25th of May...

Latest publications


Bragagna, Laura ; Polak, Christina ; Schütz, Lisa et al. / DNA damage and oxidative stress biomarkers in healthy male volunteers after a repeated bolus and continuous glucose infusion. Abstracts of the 52nd EEMGS & 15th ICAW Meeting: 52nd European Environmental Mutagenesis and Genomics Society (EEMGS) & 15th International Comet Assay Workshops (ICAW) meeting. editor / Marko Geric ; Goran Gajski. Vol. 75 2025. pp. 117-117

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2 Faculties and 3 doctoral programmes
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