Previous openings: funded PhD positions

no claim for completeness

PhD position: University assistant predoctoral at the Department of Nutritional Sciences (Reference 1883)

  • Supervisor & contact: Claudia Angele 
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline: 15 February 2024

PhD position (University assistant predoctoral) at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Reference: 1512)

  • Supervisor: Verena Dirsch
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hrs/week
  • Application deadline: 07 January 2024

PhD position (University assistant predoctoral) at the Department of Sport Science (Reference: 704)

  • Supervisor: Barbara Wessner
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline: 15 December 2023

PhD position (University assistant predoctoral) at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences(Reference 1375)

  • Supervisor: Anna Weinzinger
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline on 03 December 2023

Dietician at the Department of Nutritional Sciences (Reference 14230)

  • Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ina Bergheim
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline on 27 June 2023

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Reference 14130)

  • Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Gerhard Ecker
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline on 12 June 2023

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Sport Science (Reference 14059)

  • Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Arnold Baca
  • Employment: 3 years, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline on 31 May 2023

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Sport Science (Reference 13640)

  • Supervisors: Ass.-Prof. Rosa Diketmüller and Assoz. Prof. Stefan Meier
  • Employment: 3 years, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline on 02 June 2023

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Sport Science (Reference 13834)

  • Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Robert Csapo
  • Employment: 3 years, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline: 02 May 2023

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Nutritonal Sciences (Reference 13602)

  • Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Jürgen König
  • Employment: 3 years, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline: 01 May 2023

University Assistant (prae doc) in the BioNMR & Drug Discovery by Advanced NMR Methods group at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

  • Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Julien Orts
  • Employment: 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline: 31 March 2023

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Reference 13882)

  • Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Manfred Ogris
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week.
  • Application deadline: 21 March 2023

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Reference 13858)

  •  PhD Supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Thierry Langer
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week.
  • Application deadline: 21 March 2023

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Nutritional Sciences (Reference 13784)

  • PhD supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Tilman Kühn
  • The PhD project is embedded in a large-scale human cohort study on the health aspects of plant-based diets. 
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week.
  • Application deadline: 31 January 2023

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Reference 13783)

  • PhD Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Marietta Zille, PhD
  • PhD position in Cerebrovascular Pharmacology
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week.
  • Application deadline: 22 February 2023

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Reference 13581)

  • PhD supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Verena Dirsch
  • PhD project: to identify and pharmacologically characterize bioactive natural products, mainly in the context of metabolic disorders, and inflammation.
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week.
  • Application deadline: 04 October 2022

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Reference 13573)

  • Contact: Dr. Judith Wackerlig
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week.
  • Application deadline: 04 October 2022

PhD position in Immunology “Targeted Delivery to Langerhans Cells”

  • Contact: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Rademacher
  • The Molecular Drug Targeting lab at the University of Vienna, Austria, invites applications for a PhD position. The candidate should have an excellent track record in Immunology to complement a multidisciplinary team working on drug delivery to Langerhans Cells.
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week.
  • Application deadline: 30 September 2022

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Reference 13081)

  • PhD supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Verena Dirsch
  • Research project: i to identify and pharmacologically characterize bioactive natural products, mainly in the context of metabolic disorders, and inflammation.
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week.
  • Application deadline: 30 May 2022

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Reference 13084)

  • PhD supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Manfred Ogris
  • The MMCT research laboratory is developing novel nanomedicine-based therapeutics with a strong focus for the treatment of malignant diseases.
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week.
  • Application deadline: 09 May 2022

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Nutritional Sciences (Ref.Nr. 13092)

  • PhD supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Karl-Heinz Wagner
  • The working group ANTIOX seeks support for collaborative research projects.
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline: 09 May 2022

PhaNuSpo offers 3 doctoral positions (prae doc) (Reference 12545)

  • PhD positon 1: Forschung zu  Fachdidaktik Ernährung und Haushaltsökonomie
    Supervisor: Assoz. Prof. Dr. paed. Claudia Maria Angele
  • PhD positon 2: Research on Predicting bone growth to avoid femoral deformities
    Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Hans Kainz, MSc PhD
  • PhD positon 3: Research on Work on 3D cell culture methodology
    Supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dr. Verena Pichler
  • Employment: 4 year/s, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline: 31 December 2021

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Reference 12523)

  • PhD supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Christoph Rademacher
  • The candidate should have an excellent track record in immunology to conduct current research projects.
  • Employment: 3 years, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline: 07 December 2021

PhD student (Praedoc) position in the field of long noncoding RNAs at the Clinical Pharmacy Group of the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences

  • PhD supervisor: Ass.-Prof. Dr. Florian Kopp
  • For our new project, we are looking for a highly motivated young scientist. In this project, we seek to identify the molecular and physiological function of a novel mammalian lncRNA in tissue homeostasis and tissue regeneration using mouse models and cell-based systems together with modern molecular biology and next-generation sequencing techniques including single-cell RNA-seq.

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Centre for Sport Science and University Sports (Reference 12401)

  • PhD supervisor: Assoz. Prof. Dr. Stefan Meier
  • PhD project in the field of sports education/didactics.
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline: 12 December 2021

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Nutritional Sciences (Reference 12367)

  • Contact: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ina Bergheim, Privatdoz.
  • The PhD student will be responsible for the conceptualisation, coordination and supervision of studies in the area of metabolic liver diseases. In particular, on molecular mechanisms of the development of fatty liver disease and the role and interaction of nutrition, intestinal barrier function and the liver. 
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline: 29 November 2021

Scientific Staff (prae doc) at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Reference 12284)

  • Contact: Univ.-Prof. Christoph Rademacher
  • Employment: 3 year/s, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline: 11 October 2021

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Sport Science (Reference 12153)

  • PhD supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Robert Csapo
  • Employment: 4 years, 30 hours/week
  • Application deadline: 30 September 2021

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences (Reference 12290)

  • PhD supervisor: Assoz. Prof. Dr. Elke Heiß, Privatdoz.
  • PhD position at the Cellular Stress Resistance Team: The duties comprise the independent execution of a research project in the area of cell/molecular biology with focus on the potential regulation of Nrf2-dependent gene expression by the kinase AMPK and selected natural products.
  • Application deadline: 19 September 2021

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Division of Pharmacology and Toxicology (Reference 11897)

  • PhD supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Manuela Schmid, PhD
  • Do you have a strong interest in systems biology and disease-related research in the context of chronic pain? Do you want to benefit from working in an interdisciplinary, dynamic, and highly motivated research group embedded in the excellent and international environment of the Pharmaceutical Sciences at the University of Vienna?
  • Application deadline: 09 April 2021

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Sport Science (Reference 11715)

  • PhD supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Daniel König
  • The PhD student will pe part of the working group "Sports Nutrition" and will study in this/her PhD project the synergistic influences of sports and nutrition on the human organism.
  • Application deadline: 23 March 2021

University Assistant (prae doc) at the Department of Nutritonal Sciences (Reference 11795)

  • PhD supervisor: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Daniel König
  • In the working group "Sports Nutrition" located at the Department of Nutritional Sciences synergistic influences of sports and nutrition on the human organism are investigated.
  • Application deadline: 11 March 2021