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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Grants
 

The seed grants should be used for the preparation of a major funding application and the project must be relevant to the field of Data Science.

Application deadline: 31 October 2024

PhD Corner
 

If you want to gain insights into policymaking process and learn how to communicate scientific findings to policymakers, join the first Univie Science for Policy Hackathon!

Deadline: 11 November 2024

Media
 

In this episode, we talk with Catharina Candussi, a PhD student in Public Health Nutrition, about her research on plant-based diets and their impact on health. With 5% of Europeans identifying as...

Lecture
 

"Benchmarking success in molecular generation": An exciting lecture as a part of Department Meeting by Prof. Daniel Svozil, University of Chemistry and Technology, Prague, Czech Republic.

Calls & Opportunities
 

The call for applications is open from 03.10.2024 to 27.10.2024.

For 'short-term finishing contracts' or 'completion fellowships' starting between January and June 2025.

Travel report
 

Our PhD student Irem Duman (Pharmaceutical Sciences) attended the 2024 European Congress on Alternatives to Animal Testing at the University of Linz, Austria.

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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