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

Calls & Opportunities
 

The course is open to PhD students, master students and postdocs. Students can receive 8 ECTS. The best teams will have to opportunity to bring their idea to reality by accessing the UniVie pre-seed...

Summer School
 

The Summer School will be held 01-06 July 2024 in Louvain-La-Neuve, Belgium. It will offer a series of modules focusing on the different themes of Global Health. Open to PhD students from all...

Retreat
 

We are delighted to announce that the date for our next Annual Retreat has been set. We invite you to join us for 2 days of exciting scientific and social programme with an overnight stay. Keep an eye...

Calls & Opportunities
 

The Circle U.lympics is a programme that delves into the theme of the Olympic Games. The programme is divided into two phases; 1) a series of online webinars and 2) a physical conference in Paris,...

Travel report
 

Read more about Raphaela's experiences at the European Nutrition Conference (FENS), one of the leading conferences in the field of nutrition. This event took place in Belgrade, Serbia.

Event
 

Come and visit us! Several members of our doctoral school will be present with fascinating science stations for you to explore (Mitmachstationen/hands-on stations). Three of them are located in the...

Latest publications


Luo, Xianjin ; Germer, Janin ; Burghardt, Tobias et al. / Dual pH-responsive CRISPR/Cas9 ribonucleoprotein xenopeptide complexes for genome editing. In: European Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences. 2025 ; Vol. 205. pp. 106983.

Li, Encan ; Boujeddaine, Najla ; Houtman, Marien J.C. et al. / Development of new Kir2.1 channel openers from propafenone analogues. In: British Journal of Pharmacology. 2025 ; Vol. 182, No. 3. pp. 633-650.

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