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

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...

Event
 

Application deadline on 2 May 2023

Circle U.’s Global Health Hub invites academics of all career stages from across the alliance to attend a thematic seminar on Teaching and Research in Global...

Research
 

Individuals with elevated bilirubin levels often are metabolically healthier and even protected from some types of cancer. A team of nutritional scientists led by Karl-Heinz Wagner has found out why...

Retreat
 

The annual PhaNuSpo Retreat will take place on 18-19 September 2023 in Söchau, Styria.

For updates on the programme and more, please follow the Retreat homepage.

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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