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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Awards
 

Der mit € 10.000 dotierte Preis zeichnet junge Kommunikator*innen bis 35 Jahre aus, die die Funktionsweisen der Biotechnologie und die daraus resultierenden neuartigen medizinischen...

Award/ Grant Winners
 

The winners of the infographics competition have been chosen by a jury consisting of Walter Longauer (APA Infographics Director), Tanja Traxler (Der Standard) and Sarah Davies (Prof. of...

Grants
 

- boost your PhD experience by a short-term visit in another lab abroad -

Call is open now: application deadline on 15 July 2022

Calls & Opportunities
 

University of Vienna's novel training and fellowship programme to help realise innovative venture ideas. The registration for the first bootcamp on...

 

Grants
 

PhaNuSpo invites applications for completion grants, aiming to support doctoral students in their final phase of their doctoral studies.

 

Ukraine
 

The University of Vienna is committed to providing assistance to its Ukrainian students during these hard times of war. Psychologist Brigitte Lueger-Schuster explains the background of the counselling...

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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