The Vienna Doctoral School of Pharmaceutical, Nutrutional and Sport Sciences will make full use of the offered services of the Center for Doctoral Studies, such as:

• Welcome Days for PhD candidates
• Transferable skills workshops:
  • Library research and organising information
  • Academic writing and Publishing in GERMA
  • Presentation skills and Science communication in GERMAN
  • Writing, presenting and communicating in English
  • Funding possibilities and grant proposal writin
  • Career development and organising projects
  • Science Communication/Public Engagement
  • Analysing Data
  • Teaching competences
• Scientific writing (in GERMAN)
• Afternoon talks: wide rage, e.g. career paths with a PhD, entrepreneurship and innovation
• Well-being in academia

Furthermore, exchange with peers as follows:

• PhD Café
• Welcome Days
• Dissertation Writing Groups

Further activities will be placed in order to support the career of the doctoral candidates:

• Interaction with national and international experts during the annual retreat
• PostDoc mentoring, which includes introduction into scientific writing and early proof reading of paper drafts
• Support (also financially) for international research stays