Structured Doctoral Programmes

Doctoral training at the University of Salzburg offers young academics an opportunity to start their own research work. In order to strengthen the structured training of doctoral students, the university participates in various research programmes on an international and national level.

Some of the Structured Doctoral Programmes the university participates in are:

Marie Sklodowska-Curie Actions (Innovative Training Networks)

• DIRNANO: Directing the immune response through designed nanomaterials:
  Project duration: 01.10.2020–30.09.2024
  Principal investigator: Assoz. Prof. Mag. Dr. Jutta Horejs-Höck, Dept. of Biosciences and Medical Biology / Allergy-Cancer-BioNano Research Centre
• SellSTEM: Spatial thinking in STEM learning: Training a new generation of researchers to increase enrolment and gender balance in STEM learning by addressing deficits in spatial ability among children in Europe
  Project duration: 01.01.2021–31.12.2024
  Principal investigator: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Günter Maresch, School of Education
• ENDONANO: Quantitative detection of bacterial endotoxin by novel nanotechnological approaches
  Project duration: 01.01.2019–31.12.2022
  Principal investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Albert Duschl, Dept. of Biosciences and Medical Biology / Allergy-Cancer-BioNano Research Centre

FWF- Doctoral Programmes

• Doctoral Programm Immunity in Cancer and Allergy
  Project duration: 01.08.2008–30.06.2022
  Principal investigator: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Christian Huber, Dept. of Biosciences and Medical Biology / Allergy-Cancer-BioNano Research Centre
• Doctoral Programm Imaging the Mind: Connectedness of Cognitive Domains
  Project duration: 01.03.2011–28.02.2023
  Principal investigator: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Manuel Schabus, Psychology / Centre for Cognitive Neuroscience

Training Programmes Funded by Foundations or State Subsidies

• Doctoral Programm Die Künste und ihre öffentliche Wirkung: Dynamiken des Wandels
  Project duration: 01.10.2019–30.09.2022
  Principal investigator: Dr. Gerbert Schwaighofer, Art and Science Focus Area
• Doctoral Programm Kulturen – Religionen – Identitäten: Spannungsfelder und Wechselwirkungen (Cultures – Religions – Identities: Areas of Tension and Interactions)
  Project duration: 01.10.2018–30.09.2023
  Principal investigator: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gregor Maria Hoff, Systematic Theology
• Doctoral School Öffentliches Wirtschaftsrecht (Public Commercial Law)
  Project duration: 01.10.2017–30.06.2022
  Principal investigator: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Benjamin Kneihs, Public Law
• Doctoral College SCEUS – Salzburg Center of European Union Studies
  Project duration: 01.10.2008–31.10.2023
  Principal investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Stefan Griller, Public Law / Salzburg Center of European Union Studies

 

• Postgraduate Education Internationales Theologisches Exzellenzprogramm
  Project duration: 01.10.2021–30.09.2024
  Principal investigator: Univ.-Prof. Mag. Dr. Gregor Maria Hoff, Systematic Theology

 

Doctorate School PLUS

In addition to the externally funded training programmes, the 20 internally established doctoral colleges of the Doctorate School PLUS (DSP) make a significant contribution to promoting young researchers too.

Photograph: © Luigi Caputo