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
• ALLPreT: Allergen prediction toolbox for noval foods
  Project duration: 01.09.2022-31.08.2026
  Principal investigator: Priv.-Doz. Dr. Gabriele Gadermaier, Department of Biosciences and Medical Biology
• Rebone: End-to-end multisdisciplinary optimal design for improved personalized bioactive glass-ceramic bone sibstitute implants
  Project duration: 01.01.2024-31.12.2027
  Principal investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dr. John Dunlop, Department of Chemistry and Physics of Materials

FWF- Doctoral Programmes

• Doctoral Programme Challenges of European Integration
  Project duration: 01.10.2021-30.09.2025
  Principal investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Michael Blauberger, Department of Political Science/SCEUS
• Doctoral Programme doc.hci: Designing Meaningful Human Technology Relations
  Project duration: 01.05.2022-30.4.2026
  Principal investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Alexander Meschtscherjakov, Department of Artificial Intelligence and Human Interfaces

Training Programmes Funded by Foundations or State Subsidies

• Doctoral College SCEUS – Salzburg Center of European Union Studies
  Project duration: 01.10.2008–30.04.2024
  Principal investigator: Univ.-Prof. Dr. Ariadna Ripoll Servent, Department of Political Science/SCEUS
• 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