The Vienna Doctoral School of Theology and Research on Religion (VDTR) addresses the challenge of balancing multiple priorities, particularly improving supervision quality while meeting the evolving needs of doctoral researchers in an interdisciplinary context through academic skills training. This contribution will briefly present the strategies of the University of Vienna and the VDTR concerning supervision and skills training. It aims to initiate a discussion on identifying key priorities for supervision and academic skills development in disciplines related to research on religion.