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Seal element of the university of freiburg in the shape of a clover
  • FRIAS Building behind a tree
  • Situation in the FRIAS seminar room. Female person speaking
  • YAS Members having conversation in the FRIAS lounge
  • Two Researchers with microscope
  • People talking in lecture hall

Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies

Welcome to FRIAS!

The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) is the University of Freiburg’s research college. It provides time, space, and funding for high-level research. FRIAS is dedicated to interdisciplinary research across a wide variety of topics and welcomes scholars from all countries and disciplines.

Scholar sitting in FRIAS Library

Web relaunch

Welcome to the new FRIAS Website!

As part of the university-wide website relaunch, FRIAS has completely redesigned its online presence. The updated website is intended to be clearer, more user-friendly, and includes several new features. Take a look around – we look forward to your feedback.

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Call for Applications

FRIAS Conferences for Freiburg Early Career Researchers

PhD candidates and postdoctoral researchers are invited to apply for funding to organize a conference held at FRIAS. Each conference can host up to 35 participants. Applications are open until 28 February 2025.

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Tea Time in the FRIAS Lounge

Become a Fellow

Are you Postdoc or an established researcher? Explore your opportunities at FRIAS.

Get in touch

How can we help? Find the right contact person for your specific inquiry.

YAS Members working in the FRIAS seminar room

About FRIAS

Founded in 2007, FRIAS is a central academic institution of the University of Freiburg, deeply integrated into the university’s structure. FRIAS fosters connections between the University of Freiburg and the global academic community, encouraging partnerships and research collaborations that enhance the university’s international presence. With its funding programmes, FRIAS provides a space and forum for scholars from diverse fields to research and collaborate, promoting new perspectives on critical scientific and societal challenges.

Funding

FRIAS offers time-limited research residencies in Freiburg, welcoming both established researchers and promising early-career scholars (with a minimum of a completed PhD) from all disciplines, based in Freiburg, Europe, and beyond. To support collaborative initiatives, FRIAS also funds group research projects that bring together interdisciplinary teams, encouraging innovative approaches to research topics and questions across all fields.

Two Researchers with microscope
FRIAS Fellow in Library

Research

Research at FRIAS is driven by funding programmes and is conducted on a temporary basis. Unrestricted by fixed themes or specific research fields, FRIAS is open to ideas from all academic disciplines. At its core are the individual research projects of FRIAS fellows, complemented by collaborative research group projects. Most recently, FRIAS launched the Freiburg Postdoctoral Academy, which focuses on supporting early-career researchers and is closely integrated with the University of Freiburg’s primary research areas.

Events

FRIAS offers a diverse range of events and lecture series for fellows, university members, and the wider public. Find what interests you and join us!

Freiburger Horizonte

Die Achse der Gekränkten
Wie Wladimir Putin und andere autoritäre Führer mit vorgeblicher Kränkung Politik machen


Michael Thumann (Außenpolitischer Korrespondent der ZEIT)

20. Januar 2025, 19:00Uhr
Aula, KG I

FRIAS Lunch Lectures 2024/25

The Sustainable Transformation of the University


Julia Karch (University of Freiburg)
Joscha Hoffmann (University of Freiburg)
11 December 2024, 12:00-13:00

Zoom Meeting

FRIAS seminar room from the hallway

FRIAS Colloquium

Energy and Generational Injustice


Stephen Howard (University of Leuven)
13 January 2025, 15:00-16:00

FRIAS seminar room

FRIAS Conference

Material Matters: Unveiling the Dynamics of Reuse in Pre-Modern Texts, Images, and Carriers


31 March – 3 April 2025

FRIAS seminar room

News & Media

Learn more about the latest stories and developments at FRIAS and discover our media library.

Young Academy for Sustainability Research (YAS)

Career launchpad and incubator for sustainability research

After three years, the first funding phase of the Young Academy for Sustainability Research (YAS) ended in September 2024. The Academy has become an incubator for innovative projects in the field of sustainability research and has supported the careers of up-and-coming scientists. It now also serves as a model for the University of Freiburg.

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Doctoral Network

FRIAS Fellow Sansone receives Marie Skłodowska-Curie funding

The doctoral network QU-ATTO, coordinated by Prof. Dr. Giuseppe Sansone, is supported by the “Marie Skłodowska-Curie Doctoral Network” program. It investigates processes in quantum information science, such as quantum entanglement or coherence, with the temporal resolution enabled by attosecond technology.

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MdL Saint-Cast zu Gast am FRIAS

“Ein Aushängeschild für den Forschungsstandort”

Bei einem Besuch am FRIAS hob die baden-württembergische Landtagsabgeordnete Nadyne Saint-Cast (Die Grünen) die wichtige Rolle des Instituts für die Förderung internationaler Spitzenforschung hervor – auch mit Blick auf die aktuelle Runde der Exzellenzinitiative.

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Short News

Elisabeth Piller (Internal Fellow 2024/25) has been honoured with the Synergy Grant by the European Research Council (ERC). Piller is investigating how the scarcity of resources affected the period during both World Wars.

FRIAS Co-Director Barbara Di Ventura has attracted some media attention by creatively blending two of her passions—music and science—into “musical abstracts.”

Karsten Schubert (Junior Fellow 2022/23) has published a new book titled Lob der Identitätspolitik addressing the recurring critique that identity politics, despite its anti-discrimination aims, risks leading democracy into the confines of tribalism. 

row of YAS members FRIAS Seminar room

Interested in our Funding Programmes?

Learn more about what we have to offer.