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Funding

What FRIAS offers

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.

Funding Programmes

Find out about our funding programmes. Programmes with open Calls for Application are highlighted in dark blue. To find the programmes aligned with your needs and career stage, please use our Funding Finder.

FRIAS Fellowship
Programmes

FRIAS Fellowships are available to postdoctoral researchers of all nationalities and disciplines, based in Freiburg, Germany, and abroad.

Freiburg Research Collaboration Programme (FRESCO)

This programme promotes collaboration between scientists from the University of Freiburg and top researchers from Germany and abroad.

FRIAS Project Groups

This programme is open to researchers at the University of Freiburg. A Project Group may include multiple disciplines.

FRIAS Conference

FRIAS supports conference projects by early-career researchers at the University of Freiburg.

External Funding

Academics who have secured their own funding for a research residency in Freiburg may apply for a fellowship at FRIAS at any time.

Former Programmes

In the past, FRIAS has hosted and managed a variety of funding programmes.

Alumni Programme

This programme allows former fellows to come back to FRIAS for a short stay, ranging from two to a maximum of six weeks.