Researchers at the University of Fribourg who have a work contract with the University can benefit from the same IRO services as all staff members.

Researchers at doctoral level are considered students and can therefore also use the IRO services for students.

The website of the Office of Research Support offers numerous other mobility and funding options, such as:

• Doc.Mobility for graduate assistants at the University of Fribourg who wish to deepen their doctoral studies through a research stay at an academic institute abroad before returning to Unifr to complete their dissertation.
• The Unifr Centenary Research Fund is aimed at Unifr researchers and aims to support research activities that contribute to the intellectual impact of the institution.
• The research pool aims to dynamise research at Unifr by supporting projects that cannot be financed by other sources.

Application deadlines can be found in the Open Calls for Researchers agenda.

Researchers from abroad have the following opportunities to complete a research stay at the University of Fribourg with a scholarship.

• Scholarships from the University of Fribourg for doctoral students (maximum 5 months) and post-doctoral students (maximum 3 months) whose place of residence is abroad and who wish to come to the University of Fribourg for a research stay.

• Scholarships from the Swiss Confederation for doctoral and post-doctoral students whose place of residence is abroad and who wish to carry out research at Unifr for 12 months, as well as people who wish to complete their entire doctorate at Unifr (3 years).

• The Fondation Jean et Bluette Nordmann finances exchange visits between Unifr and the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. Professors, postdoctoral researchers, doctoral students, and Master's students can apply for the scholarships.

• Researchers who are financing their research stay with a scholarship from a partner university or a foreign government.

Here  is more information about the above-mentioned scholarship programmes for foreign researchers.