Welcome to the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies
The Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies is the international research college of the University of Freiburg. As an integral part of the university, the Institute unites the humanities and social sciences as well as medicine, the natural sciences and engineering. >>
The start of a new era of work at FRIAS
The new website signals the start of a new era of work for the Institute. From the 1st October, FRIAS will be basing its work on an extensive new concept.
FRIAS Fellows publish results on quant transport in Nature Communications
Junior Fellows of the School of Soft Matter Research, theoretical physicist Dr. Florian Mintert and biophysicist Dr. Francesco Rao and their teams have researched conditions regarding quantum transport which plays an important role in photosynthesis.
State of Baden-Württemberg supports continuation of FRIAS
The state of Baden-Württemberg has officially declared its commitment to contribute to the long-term funding of FRIAS, a step that will see it support the new concept for the institute as presented by the university. The decision was announced by Minister of Science Theresia Bauer in Stuttgart.
Freiburg and Strasbourg join forces: joint research groups of FRIAS and USIAS
Four joint research groups have been selected for funding within the first joint fellowship programme of the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) and the University of Strasbourg Institute for Advanced Study (USIAS).
New volume published in FRIAS book series “linguae & litterae”
The volume “Interaction and Mobility. Language and the Body in Motion” (linguae & litterae 20) presents studies on interaction and mobility. The book was edited by Lorenza Mondada, former External Senior Fellow of the School of Language & Literature, together with Pentti Haddington and Maurice Nevile.
Success at the European Union: FRIAS secures new funding for international fellowships
Between 2014 and 2019, the Freiburg Institute for Advanced Studies (FRIAS) will receive up to 3.3 million euros for its international fellowship programme under the European Union’s (EU) Marie Curie COFUND scheme.