Funding

There are several options for financing your doctoral thesis. A good practice is to discuss it with your supervisor before starting the PhD.  Below is a list of some of the options:

• As a PhD, you might be financed from a grant that your supervisor has, e.g from the SNSF (projects), EC, Foundations and others.
• Overview of funding opportunities available for Doctoral students directly
• Short-term Scholarships offered to students by the University of Fribourg
• Funds for academic publications by the Unifr, Unifr Open Access Fund and by the SNSF
• CSWM Funding for Continuing Education contributes financially to the enhancement of researchers' profiles (for example: participation in conferences)

The SNSF offers supplementary measures to PhD students employed through SNSF funding. This includes:

• Mobility grants in projects – aims at students who wish to improve scientific profile by going abroad to 6-12 months.
• Gender equality grants – aims at young women researchers to support career development
• Flexibility grant – supports doctoral students with children