Alix Heiniger, Eccellenza Fellow in the Department of Contemporary History
17.09.2021
Alix Heiniger has been awarded Eccellenza funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation and will take up her position as assistant professor of contemporary history on 1 September 2021.
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"La ville ornée" - a major SNSF project funding for the Department of Art History and Archaeology
23.04.2021
Between the 15th and 18th centuries, a large number of European cities featured painted facades with historic scenes, monumental figures and ornaments. The project, led by Professor Jérémie Koering, focuses…
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Three new PRIMA grants for female researchers at Unifr
29.10.2020
Three researchers have been awarded the prestigious PRIMA funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation at Unifr. The PRIMA programme is aimed at woman researchers with high potential to become professors.…
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European research project - predicting tomorrow's fashion
07.04.2020
Imagine a clever computer which could explore the internet, then predict next year's fashion in clothing. Who would be interested in such a software? For one, Zalando, the largest online European clothing…
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New SINERGIA projects at Unifr
25.03.2020
Four researchers from the University of Fribourg have obtained "Sinergia" funding from the Swiss National Fund. Sinergia supports ambitious collaborative projects between two to four professors in Switzerland,…
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Two new Marie-Curie fellows at Unifr
05.03.2020
Two post-doctoral researchers have been awarded prestigious Marie Skłodowska-Curie Fellowships at Unifr. Philip Scholten and Samet Kocabey will investigate degradable plastics and cancer biomarkers.
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National Research Programme 77 at Unifr
19.02.2020
The National Research Programme 77 on Digital Transformation has just started with 37 projects selected, financed by the Confederation to the tune of CHF 30 million. Several researchers from the University…
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Seventeen Unifr researchers awarded grants in new SNSF program
03.12.2019
Seventeen researchers at Unifr have obtained grants from the new Spark funding scheme of the Swiss National Science Foundation. Spark provides up to one year of funding to explore new scientific ideas,…
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Three PRIMA grants for female researchers from the National Fund
09.10.2019
Three researchers obtained PRIMA funding from the Swiss National Science Foundation this year at Unifr, all three at the Faculty of Arts. PRIMA supports women in the transition to the position of research…
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