Overview
Swiss Post and the Human-IST Institute at the University of Fribourg have collaborated for several years on a variety of research projects. The HIP Initiative aims to strengthen this partnership and promote innovative research endeavors.
Project development is supported through annual funding and in-kind contributions, while collaborations are facilitated by efficiently matching researchers with Swiss Post employees and vice versa. This initiative fosters a mutualistic relationship, allowing both entities to benefit from each other’s expertise. Scholars can challenge their research through real-world Swiss Post use cases, gain access to employees, and explore internal processes to investigate or validate specific research questions. We place particular emphasis on preserving the university's full academic freedom in this collaboration, with the primary objective of fostering meaningful synergies between both institutions.
This is an exceptional opportunity for researchers to make a meaningful impact on society.
The yearly call for projects
The HIP Initiative promotes the development of new projects through an annual call for proposals. This call allocates 100,000 CHF amongst selected projects and offers support to help kickstart ideas and demonstrate their feasibility and mutual interest. The objetive of this call is to assist researchers with preliminary work that will enable projects to secure larger funding from external sources once the year-long support concludes. For more information, please visit the Call 4 Projects page.