The Vice President's Office for Research is responsible for strategic and operative duties. It advises and supports researchers with questions related to the promotion of persons and projects and coordinates and supports the actions of the University of Lucerne’s Research Committee (FoKo).

The Grants Office supports researchers of the University of Lucerne with all questions relating to third-party funding applications.  On behalf of the Research Commission, it also manages the internal allocation of funds through the internal Research Fund.

The Research Committee FoKo (see website section ‘Research’) is responsible for promoting research activities and for coordinating research policy. It also serves as the research committee for the Swiss National Science Foundation (SNSF) for the University of Lucerne (FK-SNSF).