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PIER Funding

The aim of the funding is to pick up good research ideas and to enable their implementation. Funding will focus on creative ideas, lateral thinking as well as risky research ideas with possibly high potential benefits...

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PIER

is the strategic partnership between DESY and Universität Hamburg ("Partnership for Innovation, Education and Research"). It is a future-oriented collaboration between two strong partners in the Hamburg metropolitan area...

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Research

PIER concentrates on four pioneering research fields and two areas of expertise that form interdisciplinary networks between the research fields. Particle and Astroparticle Physics, Nanoscience, Photon Science...

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Innovation

Part of PIER’s mission is to promote innovation within the thematic scope of the PIER research fields. PIER seeks to establish an innovation-friendly culture on the science campus in Hamburg Bahrenfeld and to foster an entrepreneurial spirit among its researchers...

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PIER Helmholtz Graduate School

Doctoral candidates who attend Hamburg’s PIER Helmholtz Graduate School benefit from outstanding research in Particle and Astroparticle Physics, Nanoscience, Photon Science, Infection and Structural Biology, Accelerator Research and Theoretical Physics.

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PIER News

PIER Graduate Week 2018

08 October 2018

PhD students discussing the PIER Graduate Week's programme. Photograph: Marta Mayer/DESY

This year's PIER Graduate Week takes place from 8 - 11 October 2018 in the Center for Free-Electron Laser Science. The graduate week's main objective is to introduce PhD students to the neighbouring PIER research fields of Particle & Astroparticle Physics, Nanoscience, Photon Science, Infection & Structural Biology. Both national and international experts offer stimulating ...

PIER Innovation Lunch Talk: Hidden Assumptions and Typical Pitfalls When Founding in Tech

25 June 2018

Photograph: Marta Mayer / DESY

What does “sales” mean in reality? Where should I set my priorities: sell what I have or develop the next product? And what typical errors can I avoid when founding in tech? These and other questions were answered by Florian Pithan, co-founder and marketing manager of the DESY spin-off X-Spectrum GmbH during the June edition of the PIER Innovation Lunch Talks. Date: 25 ...

dynaMENT: Mentoring programme kick-off

18 June 2018

Kick-off dynaMENT: Panel discussion with Christina Bömer, Dr. Pardis Niknejadi and Prof. Beate Heinemann. Photograph: Michel Dingler

The criteria that are necessary to succeed in science are given and have to be fulfilled. The path to success, however, is a broad playing field in which professional mentoring can be extremely valuable. The kick-off event on 18 June for the third round of the program dynaMENT “Mentoring for Women in Natural Sciences” clearly demonstrated, how fruitful a ...

PIER Helmholtz Graduate School

PIER Helmholtz Graduate School

Travel grants, language and soft skill courses, career training, helpdesk and more services for PhD Students of Universität Hamburg and DESY.

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PIER Dates

20 Aug. 2018 13:30

PhD defense:Coherent X-ray diffractive imaging of biological samples in 2D and 3D with synchrotron and XFEL radiation

Speaker: Max Jakob Rose

Location: Gebäude 1b, Seminarraum 4a,

24 Aug. 2018 10:00

DOIT Breakfast Meeting

Location: bldg. 9

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Research Funding

With the PIER Idea Fund, Universität Hamburg and DESY promote the development of future joint research projects.

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Innovation

PIER offers a variety of event formats and activities in order to foster an innovation-friendly culture on the Hamburg Bahrenfeld campus.

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PIER Scientists Register

PIER Scientists are the basis of PIER. Sign in here if you would like to join the research network of more than 300 PIER Scientists.

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