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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 Innovation Lunch Talks: Starting and Running a Hardware-based Start-Up

22 November 2018

Desy Hamburg

What are challenges and pitfalls in technical sales? What is it like from an expat’s perspective to run a startup in Germany? These and other questions will be answered by Haynes Cheng, CTO of the DESY spin-off Cycle GmbH, during the next PIER Innovation Lunch Talk Date&Venue 22 November 2018, 12 noon – 1:30 p.m. Campus Bahrenfeld CFEL, SR1

Alexander Knetsch receives doctoral students' prize

20 November 2018

From left: DESY Director Helmut Dosch, awardees Alexander Knetsch and Stefan Zeller, F. Büßer, Chairperson of the VFFD. Photo: DESY/B. Stachowske

Association of the Friends and Supporters of DESY presents doctoral students’ prize Alexander Knetsch and Stefan Zeller have been awarded the 2018 doctoral students’ prize by the Association of the Friends and Supporters of DESY (VFFD). The prize was presented to them yesterday evening as part of DESY’s Science Day in recognition of their excellent ...

PIER Innovation Lunch Talks: What Does the Perfect Pitch Look Like?

25 October 2018

Photograph: rawpixel on Unsplash

How can I convince others of my business idea within just a few minutes? What are essential elements of a successful pitch? These and other questions will be answered by Bianca Praetorius, a private pitch coach with long-standing experience in coaching tech start-ups, during the next PIER Innovation Lunch Talk. Join us for a get-together after the talk, discuss further ...

Get to know PIER!

Our info film provides a brief overview of the PIER activities and program offers.

PIER Dates

12 Dec. 2018 12:00

DOIT lunch talk

Location: Großer Gästespeisesaal

17 Dec. 2018 to 21 Dec. 2018

C++ for PhD students

Location: Seminar room 3

19 Dec. 2018 10:00

PIER PhD Seminar 2018 (winter)

Location: building 61 (PIER Office), room 116

19 Dec. 2018 13:00

PhD defense:Calibration and Analysis of Data taken with the Technological Prototype of the Analog Hadron Calorimeter (AHCAL) for a Detector at the International Linear Collider

Speaker: Ambra Provenza

Location: Gebäude 1b, Seminarraum 4ab,

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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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Education

PIER Helmholtz Graduate School (PHGS) offers a wide variety of services for PhD students on the Hamburg Bahrenfeld campus.

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