PIER - Partnership for Innovation, Education and Research : PIER News

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: 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 ...

PIER Graduate Week 2018

11 October 2018

The poster prize winners with the jury: Fredrik Westerlund, Mohammad Vakili, Mia Lahey-Rudolph, Karolina Stachnik, Daniela Pfannkuche, Ramakrishna Vasireddi (from left to right). Photograph: Jennifer Vix

More than 120 PhD and master's students have attended the fifth PIER Graduate Week from 8 - 11 October 2018 in Hamburg's Center for Free-Electron Laser Science. The four-day workshop and lecture week, in which national and international speakers had offered a wide range of introductory and focus courses in the PIER research fields Particle and Astroparticle Physics, ...

PIER Coordinates New Research Network with MIT

01 October 2018

Prof. Wilfried Wurth (DESY/UHH) during his talk at the mini symposium at MIT on September 6th, 2018. Photograph: Sampson Wilcox / MIT

Researchers from DESY, Universität Hamburg (UHH) and Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have laid the basis for a joint „Trans-Atlantic Grand Challenges Research Network“. The aim of the network is to tackle grand scientific challenges in joint research projects, for example in the fields of structural biology, medicine, nanotechnology, or quantum electronics. On ...

Get to know PIER!

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

PIER Dates

22 Oct. 2018 18:00

Welcome night for international PhD students

Location: SR I-III, CFEL, building 99

25 Oct. 2018 12:00

PIER Innovation Lunch Talk: How to Apply for a Bank Loan

Speaker: Bianca Praetorius

Location: SR1

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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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