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Innovation & Startup

You are interested in learning about business startup and innovation topics? Check out PIER events and activities in this field.

PIER Research Funding

PIER offers funding for seed projects, joint workshops or short visits of international colleagues in your field.

PIER Education Platform

Transferable skills for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers

Language courses

German and English courses for doctoral and postdoctoral researchers

PHGS Travel Awards for doctoral researchers

Outstanding doctoral researchers of the PIER Helmholtz Graduate School (PHGS) can apply for a PHGS Travel Award to pay for travel to and participation in scientific events. Find out more...

Forms and info Sheets for doctoral researchers of the PHGS

Here you can find all templates and information sheets that are important for your membership in the PIER Helmholtz Graduate School.

Buddy Programme for new doctoral researchers of the PHGS

You are a new international doctoral sresearcher and would like support during your first time in Hamburg? You are an experienced doctoral researcher and would like to support a new international doctoral researcher? Register here.

Registration membership PIER Helmholtz Graduate School

You are starting a doctorate at DESY or Universität Hamburg and want to become a member of the PIER Helmholtz Graduate School? Here you can sign up.

Curriculum PIER Helmholtz Graduate School

The PHGS curriculum is the core of the education of our members and is the basis for the PHGS Certificate and Transcript of Records.

Creating Synergies

In their strategic partnership "PIER", DESY and University of Hamburg combine their strengths in innovation, education and research.
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Partnership for Innovation, Education and Research

PIER is the strategic partnership of DESY and University of Hamburg ("Partnership for Innovation, Education and Research"). PIER focuses on the research fields particle and astroparticle physics, nanosciences, photon science and infection and structural biology. Additional interdisciplinary areas are theoretical physics, accelerator research, and artefact profiling. Under the umbrella of PIER, DESY and University of Hamburg jointly provide funding for cross-institutional research projects, promote high-quality education of junior scientists, and foster an innovation-friendly culture on the science campus Bahrenfeld.

The unique research environment of the science campus Bahrenfeld is where all PIER activities unfold. The campus hosts around 3,000 guest researchers from more than 40 countries every year who are attracted by the world-class research facilities available in Bahrenfeld.

PIER News

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PIER Seed Projects Call 2026

NEWS | 11 Feb. 2026

You are an early-career researcher at DESY or UHH/UKE? You have an innovative idea for a joint DESY/UHH (or UKE) research project? Apply now for seed funding at PIER!

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PIER Day 2025: Advancing Collaboration in AI, Data Science & Beyond

NEWS | 25 November 2025

On 25 November 2025, the PIER Day 2025 took place at Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld.

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Discover how PIER can boost your scientific career

Research Funding

PIER funds various pioneering research fields for pushing your scientific projects to a new level.

Innovation

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

Education

The PIER Helmholtz Graduate School ensures that doctoral candidates receive an internationally recognized and optimally supervised education in their respective fields.

EVENTS

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10 Mar 2026

Academic Writing for Doctoral Researchers - 8 Sessions

8 sessions from 10 March to 28 April 2026, 5:30 - 7:00 p.m. (Tuesdays) | Campus Bahrenfeld, Building 61 Room 116 (1st floor)

At a basic level, a PhD is about developing the skills of a professional academic researcher. However, without a set syllabus to follow, how do you develop those skills?

13 Mar 2026

Thesis defense: Anatolii Korol

Thesis defense: Anatolii Korol | 13 March 2026, 2:00 p.m. |

The disputation is open to the UHH university public. Title of thesis: Application of Generative Neural Networks to High Fidelity Simulation of Particle Detectors in High Ene ...

18 Mar 2026

Python basics

Bernd Klein | 18-19 March 2026, 9 am - 5 pm | online

Do you want to do machine learning and/or data analysis using Python, but you’re having trouble getting started? Here's the solution.

31 Mar 2026

CV & Application Writing (COAST)

Lia Lang & Annette Leemans | 31 March 2026, 1 p.m. - 3 p.m. | Cafeteri-Bistro Building HH, Gästespeiseraum

Is your CV up-to-date? Does it reflect your unique quality contributions you made?

Meet PIER

Take a quick roundtrip and discover the PIER activities and program offers.

»I am so happy to be on the Science Campus Bahrenfeld, because here I can work at incredible institutions, do interesting research, and learn a new language at the same time.«

Blae Stacey | Doctoral Researcher PHGS since 2022 | Learn more
 Image of Blae Stacey/ © DESY/Marta Mayer

»I am so happy to be on the Science Campus Bahrenfeld, because here I can work at incredible institutions, do interesting research, and learn a new language at the same time.«

Blae Stacey | Doctoral Researcher PHGS since 2022 | Learn more