PIER Workshops
PIER Workshops promote cross-institutional research collaboration of the two partner institutions. Their aim is to stimulate idea-finding processes and scientific exchange between DESY and Universität Hamburg researchers. Workshops must include participants from both institutions.
Applications for PIER Workshops can be submitted anytime
Nature and scope of funding
Funding can cover fees for moderators and/or speakers, expenses for travel and accommodation of participants, room rental etc. The average funding amount of previously funded workshops was 5,000 EUR.
Things you need to know
Conditions
The applicant must be registered as a PIER Scientist (members of the PIER Helmholtz Graduate School are au-tomatically registered as PIER scientists). Only researchers whose principle affiliation (= employment contract) is with DESY, UHH or UKE are eligible for PIER funding and can apply for a seed project as main applicants. All applications must involve at least one research partner from the other institution(s) respectively (e.g. main applicant from DESY, co-applicant(s) from UHH and/or UKE; or: main applicant from UHH or UKE, co-applicant(s) from DESY). The main applicant and his/her principle research partner may not belong to the same research group. The inclusion of researchers from other research institutions on the Hamburg Bahrenfeld science campus, such as the Max Planck Institute for the Structure and Dynamics of Matter (MPSD), The European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL), the European XFEL, and others, is encouraged. Researchers from these organizations can apply for funding as co-applicants.
Procedure
Applications for PIER Workshops can be continually submitted to the PIER Office. The evaluation of all PIER Workshop proposals is carried out by the PIER Executive Board.
Evaluation criteria
The evaluation criteria are as follows:
- Scientific quality and originality of the research project
- Relevance of the project with regard to the objectives and contents of the PIER research fields
- Scientific qualification and applicant’s expertise
- Support of young scientists
- Strengthening of research collaboration between DESY and UHH and/or UKE
- Potential of the project as a basis for a larger externally funded follow-up project
- Quality of the project planning and cost plan
- Adequacy of the requested funds
Reporting
A short report has to be submitted to the PIER Office six weeks after the expiration of the funding measure. In case the report of expenditure of funds cannot be completed due to ongoing settlement procedures, missing documents will have to be filed subsequently.
Miscellaneous
PIER is a partnership between UHH and DESY. PIER is not a legal entity. The financial support of funded projects will be handled by one partner of PIER, either UHH or DESY.
The submission of an application does not establish a legal claim to funding.
