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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.

Past PIER Innovation Events

In the past years, PIER has offered a large number of events aimed at providing entrepreneurship education and creating a network of researchers on campus who are interested in startup and entrepreneurship topics. To get an overview of all PIER activities in this field, browse our past startup and innovation events by year.

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PIER Day 2025

EVENT | 25 Nov. 2025 | Bahrenfeld campus, CFEL SR I-III and foyer

On Nov. 25th, 2025, PIER will hold its annual PIER Day on Bahrenfeld campus.


07 Nov 2025

PIER Startup Workshop: Creating Innovation with Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT)

EVENT | Andreas Voss (Concis Group! and People & Friends) | 7 November 2025, 9 am - 1 pm | Remote

Learn how to create innovation by "thinking inside the box" in our next PIER Startup Workshop “Creating Innovation with Systematic Inventive Thinking (SIT)” for early stage researchers (doctoral researchers and postdocs), taking place on 7 November 2025 (remote).


12 Sep 2025

PIER Startup Workshop: Creating Innovation with the Blue Ocean Strategy

EVENT | Andreas Voss (Concis Group! and People & Friends) | 12 September 2025, 9 am - 1 pm | Remote

Find out how to identify unique selling points in research and business in our next PIER Startup Workshop “Creating Innovation with the Blue Ocean Strategy” for early stage researchers (doctoral researchers and postdocs), taking place on 12 September 2025 (remote).


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