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28 January 2026|News PIER PLUS

North German Science Award open for applications

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The North German Science Award (Norddeutscher Wissenschaftspreis) 2026 is jointly awarded by the five federal states of Schleswig-Holstein, Bremen, Hamburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, and Lower Saxony for North German collaborations in various...

19 January 2026|News PIER PLUS

Construction begins on the Hamburg Fundamental Interactions Laboratory (HAFUN)

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With a ceremonial groundbreaking today, Senator for Science Maryam Blumenthal, Senator for Finance Dr. Andreas Dressel, President of the University of Hamburg Prof. Dr. Hauke Heekeren, Martin Sowinski, Managing Director of Sprinkenhof GmbH, and Prof...

15 January 2026|Transfer

New year, new opportunity: 12th “Call for Transfer” launched

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The “Calls for Transfer” (C4T) funding program is kicking off the new year with the sprint format that proved so successful in 2023: Call 12 opens on January 15 and offers up to €35,000 in funding for innovative transfer projects in all disciplines...

1 December 2025|Research

Millions in funding for Research Training Group on the health of the human musculoskeletal system

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A scientific training project led by the University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) and the Hamburg University of Technology (TUHH) that focuses on the health of the human musculoskeletal system will receive approximately seven million euros...

26 November 2025|News PIER PLUS

A day dedicated to cooperative research and AI

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Photo: UHH / Winiker

This year's PIER Day on November 25, 2025, was dedicated to artificial intelligence in the afternoon. In addition to presentations on and discussions about the PIER research fields, for the first time, the PIER PLUS Poster Walk took place at PIER Day...

13 October 2025|News PIER PLUS

PIER Day 2025 and PIER PLUS Poster Walk

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This year’s PIER Day will take place on November 25, 2025, at the Science City Hamburg Bahrenfeld. The event is jointly organized with PIER PLUS focusing on AI and Science, and introduces the PIER PLUS Poster Walk: “AI and Science: Unexpected...

11 July 2025|Transfer

Hamburg wins startup competition

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Germany needs more spin-offs from the scientific community in order to remain economically competitive on an international level. Promoting innovation and start-ups is therefore one of the federal government's key objectives. In the highly endowed...

20 June 2025|News PIER PLUS

Senator Blumenthal visited the PIER PLUS Steering Committee

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Photo: PIER PLUS/Hohenwarter

The meeting of the PIER PLUS Steering Committee in May 2025 was all about strengthening Hamburg as a science hub. Senator Maryam Blumenthal gave the keynote speech at the meeting, and the partners discussed closer coordination with regard to...

17 June 2025|News PIER PLUS

UKE joins PIER PLUS

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PIER PLUS promotes and strengthens cooperation and networking between universities and non-university research institutions in Hamburg. The Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf (UKE) is now the 23rd member to formally join the network.

27 May 2025|Transfer

„Calls for Transfer“: 18 projects selected

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Photo: Rea Alp - Calls for Transfer

In the eleventh round of Calls for Transfer (C4T), the additional funding line C4T PIER PLUS extends the funding horizon for the first time. 18 innovative projects from all state universities in Hamburg will be supported by C4T in their realization...

26 May 2025|News PIER PLUS

Call for Presentations: “Climate-friendly mobility”

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Photo: PIER PLUS

One of the aims of the PIER PLUS Profile “Climate-friendly mobility” is to develop synergy effects between the research groups active in the metropolitan region and to identify new interdisciplinary issues.

17 April 2025|Research

Interfacing with the Human Brain

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Photo: Pixabay/Gerd Altmann

Nanomaterials could play an important role in interfaces between the human brain and computers, numerous researchers – including several who are involved in PIER PLUS projects – have shown in a recent multidisciplinary review article.

10 April 2025|News PIER PLUS

Call open: Falling Walls Science Breakthroughs

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The Falling Walls Science Summit is one of the world’s premier interdisciplinary conferences, celebrating science breakthroughs that make an impact. Every year, the Falling Walls Foundation launches one of the largest world-wide searches for the most...

3 March 2025|News PIER PLUS

“We are pooling our strengths”

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Photo: PIER PLUS/Hohenwarter

The PIER PLUS scientific platform brings together 22 Hamburg universities and research institutions that cooperate closely in six specialized profiles, but also in overarching common fields of action. One of these common fields is “PIER Computing and...

20 February 2025|News PIER PLUS

New Ecosystem Models

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A project on phytoplankton funded by the PIER PLUS Seed Fund is now contributing to the improvement of marine ecosystem models – the project focused on the role of marine viruses and their behavior under rising temperatures.

14 February 2025|News PIER PLUS

PIER PLUS funding line for “Calls for Transfer” launched

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Photo: Rea Alp - Calls for Transfer

The eleventh round of Calls for Transfer (C4T) starts on 15 February 2025. For the first time, a dedicated C4T PIER PLUS funding line will extend the funding horizon this year.

14 February 2025|Transfer

PIER PLUS funding line for “Calls for Transfer” launched

Photo: Rea Alp - Calls for Transfer

The eleventh round of Calls for Transfer (C4T) starts on 15 February 2025. For the first time, a dedicated C4T PIER PLUS funding line will extend the funding horizon this year.

11 February 2025|News PIER PLUS

Call open: PIER Seed Projects

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PIER Seed Projects promote innovative research ideas of early career scientists in the PIER research fields. It provides rapid and non-bureaucratic seed funding for the identification, initiation, development, testing and implementation of completely...

27 January 2025|News PIER PLUS

Call for Nominations: Hamburg Science Prize 2025

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The Academy of Sciences and Humanities in Hamburg is inviting nominations for the Hamburg Science Prize for the ninth time. The topic of the competition for 2025 is immunomodulation.

20 January 2025|News PIER PLUS

PIER PLUS Steering Committee and Hamburg Chamber of Commerce Exchange Views

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Photo: Universität Hamburg/PIER PLUS

In November 2024, the PIER PLUS Steering Committee met for the 11th time. Dr. Malte Heyne, Managing Director of the Hamburg Chamber of Commerce, was also a guest.

6 June 2024|News PIER PLUS

On 1 June 2024, the first Science City Day took place. More than 15,000 people came to Bahrenfeld to discover the new science district in the west of Hamburg. DESY, Universität Hamburg, and many further institutions on campus were there with a lot of...

6 June 2024|News PIER PLUS

PIER PLUS Workshop on "Green Mobility" at Hamburg University of Technology

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On May 13, 2024, PIER Climate-Friendly Mobility, under the initiative of the two spokespersons Prof. Dr.-Ing. Martin Kaltschmitt (TUHH) and Prof. Dr. Thomas Klassen (Hereon/HSU), invited to a workshop on "Green Mobility" at Hamburg University of...

10 November 2023|News PIER PLUS

EMBL has now become a new associated partner in the profile of PIER Health and Infection

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In a significant step towards intensifying research collaboration within PIER PLUS, EMBL has now become a new associated partner in the profile of PIER Health and Infection.

18 November 2022|News PIER PLUS

PIER Day 2022

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On November 18, 2022, the PIER DAY took place on the Bahrenfeld Campus. The aim of the event was to present the recent and current joint research activities of the Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron (DESY) and the Universität Hamburg (UHH). In...

15 November 2022|News PIER PLUS

Science Prize of Northern Germany goes to Material Scientists in Hamburg

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The CIMMS (Center For Integrated Multiscale Materials Systems) has won the Science Prize for Northern Germany. This is the second time in a row the prize is won by a collaborative project from Hamburg. Here, researchers from the Hamburg University of...

14 March 2022|News PIER PLUS