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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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Photo: Luisa Listmann

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.
11 February 2025|News PIER PLUS

Call open: PIER Seed Projects

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Photo: Markus Spiske via Unsplash

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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Photo: Konstantin Kolosov on Pixabay

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.