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Here you can sign up.</p> </a>  <a class="animate" href="https://pier-hamburg.de/education/phgs/doctoral_programme/" rel="prerender" target="_self"> <p class="sans_medium type_m red uc">Curriculum PIER Helmholtz Graduate School</p> <p>The PHGS curriculum is the core of the education of our members and is the basis for the PHGS Certificate and Transcript of Records.</p> </a>  </sf-container>  </sf-header-quicklinks> <sf-headroom-space-no-image></sf-headroom-space-no-image>  <main data-title="About us" data-posttype="ZMSFolder">    <sf-header-container class=""> <sf-header-image class="bg_right_mobile" style="background-image: url(/sites/custom/pier/content/e8/e6280/about-us-header.jpg)" alt="Doctoral researchers in front of a blackboard/ © DESY/Jann Wilken" title="Doctoral researchers in front of a blackboard/ © DESY/Jann Wilken"> <sf-container class="right bottom"> <sf-header-image-overlay class="bg_white width_50"> <sf-pier-boxes><img alt="" src="https://pier-hamburg.de/theme_pier/assets/images/logo/pier_boxes.svg" /></sf-pier-boxes>  <sf-content> <h2 class="header-h1 alt no_vertical_margin">Partnership for Innovation, Education and Research</h2> </sf-content> </sf-header-image-overlay> </sf-container> </sf-header-image> </sf-header-container>  <sf-content> <sf-container> <h1 class="margin_bottom margin_top_l">About us</h1> </sf-container> </sf-content>  <sf-content id="e6282" class="margin_bottom_l" style="" data-is_col_1_flex="False" data-is_void_1st_col="True"> <sf-container class="contentgrid grid col_1_2_1 col_full_2_1_tablet col_1_mobile col_x_2_1_tablet" data-is_nested="False" data-is_single_col="False">  <sf-container class="hide_on_tablet"></sf-container>  <section class="" data-is_zmi="False" data-is_preview="False"><p>PIER is the strategic partnership between DESY and the 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 include theoretical physics and accelerator research. Under the umbrella of PIER, DESY and the 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 Hamburg Bahrenfeld science campus.</p> <p>The governance of PIER is carried out by three governing bodies: While the PIER Commission is in charge of all strategic and long-term decisions, the PIER Executive Board is responsible for the operational decisions and activities of PIER. The PIER Helmholtz Graduate School Steering Committee decides on all matters concerning the operation of the graduate school. The PIER team supports the PIER Executive Board in implementing its decisions and devises and organizes activities in the PIER research and competence fields.</p></section>  <section class="contentgrid" data-is_nested="True" data-is_single_col="True">  <h4 class="red">From PIER to PIER PLUS</h4>  <section class="" data-is_zmi="False" data-is_preview="False"><p>Because of the huge success of the partnership between DESY and the University of Hamburg in PIER, it was decided to use this collaboration as a blueprint for a larger network in the Hamburg metropolitan area: PIER PLUS. Since 2019, the various Hamburg universities and many non-university research institutions based in and around Hamburg have been intensifying their cooperation on the strategic level as well as in different research profiles in PIER PLUS.</p></section>   <sf-article-image class=""> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/custom/pier/content/e8/e6282/e12310/e12313/pp-logo-v02.png" alt="PIER PLUS logo" title="PIER PLUS logo"> </sf-article-image>  <a href="https://www.pier-plus.de/en.html" rel="external noopener" target="_blank"> <sf-button class="bg_dark_grey force_white_text">Visit the PIER Plus website</sf-button> </a>   </section>  </sf-container> </sf-content>  <sf-content id="e6286" class="fullwidth padding_top_l bg_light_grey" style="" data-is_col_1_flex="False" data-is_void_1st_col="False"> <sf-container class="contentgrid grid col_1_2_1 col_full_2_1_tablet col_1_mobile" data-is_nested="False" data-is_single_col="False">  <section class="" data-is_zmi="False" data-is_preview="False"><h3>Fostering cooperation on all levels</h3> <p>Different levels of administration are involved into the strategic and operational governance of PIER and the organization of its various activities and events.</p></section>  <section class="contentgrid grid col_2 col_1_mobile" data-is_nested="True" data-is_single_col="False">  <sf-page-navigation class="margin_bottom_l"> <a href="./pier_boards" rel="prerender" target="_self"> <sf-page-navigation-icon> <div class="icon bg_red"> <img alt="" src="https://pier-hamburg.de/theme_pier/assets/images/icons/icon_pier_board_64px.svg" /> </div> </sf-page-navigation-icon> <h4 class="cyan">PIER Boards</h4> <p class="alt">There are three governing bodies of PIER: The PIER Commission, the PIER Executive Board, and the PHGS Steering Committee.</p> <p class="link">Learn more</p> </a> </sf-page-navigation>  <sf-page-navigation class="margin_bottom_l"> <a href="./pier_team" rel="prerender" target="_self"> <sf-page-navigation-icon> <div class="icon bg_red"> <img alt="" src="https://pier-hamburg.de/theme_pier/assets/images/icons/icon_pier_team_64px.svg" /> </div> </sf-page-navigation-icon> <h4 class="cyan">PIER team</h4> <p class="alt">The PIER team is responsible for implementing the governing entities’ decisions. 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