The Hamburg-based PIER Helmholtz Graduate School (PHGS), in cooperation with the Joachim Herz Foundation, offers excellent conditions for PhD training: research opportunities using unique technologies, a global and interdisciplinary network, and courses developing key technical and transferable skills. PHGS is a graduate education program of Universität Hamburg in cooperation with DESY, a national research center in Hamburg, Germany.

PHGS covers the areas of:
- Particle and Astroparticle Physics
- Nanoscience
- Photon Science
- Infection and Structural Biology

Students with an excellent Master’s degree in physics, chemistry, biology, mathematics, other natural sciences, or medicine are invited to apply for a three-year scholarship from the Joachim Herz Foundation, in order to pursue a PhD within the PHGS program. In addition to a monthly allowance, the scholarship provides a start-up allowance and covers expenses for travel, workshops, and conferences. Successful applicants are committed to social causes or to related topics of relevance to society.

Application deadline is December 1, 2014

Further details:
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