Call for Proposals
The DASHH Call for PhD Project Proposals 2025 is open now! Apply by June 9th, 2025.
DASHH supports interdisciplinary PhD project proposals focusing on data science in research areas related to the structure of matter supervised by researchers at DESY, hereon, HZI, UHH, TUHH, HSU, HAW, EuXFEL, or MPSD. Eligible DASHH projects are at the interface between domain sciences (photon science, particle physics, accelerator science, materials science, or structural biology) and computer science or applied mathematics. The projects should be challenging and motivating for both sides so that both groups will actively supervise the doctoral candidate over the entire project duration. All projects at the DESY, hereon, HZI, UHH, TUHH, and HSU are funded by 50% by DASHH for three years. All co-funded projects should be supervised by at least one researcher affiliated with one of our partner Helmholtz centers (Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY, Helmholtz Zentrum hereon, Helmholtz Center for Infection Research HZI).
Follow these steps and submit your proposal by June 9th, 2025.
(1) Become a DASHH Principal Investigator or Scientist
- Contact us (dashh-office@desy.de).
(2) Find a Tandem Partner
- Explore the DASHH matchmaking profiles on the DASHH website:
https://www.dashh.org/people/matchmaking_profiles/index_eng.html - Review the project ideas and research interests presented by the participating PIs and Scientists in the DASHH Matchmaking Workshop 2025 in this Google document:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1o7tDBEj2b01wV8dRvvgObEwlgXc4TnPyTnx3cJF6sTQ/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.gwt2pm4ggjrn - Approach us directly if you need further support!
(3) Submit your Project Proposal
- Develop your data science project proposal with your interdisciplinary partner
- The project proposal template with further gruidelines can be found here:
https://syncandshare.desy.de/index.php/s/cyARsZ7z99HS7sd
(4) Project Selection Process
- All proposals will be assessed by independent reviewers.
- Proposal approval and ranking are done by the DASHH Topic Evaluation and Selection Committee in mid-July.
(5) Candidate Selection Process
- Call for Applications: Sept-Oct 2025
- First round of interviews/pre-selection of candidates by supervisors: November 2025
- Admission Workshop and final candidate selection by the TESC: first week of February 2026, on-site, attendance by all supervisors required
Please do not hesitate to contact us (dashh-office@desy.de) with any questions.
We are looking forward to your proposal submissions!