The DESY fellowship programme was created in 1995 to enable young scientists to participate in research in experimental particle physics, theoretical particle physics, photon science and accelerator physics at DESY.

Experimental particle physics

Fellows in experimental particle physics are invited to participate in the following research programmes: the HERA experiments H1, ZEUS, HERMES, the experiments OLYMPUS and ALPS, the LHC experiments ATLAS and CMS at CERN, the BELLE II experiment at KEK in Japan, the AMANDA/IceCube experiment at the south pole, the preparations for experimentation at the future International Linear Collider ILC and R&D in particle detectors (FLC group).

Theoretical particle physics

Qualified fellows are invited to participate in theoretical particle physics research within the DESY theory groups. At DESY in Hamburg, active areas of research include HERA physics and QCD, B physics, collider physics, neutrino physics and cosmology, unified theories, string theory and mathematical physics. At DESY in Zeuthen, the theoretical research includes lattice gauge theory, perturbative quantum field theory and physics at HERA, LHC and the projected ILC.

Photon science

Fellows in photon science are invited to participate in DESY’s research at the Hamburg synchrotron radiation laboratory HASYLAB, which is carried out at the storage rings DORIS III and PETRA III and the free-electron laser FLASH.

Accelerator physics

Fellows in accelerator physics can contribute to the development, construction and operation of accelerator facilities (PETRA III, DORIS III, FLASH, European XFEL, ILC, PITZ).

Concerning all job offers

DESY fellowships are awarded for a duration of two years with the possibility of a prolongation by one additional year. The salary for the fellowship is according to tariffs applicable for public service work. Handicapped persons will be given preference to other equally qualified applicants. DESY supports the careers of women and therefore encourages especially women to apply.
As DESY has laboratories at two sites in Hamburg and in Zeuthen near Berlin, applicants may indicate at which location they would prefer to work (exception: photon science, which is only done at Hamburg).