Summer 2022 Application Form

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The USPAS collects data on race/ethnic identity and gender identity to track school diversity. Disclosure is voluntary and is kept confidential. Please select what best describes you.

• Race & Ethnic Identity:*
  Asian Black or African American* Hispanic or Latinx* Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander* Native American or Alaskan Native* White More Than One More Than One (including at least one underrepresented category * above) Prefer Not to Answer

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• Yes   No : I am currently enrolled as a graduate or undergraduate student. If your answer is yes, please tell us at which university you are enrolled*

• Yes   No : I have previously attended the USPAS*

• Yes   No : I am a graduate student enrolled in one of the DOE Accelerator Science & Engineering Traineeships*
  1) Michigan State University’s Accelerator Science and Engineering Traineeship
  2) Stony Brook University/Cornell University’s Ernest Courant Traineeship in Accelerator Science & Engineering
  3) Illinois Institute of Technology/Northern Illinois University’s Chicagoland Accelerator Science Traineeship
  4) Old Dominion University/Norfolk State University/Hampton University Traineeship
  
  

• Please choose from the following:*

  One 4-week full course. (Students successfully completing a full course are eligible for 3 units of credit from Michigan State University).

  Full Courses June 6 - July 1, 2022
  
  Fundamentals of Accelerator Physics and Technology with Simulations and Measurements Lab (UG level) This class is full. Please contact the USPAS to have your name added to the waiting list.
  
  Accelerator Physics
  RF Superconductivity for Particle Accelerators
  Beam Physics with Intense Space Charge
  Synchrotron Radiation and Free Electron Lasers for Bright X-Rays
  
  

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• Two successive two-week half courses. (Students successfully completing two half courses are eligible for 3 units of credit from Michigan State University).

  Half courses June 6 - 17, 2022
  

  Plasma-Based Acceleration
  Cryogenic Process Engineering

  
  

  Half courses June 20 - July 1, 2022
  

  Particle Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerators
  Superconducting Accelerator Magnets

  
  

• — OR —

• A single two-week half course only (Students successfully completing one half course are not eligible for MSU credit but may ask that their performance be rated).

  Half courses June 6 - 17, 2022
  

  Plasma-Based Acceleration
  Cryogenic Process Engineering This class is full. Please contact the USPAS to have your name added to the waiting list.

  
  

  Half courses June 20 - July 1, 2022
  

  Particle Driven Plasma Wakefield Accelerators
  Superconducting Accelerator Magnets
  
  

Class sizes are limited. Priority will be given to those who enroll for credit either via our academic host Michigan State University, or through their home university if USPAS courses are directly co-listed (i.e. Indiana University, MIT, MSU) or are available via Special Topics courses. Auditors will be admitted on a space-available basis only after those seeking credit / a grade. We anticipate videos of most courses will be posted and those wishing to informally audit can do so after the session. Those unable to enroll for credit (including international students not currently enrolled in a U.S. university) will be accepted on a case-by-case basis.

International participants not currently residing in the U.S. may participate but they cannot earn credit from Michigan State University. They may ask that their performance be graded and when the session is over the USPAS will provide a letter confirming participation and grade.

• Credit / Audit Status:*
  Enrolling for university credit / a grade International student whose performance will be graded Audit

University and college students and postdocs within 5 years of graduation may request financial support. To be considered you must submit 3 supporting documents: a cover letter explaining why the USPAS is important to your career and describing prior research experience, work with or as a user of particle accelerators; your CV/resume; one letter of recommendation. If you submitted these documents for the summer 2021 or winter 2022 sessions you do not need to resubmit them for this application. We retain supporting documents for one year.

Students receiving scholarship support are expected to fully participate in all aspects of the course and must take their course(s) for a grade. Scholarships are open to both U.S. and non-U.S. residents. Scholarships will be awarded without regard to race, ethnicity, gender identity, sexual orientation or national origin. Consideration will be given to balancing class sizes.

Sekazi K. Mtingwa Scholarship

The Sekazi K. Mtingwa Scholarship supports the increased participation of identities (Black/African American, Hispanic/Latinx, American Indians and Alaskan Natives) that are historically underrepresented in the study and workforce of Accelerator Science and Engineering (AS&E). Eligible scholarship recipients are actively-enrolled Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) students historically underrepresented in AS&E. In addition to covering items included in our full financial aid package (registration fee, breakfast & dinner, shared housing, textbooks & course materials, host university course fees) as with our regular scholarships, when we return to in-person sessions the Mtingwa scholarship will also cover per-diem lunch and most travel expenses to and from the USPAS session. For the online session, it will include two additional in-field textbooks of the recipients' choice. Interested students must submit the same supporting documents as listed above (CV/resume, one letter of recommendation, cover letter). More information on the Mtingwa Scholarships can be found at https://uspas.fnal.gov/about/about-mtingwa-scholarship.shtml