Winter 2025 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 individual responses are kept confidential. Please select what best describes you.

• Race & Ethnic Identity:*
  Asian Black or African American* Hispanic or Latino/a* 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 (ASET);
  2) Illinois Institute of Technology/Northern Illinois University’s Chicagoland Accelerator Science Traineeship (CAST);
  3) Stony Brook University’s Ernest Courant Traineeship in Accelerator Science & Engineering;
  4) Cornell University’s Tigner Traineeship in Accelerator Science;
  5) Old Dominion University/Norfolk State University/Hampton University’s Virginia Innovative Traineeships in Accelerators (VITA)
  
  

Please make your course selection(s):*

• One 2-week university full course (Students successfully completing a full course and enrolled for host university credit will earn 3 units of graduate credit from Michigan State University).

  Full Courses January 27 - February 7, 2025
  
  Fundamentals of Accel Physics and Technology with Simulations and Measurements Lab
  Accelerator Physics
  RF Superconductivity for Particle Accelerators
  
  

• — OR —

• Two successive one-week university half courses (Students successfully completing two half courses and enrolled for host university credit will earn 3 credits from Michigan State University).

  Half courses January 27 - 31, 2025
  

  Project Management for Scientists and Engineers
  Python Programming and Applications for Accelerator Science and Engineering
  Colliders for High Energy and Nuclear Physics
  Accelerator Power Electronics Engineering
  Superconducting Accelerator Magnets
  

  
  

  Half courses February 3 - 7, 2025
  

  Strategic Management of Research Labs
  Optimization and Machine Learning for Accelerators
  Collider Interaction Regions for High Energy and Nuclear Physics Applications
  Pulsed Power Engineering
  Cryogenic Engineering
  
  

• — OR —

• A single one-week half course only (Students attending only one half course are not eligible to enroll for university credit. They can, however, ask to have their performance rated and assignments graded and will be informed of their rating when the school is over.)

  Half courses January 27 - 31, 2025
  

  Project Management for Scientists and Engineers
  Python Programming and Applications for Accelerator Science and Engineering
  Colliders for High Energy and Nuclear Physics
  Accelerator Power Electronics Engineering
  Superconducting Accelerator Magnets
  

  
  

  Half courses February 3 - 7, 2025
  

  Strategic Management of Research Labs
  Optimization and Machine Learning for Accelerators
  Collider Interaction Regions for High Energy and Nuclear Physics Applications
  Pulsed Power Engineering
  Cryogenic Engineering
  

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, etc) or are available at their home university via Special Topics courses. Auditors will be admitted on a space-available basis only after those seeking credit / a grade.

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

• Credit / Audit Status:*
  Enrolling for university credit or enrolling for a grade International student living outside the USA whose performance will be graded Audit

Currently-enrolled university and college students as well as postdocs within 5 years of graduation may request financial support. To be considered for any of these merit-based awards you must check the relevant application form boxes and submit supporting documents including: 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 winter or summer 2024 sessions you do not need to resubmit them for this application. We retain supporting documents for one year.

Students receiving any scholarship are expected to fully participate in all aspects of the course and must take their course for a grade/credit. Students receiving housing support must share their hotel room with another student. Scholarships are open to both U.S. and non-U.S. residents. Consideration will be given to balancing class sizes. Applications in multiple scholarship categories are possible and prior awards do not preclude receiving support again.

Scholarship requests and supporting documents are due October 1, 2024. This deadline will be strictly enforced. Please email your supporting documents to uspas@fnal.gov

1. USPAS Scholarship*

Covers the registration fee (includes 2 meals per day) or shared housing or both. This award does not cover travel.

Registration fee requested
Shared hotel room, half-board & registration fee requested
No financial support requested

2. Mel Month Scholarship for Women in Accelerator Science and Engineering

Covers the registration fee (includes 2 meals per day), lunch per diem, shared housing and most travel expenses.

The Mel Month Scholarship supports the increased participation of women in the study and workforce of Accelerator Science and Engineering (AS&E). Eligible scholarship recipients are actively-enrolled Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) women students. A maximum of two scholarships will be awarded at each USPAS session. This scholarship is available to foreign and domestic matriculated undergraduate and graduate students and covers your registration fee (includes 2 meals per day), lunch per diem, shared housing and most travel expenses to and from the school session. More information on the Month Scholarships can be found at https://uspas.fnal.gov/about/about-month-scholarship.shtml

Mel Month Scholarship requested

3. Sekazi K. Mtingwa Scholarship

Covers the registration fee (includes 2 meals per day), lunch per diem, shared housing and most travel expenses.

The Sekazi K. Mtingwa Scholarship supports the increased participation of identities (Black/African American, Hispanic/Latino/a, 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. This scholarship is available to matriculated undergraduate and graduate students and covers your registration fee (includes 2 meals per day), lunch per diem, shared housing and most travel expenses to and from the school session. More information on the Mtingwa Scholarships can be found at https://uspas.fnal.gov/about/about-mtingwa-scholarship.shtml

Mtingwa Scholarship requested

4. APS Division of Physics of Beams Travel Awards

Covers travel to and from the session. Reimbursable for actual expenses up to a limit.

The Division of Physics of Beams of the American Physical Society is offering a limited number of travel expense scholarships to USPAS students. Applicants must be members of the APS DPB unit (if you are not already a member you must join before requesting the award; student membership is free for the first year). The travel award amount is limited to expenses up to $600.00 with all receipts required. You can enroll for DPB membership at https://www.aps.org/membership/ and more details on eligibility and the selection criteria can be found at DPB Scholarship Details.

APS DPB travel award requested (only available to those who are members of/join the APS DPB unit)