Winter 2026 Application Form

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The USPAS collects data on race/ethnic identity and gender. Disclosure is voluntary and individual responses are kept confidential. Please select what best describes you.

• Race & Ethnic Identity:*
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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):
If the course you are interested in is full, please submit an application and you will be added to the class waiting list.

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

  Full Courses January 26 - February 6, 2026
  
  Fundamentals of Accel Physics and Technology with Simulations and Measurements Lab
  Accelerator Physics
  Synchrotron Radiation and Free Electron Lasers for Bright X-Rays
  RF Cavity, Component and System for Accelerators
  
  

• — OR —

• One-week half courses (Students enrolled for host university credit who successfully complete two one-week half courses will earn 3 credits from Michigan State University; students successfully completing one half course will earn 1.5 credits).

  Half courses January 26 - 30, 2026
  

  Induction Accelerator Physics
  Mechanical Alignment
  Laser Physics and Engineering for Accelerator Applications
  NO WEEK 1 COURSE SELECTED
  

  
  

  Half courses February 2 - 6, 2026
  

  High Current Electron Beam Technologies
  Mechanical Vibration: Measurement and Analysis
  Vacuum Science and Technology for Particle Accelerators
  NO WEEK 2 COURSE SELECTED
  
  

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 2025 sessions you do not need to resubmit them for this application. We keep 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 or for credit. International scholarship students may not enroll for host university credit, but they are expected to participate fully and may not audit. 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, 2025. 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

Students who choose the radio button "Shared hotel room, half board; registration fee" on their application form will automatically be considered for one of two enhanced scholarships:

• Mel Month Scholarship for 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 study of Accelerator Science and Engineering (AS&E). Eligible scholarship recipients are actively-enrolled Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) 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 the 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

• 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 study of Accelerator Science and Engineering (AS&E). Eligible scholarship recipients are actively-enrolled Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) students. This scholarship is available to foreign and domestic matriculated undergraduate and graduate students and covers the 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
  

2. 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 scholarships to USPAS students. Applicants must be members of the APS DPB unit (if you are not already a member of the APS and DPB unit, 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 $750.00 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.