Summer Student at Fermilab and Other International Laboratories ~ UNIPI

Language: English

Period: 28 July – 26 September 2025

Deadline: 15 April 2025

Program Intensity: Full-time

ECTS: 6

Tuition fees: Free

Other costs: 100€

Physics students will be trained in particle physics in Fermilab Experiments, including Muon (g-2), Mu2e, MicroBooNE; Icarus, SBND, and Dune, and CMS, in detector development, optimization, commissioning and calibration, as well as data analysis.

Engineering students will be trained in the Fermilab Accelerator Division, Technical Division or Computing Division, or in groups working on applied research in other US Laboratories or Universities.

Each Intern will be supervised by one Mentor, an employee of the US Laboratory. The Mentor is responsible of the entire Training Program of the Intern for the 9 weeks of permanence on the US soil. Each intern will present a written report which will be object of evaluation by a University of Pisa committee.

Aim

Provide a 9-week hands-on training in a International particle physics laboratory

Who can apply

Master students in Physics, Applied Physics, Astronomy and Astrophysics, Material Science, Computer Science, and Engineering.

Application

Admission Requirements

Being enrolled in a Master program in Physics or Engineering.

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

The Summer School will be activated with at least 10 students
The maximum number of participants is set to 40 students

Required documents

Identity Document (*PASSPORT in case you are a foreign student*)
Enrolment Form
Curriculum Vitae
FermiLab Form (the FermiLab Form is available HERE )
Letter of Intent with a description of the research interests and personal motivations to participate in the program
One or more Letters of Recommendation by a mentor should be sent directly by the mentor to the following address fermilab.summerschool@gmail.com

All the documents must be in pdf format, in order to upload them on the portal when required.

Application has to be submitted via Alice portal following the instructions of the “How to apply” page.

Fees

Tuition fees: Free

Contacts

Coordinator
Dott. Simone Donati simone.donati@unipi.it

Website https://www.pi.infn.it/~donati/Didattica/PisaFermilabSummerSchool.html

Summer/Winter School Office support.summerschool@unipi.it

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Summer Student at Fermilab and Other International Laboratories

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