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Summer Student at Fermilab and Other US Laboratories

Language: English

Period: 26 July – 24 September 2027

Application Deadline: 15 March 2027

Program Intensity: Full-time

ECTS: 6

Tuition fees: No tuition fees to be paid

Physics students will be trained in the reserarch groups working on the new Fermilab initiatives, the Mu2e, Icarus, SBND experiments, as well as future neutrino physics experiments as Dune, or in the Fermilab group which collaborates with the CMS experiment at CERN, or in the theory group. Some students may be trained in other US laboratories or universities outside Fermilab.

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.

The Summer School will be activated with at least 8 students. The maximum number of participants is set to 40 students.

The Summer School will be held on campus in Batavia, Illinois US, at Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory, Kirk and Wilson Road.

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

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

Admission Requirements

Being enrolled in a Master program in Physics or Engineering.

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.

Tuition fees: There is no tuition fee to be paid.

The successful candidates will only have to pay for:

  • The health insurance as appropriate for Fermilab visiting students, valid for the planned period of stay in the US;
  • The fee for the J1 Visa;
  • The Europe – Chicago round-trip flight ticket.

Students will be employed as trainees by Fermilab, and they will get a net salary of approximately 700 $ per week + free accomodation and free local transport from the accomodation to the lab.
The Fermilab Visa Office will provide the documents needed to the students for obtaining the required J1 entry Visa.

Contacts

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

Website https://fermilabschool.df.unipi.it/

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

  • Università di Pisa
  • Lungarno Pacinotti, 43
  • P.I. 00286820501 C.F. 80003670504
  • T. +39 050 221 2111
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