InFUSEd: opportunities for training
The annual FuseNet Master Event will take place on 23 November 2023 on line. All Master's students in fusion-related fields are invited to join the event.
The day will be filled with interesting talks by top scientists, introductions to fusion start-ups and ITER-related companies, and chances to meet your fellow students. Are you currently a fusion or plasma physics master student, or are you starting next academic year? Looking for an opportunity to meet the community and learn more about this fascinating subject? This event is for you.
See more on this page.
This two week-long intensive school will introduce participants to important skills in computational and experimental plasma physics, and offer the opportunity to conduct cutting-edge research and technology under the guidance of leading international scientists and engineers. Participants will have the opportunities to interact with world-class international fusion experts, making the Fusion Energy School an excellent way to explore your interest in fusion and prepare for a career in this field.
See more information on this page.
The American Physical Society is holding a Plasma Science Student Expo in Denver, Colorodo (USA), on 2 and 3 November 2023.
Students and teachers can register to attend during school hours. Registration is required.
Participate in hands-on plasma and physics demonstrations, learn how plasma is part of our daily lives, and interact with local, national and international students.
Find out more about registering at this webpage.
The European Fusion Education Network, FuseNet, is organizing its fourth annual European Fusion Teacher Day on 6 October 2023. Open to all secondary school science and physics teachers in Europe, the virtual event aims to introduce educators to nuclear fusion and exchange about how the subject can be taught in school. The ultimate goal is to increase exposure of students to the subject at the secondary level in order to spark interest and enthusiasm in the field.
Because the event is open to educators across Europe, the half-day program begins with local sessions via Zoom. After the local sessions, participants will come together for a global livestream before returning to a local follow-up session.
All information will be posted on this page.
The Fusion Centre for Doctoral Training and UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) have worked with the fusion community to prepare a 2-week program created to meet the needs of the emerging fusion industry and associated supply chain companies and organizations, as fusion develops into the industrialization era in readiness for commercialization.
The Fusion Industry School is a 2-week interactive programme of lectures from world-leading experts in fusion, aimed at providing an overview of the current progress and challenges to industry professionals. The school consists of lectures, networking sessions, panel discussions and Q&As as well as visits to the UKAEA national fusion facilities.
The first week (19-22 June 2023) takes place in York (UK) and has an emphasis on the underpinning fusion science and technology. The second week (25-28 September 2023) is in Oxfordshire (UK) and will build on this first week, with more of an emphasis on engineering applications. The program is optimized for delegates attending both weeks, but you will still benefit if you are only able to attend one. You do not need to have prior knowledge of fusion science and technology.
The school is particularly adapted to "early and mid-career scientists, engineers and regulators to grow a common understanding in ... fusion expertise." (Justyn Crane, Optima Systems Consultancy)
Find out more on this page.
Jeudi 14 Septembre à 18h00, à la bibliothèque Méjanes (La Manufacture) à Aix en Provence aura lieu une conférence sur les aimants et leur utilisation dans différents domaines.
"Les "magnets" en anglais ou "aimants" en français sont des bobines créant des champs magnétiques intenses et qui sont utilisées dans de nombreux domaines comme l'imagerie médicale, les aimants présents sur les 27 km de l'anneau du CERN ou les aimants du projet ITER.
Dans ces trois exemples, nous verrons que la supraconductivité est indispensable. Celle-ci est liée à la cryogénie, science des très basses températures."
Cette conférence-débat s'adresse à tous et sera annimée par Alexandre Torre et Jean Luc Duchateau, chercheurs au CEA de Cadarache et Pascal Tixador chercheur à Grenoble INP. Elle se tient en marge de la conférence scientifique "28th International Conference on Magnet Technology" (MT28) qui aura lieu à Aix-en-Provence, GTP, du 10 au 15 septembre 2023.
Entrée libre et gratuite dans la limite des places diponibles.
Voir toutes les informations ici.
The IPP Summer University for Plasma Physics and Fusion Research covers the main aspects of plasma physics with emphasis on nuclear fusion:
- basics of plasma physics and nuclear fusion
- kinetic and magneto-hydrodynamic description of a plasma
- concepts and experimental results of tokamak and stellarator configurations
- plasma heating and diagnostics
- plasma-wall interaction and materials research
- computational methods in plasma physics
- safety and environmental aspects of fusion
- ITER and the next steps towards a reactor
- basics of inertial fusion
The lectures are designed for physics and engineering students of European Universities who passed their bachelor (undergraduate) courses and have not yet decided their PhD topic.
One of the goals of the IPP Summer University is to promote an exchange of views among the coming generation of scientists. Opportunities for discussions with lecturers and students are provided between the sessions, during the reception and the excursion.
The venue of the Summer University is the Max Planck Institute for Plasma Physics (IPP) in Garching where ASDEX Upgrade is operating. During the course a tour of ASDEX Upgrade and laboratories is offered.
See all information here.
Join the world's foremost experts in all aspects of magnet technology from 10 to 15 September 2023 in Aix-en-Provence, France, for the 28th edition of the International Conference on Magnet Technology (MT-28), co-sponsored by the ITER Organization.
Keep an eye on the website for more about the planned Student Program, with events both inside and outside of the conference venue. See all information on the dedicated conference website.
SUMTRAIC is an experimental SUMmer TRAIning Course in plasma physics in magnetic confinement fusion devices (tokamaks) organized annually at the Institute of Plasma Physics of the Czech Academy of Sciences in Prague (IPP CAS), Czech Republic.
The centre of gravity of this summer school lays in the direct involvement of the participants in the processing and analysis of experimental data from the COMPASS tokamak, which operated from 2009 to 2021 as one of the leading devices among smaller tokamaks in the world, with an experimental program that focused on plasma-wall interaction, edge plasma physics, H-mode and runaway electrons. It will be followed by COMPASS Upgrade, which will enable cutting edge research with high power (10 MW) and magnetic field (5 T) plasma scenarios. Topics on studies and simulations related to this future device might be proposed to students.
The next course will be held from 28 August to 8 September 2023. See these pages for all information.
Registration is open for the FuseNet 2023 PhD Event in Lausanne!
On 23-25 August 2023, the École Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne (EPFL) will welcomes European fusion PhD students to meet and greet fusion researchers and fellow PhD students. It is a great opportunity to strengthen and expand your fusion research network. You can register here.
Register before 14 June 2023.
From 31 July to 4 August 2023, the Fusion Engineering Edition of the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) Graduate Summer School will take place in a hybrid format. Advanced undergrads, grads and early career scientists/engineers are welcome.
In 2023 the school will be focusing on the engineering challenges faced in the development of fusion energy and the topical areas tackling many of these challenges. It will consist of an introductory lecture on fusion engineering by PPPL Associate Laboratory Director for Engineering, Michael Ford, and mini-courses of three 1-hour lectures on the following five topics:
- Diagnostics (Delgado-Aparicio, de Looz, Kraus)
- Digital Engineering (Churchill)
- High Temperature Superconductors (Zhai, Chen, Li)
- Plasma Control (Kolemen)
- Plasma-Material Interactions and Plasma Exhaust (Maingi)
See all information on this PPPL page.
Går du på en gymnasial uddannelse eller har du for nyligt afsluttet gymnasiet og har sabbatår, og er du interesseret i fysik? Hvis svaret til begge spørgsmål er "ja", så er Fusionsenergi Camp noget for dig!
DTU Fysiks næste Fusionsenergi Camp bliver afholdt i sommeren 2023 på DTU i Kgs. Lyngby. Omdrejningspunktet for campen er plasmafysik og fusionsenergi. Som deltager på campen vil du komme til at arbejde som en forsker og lave forsøg på DTU's nye, og Skandinaviens eneste, tokamak NORTH. Der er både tilrettelagt et spændende fagligt program og et omfattende socialt program. Campen vil byde på faglig udfordring, sjov og nye venskaber med andre unge, der også interesserer sig for fysik.
Campen foregår i perioden 30. juli - 4. august 2023. Det er gratis at deltage og både kost og logi er dækket underopholdet. Du kan læse mere om ansøgningen til campen på nedenstående link.
Organized at a leading site for research in plasma physics and controlled nuclear fusion, the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE) in Oxfordshire, UK, the Culham Plasma Physics Summer School aims to provide an introduction to the fundamental principles of plasma physics, together with a broad understanding of its fields of application. No preceding knowledge of plasma physics is assumed but familiarity with electromagnetism and applied mathematics at first-degree level will be helpful. Previous schools have attracted students from more than 50 different countries.
Lecturers are drawn from the Culham Centre for Fusion Energy (CCFE), the Rutherford Appleton Laboratory (RAL) together with leading European universities. All are renowned experts in their fields.
Students must be over 18 to attend the summer school and generally will be in their final year of undergraduate or first year of post graduate study. All classes are in English.
The next Summer School will take place from 17 to 27 July 2023. See this page for all information.
PlasmaSurf is a summer school on plasma physics, intense lasers and nuclear fusion, tailored for BSc/MSc engineering and physics students. It is a great opportunity to get an insight into these topics with a view to a future career, or to complement your curricular training by broadening your knowledge in an exciting and forefront area of physics.
See all information on the IPFN website.
On this 12-month MSc Fusion Energy course you'll gain a firm foundation in fusion and plasma physics preparing you for a PhD in fusion energy or for employment in fusion laboratories, and a wide range of other industries.
In addition to the lecture modules, you will be introduced to the skills in computational and experimental plasma physics essential to fusion research (and highly valued in today's knowledge-based economy).
You'll complete the course with a major research project based at York Plasma Institute or potentially at an external organisation, such as Culham Centre for Fusion Energy or Rutherford Appleton Laboratory.
Join us to learn more about this exciting MSc Fusion Energy course at our open afternoon on Wednesday 12 July 2023 (online). See all information here.
Registration is open now for the 12th ITER International School, which will be held from 26 to 30 June 2023 in Aix-en-Provence, France.
Hosted by Aix-Marseille University, the school will be organized around the topic "The Impact and Consequences of Energetic Particles on Fusion Plasmas." As the start of ITER operations approaches, it is timely to address this multidisciplinary theme that includes plasma self-heating by fusion-born alpha-particles, the influence of energetic particles on stability, diagnosing energetic particle transport and loss, and understanding runaway electrons.
Click here for further information on the 2023 school. Find out more about past schools here.
--Cutting-edge predictive simulation with the ORB5 code [T. Hayward-Schneider] showing a fast ion driven instability (n=12 Toroidal Alfvén Eigenmode) in ITER.
Vacuum technology is a key for many research projects and industries. This Vacuum Group training course, organised by the Institute of Physics Vacuum Group from 20 to 23 June 2023, is intended to provide a grounding in practical vacuum usage for people who use and have some experience in vacuum. It will be presented by experienced vacuum personnel and will cover the topics listed in the programme, where possible personal experiences will be used to highlight how various technical challenges were overcome. This course will be beneficial for both graduates and vacuum technicians looking to develop their knowledge and technical skills.
This training course is a medium-level course for vacuum engineers and technicians as well as students and researchers who require in-depth knowledge of practical vacuum. This course is aligned with the introductory level training courses at Vacuum Symposium — UK. Trainees will be issued with an Continuing Professional Development (CPD) certificate at the end of the course.
See more information here.
Organized every two years by CEA Cadarache (France) and the Institute of Nuclear Physics PAN (Poland), the PhDiaFusion Summer School of Plasma Diagnostics is designed for graduate students and their tutors in the spirit of a "master and apprentice" approach.
Diagnostic measurements are essential in plasma experiments to infer the relevant plasma properties, both for physical interpretation and for real-time control. In modern fusion devices such as ITER, DEMO, or the DONES neutron facility, the huge amount of generated data may require fast and efficient processes to infer the physical quantities with a reasonable computational cost. The use of artificial intelligence can be of a great help to achieve this goal, by feeding learning systems with experimental data and/or simulation results.
The 2023 edition of the PhDiaFusion Summer School of Plasma Diagnostics will cover the diagnostics data processing, interpretation, validation and real-time control aspects with a focus on artificial intelligence methods.
Join us for the next edition of PhDiaFusion from 19 to 23 June 2023 on the topic of "Artificial intelligence for plasma diagnostics and controlled Fusion."
Register on line by 15 May 2023. See all information on this page.
The Fusion Centre for Doctoral Training and UK Atomic Energy Authority (UKAEA) have worked with the fusion community to prepare a 2-week program created to meet the needs of the emerging fusion industry and associated supply chain companies and organizations, as fusion develops into the industrialization era in readiness for commercialization.
The Fusion Industry School is a 2-week interactive programme of lectures from world-leading experts in fusion, aimed at providing an overview of the current progress and challenges to industry professionals. The school consists of lectures, networking sessions, panel discussions and Q&As as well as visits to the UKAEA national fusion facilities.
The first week (19-22 June 2023) takes place in York (UK) and has an emphasis on the underpinning fusion science and technology. The second week (25-28 September 2023) is in Oxfordshire (UK) and will build on this first week, with more of an emphasis on engineering applications. The program is optimized for delegates attending both weeks, but you will still benefit if you are only able to attend one. You do not need to have prior knowledge of fusion science and technology.
The school is particularly adapted to "early and mid-career scientists, engineers and regulators to grow a common understanding in ... fusion expertise." (Justyn Crane, Optima Systems Consultancy)
Find out more on this page.
During the weeks of June 5-15 2023, the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) will virtually host an intensive course on plasma physics and fusion energy sciences, taught by world renowned scientists from various national and international institutions. The course is targeted at undergraduate students interested in plasma physics and fusion energy science and is open to public at large.
Registration is free and participants that attend the full course will receive a certificate of completion.
The introductory course will be fully conducted via Zoom, and in half-day sessions (12PM-5PM EST) in order to accomodate various time zones.
The content will reflect the broad research under the Fusion Energy Sciences and Plasma Physics umbrella, including discovery plasma sciences, magnetic fusion energy, fusion materials and technology and high energy density plasmas.
See all information here.
Apply by 31 May 2023 to the MIT Plasma Science and Fusion Center's Computational Physics School for Fusion Research. Accepted students will attend the School free of charge from 21 to 26 August 2023 on the MIT campus in Cambridge, Massachusetts (USA).
Due to the limited number of seats available, applications will be assessed based on brief statement (up to 200 words) describing how CPS-FR program and educational pillars will support your current or future research objectives and a Curriculum Vitae.
See all information here.
The Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program encourages undergraduate students and recent graduates to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers by providing research experiences at the Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories. Selected students participate as interns appointed at one of 17 participating DOE laboratories/facilities. They perform research, under the guidance of laboratory staff scientists or engineers, on projects supporting the DOE mission.
The SULI program is sponsored and managed by the DOE Office of Science's, Office of Workforce Development for Teachers and Scientists (WDTS) in collaboration with the DOE laboratories/facilities.
The deadline for applying to Fall 2023 internships is 25 May 2023. See all information here.
The event from 22-26 May 2023 aims to provide young researchers from both developed and developing countries with critical skills related to artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML) and computational physics in nuclear, plasma and fusion science.
The use of AI systems has had significant impacts in science and technology in recent years, promising to speed progress towards reaching the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030. These systems for learning and producing cognitive tasks leading to prediction and decision-making can similarly accelerate development in nuclear, plasma and fusion science.
A limited number of grants are available to support the attendance of selected participants, with priority given to participants from developing countries. There is no registration fee.
All information here.
If you're a software engineer, product manager, designer, data scientist, business manager in tech, work for a tech company, startup, digital agency, consulting firm or in a tech department you can learn the latest technology, grow your skills and deliver more value to your organization by attending WomenTech Global Conference (WTGC). Build a stronger network with women in tech communities worldwide, collaborate locally and globally, find new opportunities and contribute to the community to make an impact.
We focus on the latest and emerging technologies and powerful personal stories to create authentic experiences. We foster professional development opportunities to enhance your career, your organization, and your community. The WomenTech Global Conference is a mission-driven program by WomenTech Network and the Coding Girls Foundation, a non-profit organization dedicated to enabling women's empowerment in tech through leadership development, professional growth, mentorship, and networking events.
WomenTech Global Conference will feature a wide variety of live events hosted across various time zones including Americas, GMT & APAC. WTGC will enable participants to create a powerful conference experience, with inspiring keynotes, industry-specific summits, sponsor info sessions, career growth expo, workshops, open space discussion groups, contributions sprints, 1:1 networking opportunities, and interactive community content.
See all information here.
The European Consortium for the Development of Fusion Energy, EUROfusion, has launched a call for applications for the next round of EUROfusion Bernard Bigot Researcher Grants, which will fund up to ten outstanding early-career researchers for research projects starting in the first half of 2024. The grants will cover their salaries and part of the cost of their research activities and missions for up to two years.
To be eligible, candidates must currently hold a PhD and have defended their doctoral thesis within the two years preceding the submission deadline. Interested candidates should jointly prepare their application with a EUROfusion consortium member, who will submit the application and offer to employ the candidate for the proposed duration of the project.
Interested candidates can join the EUROfusion Training and Education Office's Q&A Information Session on Wednesday, 19 April 2023, at 14.00 CET.
Further details on the overall procedure and the information session are provided on this website. The submission deadline is 28 April 2023.
--The Researcher Grants are named after Dr Bernard Bigot, Director-General of the ITER Organization from 2015 to 2022.
DONES Xcitech—the first DONES School on Science and Technology—will be organized in Granada, Spain, from 23 to 28 April 2023.
The Xcitech course, organized by the University of Granada and the IFMIF-DONES España consortium, is an advanced course primarily aimed at young scientists and engineers at the graduate and post-graduate level who are currently working in or interested in the area of fusion technology. It is open as well for experienced engineers and scientists already engaged in the broader area of fusion engineering, technology and science from research institutes and industry.
Planned for Granada, Spain, the IFMIF-DONES (International Fusion Materials Irradiation Facility-DEMO Oriented NEutron Source) facility will provide fusion-like neutrons for the irradiation of representative samples of fusion materials. A linear accelerator will accelerate deuterons at high intensity to impinge in a liquid lithium curtain circulating in a loop, which will produce neutrons capable of obtaining the required damage conditions.
DONES Xcitech aspires to become a reference in Big Science technologies, an incubator of highly qualified professionals and a meeting point between academia and industry. In this first edition, two courses will be held: "Radiation Effects on Fusion Structural Materials" and "IFMIF-DONES In Depth."
For more information, and to register, see this page.
X-STEM San Diego is a free in-person, conference-style event for middle and high school students designed to empower and inspire kids about careers in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Attendees will be inspired by presentations from leading STEM role models, participate in Q&A sessions, learn by doing in hands-on workshops, interact with students from all over the county, and have fun while learning about exciting career opportunities in STEM!
X-STEM San Diego is presented by the U.S. Space Force. Workshops are sponsored by General Atomics Sciences Education Foundation and the U.S. Air Force.
See all information here.
JT-60SA is the largest tokamak in operation, designed and built jointly by Japan and Europe. Its unique properties include the capability to produce long-pulse, high-beta and highly shaped plasmas. The JT-60SA machine, laboratories, experimental programme and its associated modelling activity can be an ideal playground for the training of Japanese and European students and young professionals to foster the new generations of fusion physicists and engineers.
The JT-60SA International Fusion School (JIFS) addresses the main aspects of fusion research, from plasma physics to engineering, with special attention to their combination into tokamak operation. Professional success in fusion research is often not only based on excellence in specific subjects (plasma theory, computing, experiments, diagnostics, engineering etc.), but also on a broad basis of knowledge allowing contributions to both scientific exploitation and realization of fusion experiments. The JIFS school aims to prepare the next generation of fusion physicists and engineers from Japan and Europe.
The first JT-60SA International Fusion School will take place from 4 to 15 September 2023. Registration ends 15 April 2023. For all information see this page.
The ANS Student Conference will be held at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville from 13 to 15 April 2023. We are excited to welcome students from around the country to our beautiful city and introduce them to the exciting events happening within the Department of Nuclear Engineering as well as in the surrounding area.
We have chosen the theme of "Passing the Torch" to pay homage to our University's academic mascot, the Torchbearer. Living by this theme, we want the conference to be a symbol for continuing nuclear sciences from one generation to the next. Our intentions for all attendees of the conference are to reflect on the growth of the nuclear industry, along with thinking innovatively when hearing from those that came before to motivate nuclear scientists and engineers in progressing one step forward towards their individual aspirations.
For all information, see this website.
Registrations are open for the annual Fusion Experience Day organised by the department of Science and Technology of Nuclear Fusion of the Eindhoven University of Technology (TU/e) in the Netherlands. At this event, you can learn what this master's program has to offer to you and already experience the atmosphere as a student. The event will take place on Thursday 6 April 2023 14:00-17:00, and you can participate live at the TU/e or you can join online via MS Teams.
Register for this event by sending an e-mail to fusion@tue.nl before 3 April, and mention your current bachelor's and university, country of studies, gender, and indicate whether you want to join live or online. For more information please have a look at the website of the TU Eindhoven.
Meet the Women in Fusion Steering Committee in a webinar on 10 March 2023 that focuses on the Americas, with representatives from the US Department of Energy and other guests.
They hope you will join the global network of Women Fusioneers!
Sign up for the webinar here.
The in-person Young Women's Conference in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) taking place on Thursday 16 March 2023 at Princeton University (New Jersey, US), introduces middle-school and high-school-aged girls (in 7th through 10th grades) to women scientists and engineers and the wide breadth of careers available to them in these fields. Prominent women scientists and engineers from around the region spend the day with the girls in a variety of formats that includes small-group presentations, hands-on activities, a keynote address, and a chemistry demo.
To find out more and to register, see this page.
Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) sponsors the Robert Ellis Fellowship Program. To advance the values of scientific excellence and leadership, this prestigious Fellowship is awarded to doctoral thesis students and post-doctoral researchers who are enthusiastic, passionate and have a deep interest and a strong desire to pursue a career in plasma physics or fusion science, computation, engineering or a related field. The program provides funding for a nominal two-year appointment with the possibility of extension to a third year (contingent upon favorable annual performance).
Applications are open now at this link.
The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and International Telecommunication Union (ITU) will be organizing a webinar on AI for advancing fusion energy through enhancing simulation on Tuesday 14 March 2023, 17:00-18:00 CET, Geneva | 00:00-01:00 CST, Beijing | 12:00-13:00 EDT, New York.
This event invites Dr Michael Churchill, a fusion energy scientist in the Computational Sciences Department at Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL), and it is part of the AI for Good — an all-year online event focusing on identifying applications of AI to accelerate global progress towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals.
Fusion energy is making great strides towards realizing its potential as a clean energy source. For decades fusion scientists and engineers have relied not only on experiment and theory but simulation to design, operate, and understand fusion devices. Today a range of simulations are applied to the fusion field, from those run in control scenarios all the way to large-scale massively parallel turbulence codes running on exascale supercomputers. AI/ML offers the promise of enhancing and accelerating these codes. Here we show research into using AI to accelerate physics kernels of larger codebases, and the care needed to ensure these PDE (Partial Differential Equations) solver surrogates conserve physical conservation laws. We also show how AI can aid in comparing experiment to simulation, using simulation-based inference techniques powered by neural networks.
This live event includes a 30-minute networking event hosted on the AI for Good Neural Network. This is your opportunity to ask questions, interact with the panelists and participants and build connections with the AI for Good community.
Sign up on this page.
Applications are open through 10 March 2023 for Summer Term Plasma and Fusion Undergraduate Research Opportunities (PFURO). Current and recently graduated undergraduate students from accredited US institutions are invited to apply.
Participants will conduct 10 weeks of research during Summer 2023 with plasma/fusion scientists from undergraduate institutions throughout the US (universities, colleges, and other educational research institutions). Research focuses on one of four main areas: magnetic confinement fusion, fusion materials and technology, general plasma science, and high energy density plasmas.
See all information on this page.
Meet the Women in Fusion Steering Committee in a webinar on 10 March 2023 that focuses on Asia, with representatives from key Chinese, Japanese and Korean fusion enterprises and institutions.
They hope you will join the global network of Women Fusioneers!
Sign up for the webinar here.
Join us for the nation's largest meeting dedicated to the education of future physics teachers, held March 3-4, 2023 in Las Vegas, Nevada. The meeting will also include on-demand content, virtual watch parties, and discussions.
PhysTEC Conference 2023 will feature workshops on programmatic best practices and departmental problem-solving, discussions on current issues relevant to the physics teacher educator community, and networking opportunities.
The conference will include events to benefit both new and returning participants. Attendees may register for hybrid attendance, which includes the in-person meeting and virtual events, or they may register only for the virtual events.
See all information here.
In the PPPL Operations Internship Program, undergraduate, and graduate students join staff at the Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory for 10 weeks in the summer providing a valuable, practical experience performing tasks critical to the successful operations of a National Laboratory.
Participants are offered a competitive stipend, housing at the Princeton University dorms, and travel to/from Princeton. Participants will attend a week-long course in plasma physics at the start of the program and will deliver an oral and a poster presentation of their project at its conclusion.
To be eligible, applicants must:
- Must be enrolled in high school, in a four-year college or university
- Be eligible for work in the United States
For more information, see this webpage.
In January 2022, an agreement was signed between the ITER Organization and the Korean Domestic Agency to set up a Postdoctoral Research Fellowships program within the ITER Project to carry out research activities in fields of mutual interest in view of contributing to nurturing future fusion experts. The principal motivation of the Research Fellowships is the development of excellence in research in fusion science and technology within the ITER framework for the Korean post-doctoral researchers.
The Korea-ITER Postdoctoral Fellowship program allows the best young Korean researchers to participate in one of the great scientific and technical challenges on the 21st century and to work closely with leading experts in fusion science and technology within a unique international framework of the ITER Project.
Contract duration: 2 years. Apply before 28 February 2023 on the ITER website.
The Institute for Magnetic Fusion Research (Institut de Recherche sur la Fusion par confinement Magnétique, IRFM) has published its list of 2023 thesis topics. You can consult them on this page.
IRFM is an institute of CEA, the French Alternatives Energies and Atomic Energy Commission. Located in the CEA Cadarache Centre, with ITER next door, the 200+ physicists, engineers and technicians of the Institute carry out research on magnetic fusion as a potential future energy source.
Applications are open through 15 February 2023 for the next wave of the FUSION-EP Master's program (September 2023 start). Scholarships are available to top-ranked candidates.
The ideal candidate has, or is in the process of obtaining, a Bachelor's degree or recognized equivalent (minimum 3 years of study, 180 ECTS or more) in physics or engineering (nuclear, materials, chemical, electrical). Students from all countries can apply. The program language is English.
The FUSION-EP program aims to train the next generations of magnetic confinement fusion physicists and engineers. It offers high-level, multinational, research-oriented education in fusion-related engineering or physics in close relation to the research activities of the partners, including the ITER Organization.
More information about the program can be found on the dedicated website. To apply, click here.
The Instituto de Plasmas e Fusão Nuclear (IPFN) invites applications for its Doctoral Program in Plasma Science and Engineering from eligible candidates by 3 February 2023 (for a September 2023 start, full time).
Successful applicants, up to a maximum of three, will benefit from a four-year doctoral scholarship supported by the Portuguese Foundation for Science and Technology. The official language of APPLAuSE is English.
For more information and to apply, see this IPFN webpage.
APS Conferences for Undergraduate Women in Physics (CUWiP) are three-day regional conferences for undergraduate physics majors in the United States.
The goal of APS CUWiP is to help undergraduate women continue in physics by providing them with the opportunity to experience a professional conference, information about graduate school and professions in physics, and access to other women in physics of all ages with whom they can share experiences, advice, and ideas. The national and local organizing committees of APS CUWiP strive to create a welcoming environment for all, including undergraduate women and gender minorities.
Interested in learning more about CUWiP? Sign up for updates.
Apply by 10 January 2023 for Summer 2023 internships as part of the US Department of Energy's Science Undergraduate Laboratory Internships (SULI) program.
The SULI program encourages undergraduate students and recent graduates to pursue science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) careers by providing research experiences at the Department of Energy (DOE) laboratories. Selected students participate as interns appointed at one of 17 participating DOE laboratories/facilities. They perform research, under the guidance of laboratory staff scientists or engineers, on projects supporting the DOE mission.
Applications for the SULI program are solicited annually for three separate internship terms. Internship appointments are 10 weeks in duration for the Summer Term (May through August) or 16 weeks in duration for the Fall (August through December) and Spring (January through May) Terms. Each DOE laboratory/facility offers different research opportunities; not all DOE laboratories/facilities offer internships during the Fall and Spring Terms.
Read more about the SULI program, or apply here.