INSIGHT is a resource center for a network of traineeship programs located at various institutions in the US. Each traineeship program parters with a number of Minority Serving Institutions.
Traineeship Programs
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Argonne National LaboratoryBuilding Pathways to Nuclear Physics at Argonne National Laboratory
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Brookhaven National LaboratoryBNL-MSI PREP-NPT
Brookhaven National Laboratory is a multipurpose, federally funded research institution and one of the U.S. Department of Energy’s flagship laboratories. Located on Long Island, NY, Brookhaven was founded in 1947 to perform basic and applied research at the frontiers of science. Over its history, Brookhaven Lab has housed numerous one-of-a-kind scientific facilities, leading to many great discoveries and 7 Nobel Prizes. In the field of Nuclear Physics, BNL is home to the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, the National Nuclear Data Center, the Computational Science Initiative, a strong Nuclear Theory group, and a renowned Instrumentation Department. BNL is currently also building the Electron-Ion Collider, a new facility which will be the most powerful collider in the world for studying the nucleus when it is built. The BNL-MSI PREP-NPT fellowship program consists of talented undergraduate students from under-represented populations who are interested in pursuing graduate studies in nuclear physics research. As part of the 1-2 year program, PREP-NPT Fellows will be paired with top scientists at BNL to work on the cutting-edge nuclear physics research topics being pursued at the above facilities, and receive counseling and support toward their goal of becoming a scientist themselves.
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Florida International UniversityThe nuclear physics group at Florida International Univeristy consists
of 5 experimental and 3 theoretical faculty. Their work is closely related to the experimental program at Jefferson Lab and the future electron-ion collider at Brookhaven national lab. The group offers year-long internships to motivated FIU undergraduates. The internships are natural extensions of the group's current research program and cover a range of physics topics in both experiment and theory, with resulting training in skills ranging from hardware assembly to coding for data analysis and theoretical physics studies. These internships include research stays at Jefferson Lab over the summer to shadow experimental shifts or assist in hardware construction. |
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Georgia State UniversityMurad Sarsour
The nuclear physics group at Georgia State University is working on several research projects at the forefront of nuclear physics. These projects are carried out at national facilities (i.e. Brookhaven National Laboratory, Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory and National Institute of Standards and Technology) as well as locally. The research activities include building the hadronic calorimeter for the sPHENIX experiment, conducting data analysis on the data collected by the PHENIX detector, building and designing modular RICH Aerogel prototypes of particle identification detector for Electron-Ion Collider experiments, and building and running cosmic ray detector units. They offer excellent opportunities for students to learn valuable skills utilized in all aspects of research including detector construction, data collection and analysis, and dissemination.
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GREAT-NS at Berkeley LabunderGraduate Research Educational Academic Traineeship in Nuclear Science
The underGraduate Research Educational Academic Traineeships in Nuclear Science (GREAT-NS) @ Berkeley Lab program is a paid undergraduate internship program taking place at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab), San Jose State University (SJSU), the University of California, Merced (UCM) and the University of California, Riverside (UCR). GREAT-NS fellows will be mentored through a 1-year traineeship program in Nuclear Science by Berkeley Lab scientists, professors at SJSU, UCM and UCR and will make contributions to leading research in low energy nuclear structure, medical isotope production, fundamental properties of neutrinos, nuclear physics for applications in nuclear and homeland security and proliferation detection, synthesis of new elements, nuclear data, relativistic heavy ion physics and/or target production for nuclear physics. Trainees will not only have the chance to work side-by-side in world-leading research groups, but will also be given the resources and opportunities to form connections with their fellow trainees, and also to network broadly in the field of nuclear science. Additionally, the Traineeship program includes a series of introductory sessions to learn the basics of nuclear science and the tools used. Workforce Development & Education (WD&E) will also welcome GREAT-NS interns into Berkeley Lab’s larger internship community. GREAT-NS interns will attend weekly meetings that teach them valuable professional development skills and help them network with interns across Divisions. At the end of the term, they will participate in a Lab-wide poster session and share their results with peers and mentors.
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TREND at Texas A&M and othersTexas Research Expanding Nuclear Diversity Collaboration
The Texas Research Expanding Nuclear Diversity (TREND) collaboration, led by Texas A&M University, exists to provide nuclear science research opportunities for students from four Texas universities that serve primarily minority communities: Prairie View A&M University, Texas A&M University's Higher Education Center at McAllen, Texas Lutheran University, and The University of Texas at El Paso.
Students selected for participation in this program will have the opportunity to build a muon detector and work on research projects during the semester under the dual tutelage of a local mentor and a faculty member from Texas A&M University's Cyclotron Institute (a paid opportunity, 15 h/week). During the summer, the student will perform paid research in person (40 h/week) at the Cyclotron Institute. Minimum participation in the program will be one year, but it is anticipated that successful candidates will return for a second year. So if you are interested in seeing what life in scientific research is all about or just want to learn new things from some of the best minds in the field, come join us! |
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INSIGHT at the Facility for Rare Isotope BeamsThe Facility for Rare Isotope Beams (FRIB) at Michigan State University (MSU) offers world wide unique opportunities for science and research in cutting-edge nuclear science. Completed in 2022, FRIB houses the most powerful heavy-ion accelerator, allowing researchers to access more than 1,000 new rare isotopes, many never before produced on Earth. Research areas include basic nuclear science using experimentation, experimental equipment development, theory, or computing, nuclear astrophysics, nuclear chemistry, accelerator physics, applications of rare isotopes for example in life sciences. The FRIB traineeship program offers entry level access to any of these areas for interested undergraduate students from any background.
INSIGHT at Dillard UniversityINSIGHT Traineeship opportunities in nuclear physics are also available at Dillard University.
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Los Alamos National LaboratoryGluon Saturation Searches Internships
Los Alamos National Lab (LANL) and DOE Office of Science NP are conducting a program to engage indigenous women into high-energy nuclear physics research. The program provides an opportunity to work with LANL scientists on the investigation of the behavior of subatomic particles under very high energy produced in particle colliders such as the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider (RHIC) in New York and the Large Hadron Collider(LHC) in Switzerland. Selected students will stage at LANL during the summer, participate on data acquisition in the LHCb experiment at LHC and receive guidance for a career in nuclear physics.
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North Carolina Central UniversityRegional Training Program: Promoting Undergraduate Minority Persistence in Nuclear Physics
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NPET Fellowship at University of TennesseeNuclear Physics in Eastern Tennessee
The Nuclear Physics in Eastern TN (NPET) Fellowship is an undergraduate internship program at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville (UT) and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). NPET Fellows will participate in a virtual 15-hour/week commitment during the academic school year followed by an in-person, full-time, 10-week summer program, and will be provided learning opportunities in nuclear physics. Students will be mentored by UT professors and ORNL scientists and will be able to make contributions to leading research in Low energy nuclear structure, Nuclear Astrophysics,
Fundamental Neutron Physics, Neutrino Physics, Quantum Information Science, and Heavy Ion Research. |
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NREMST at UT ArlingtonNuclear Research Internships for Minority Students in Texas
The Nuclear Research Internships for Minority Students in Texas program at the University of Texas at Arlington welcomes students from underrepresented groups in STEM to engage in cutting edge nuclear physics research projects. The group specializes in searches for neutrinoless double beta decay searches, and is the leading US institution in the Neutrino Experiment with Xenon Time Projection Chamber (NEXT) program that seeks evidence of Majorana neutrinos with pressurized xenon gas detectors. Trainees will work in our well-equipped xenon gas detector facilities in close collaboration with physicists from the Neutrinos and Rare Event Searches (nuRES) group at UTA, on projects that straddle the interfaces of nuclear physics, particle physics, detector design and construction, atomic physics and surface science. No prior experience or expertise is necessary - the only requirement is enthusiasm to learn.
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NuSTEAMNuclear Science in Texas to Enhance and Advance Minorities
This is a collaborative effort by four Texas-based universities that run an undergraduate traineeship project under the guidelines of the Department of Energy TBD-NP (Research Traineeships to Broaden and Diversify the Nuclear Physics community) program. The collaboration consists of the University of Houston (UH), University of Texas - Rio Grande Valley (UTRGV), University of Texas – El Paso (UTEP) and Prairie View A&M University (PVAMU).
The University of Houston serves as a host for the summer program of the year-long traineeship. After completing a six-week summer course at UH, Brookhaven National Laboratory hosts the students for a two-week hands-on experience in the laboratory environment. Upon returning to their home institutions, the students continue to be supported for the Fall and Spring semesters for 15 hrs/week, while working on a research topic chosen through the traineeship program. Possible topics include nuclear and high energy data analysis, neutrino and dark matter data analysis, phenomenological modeling of data from RHIC and LHC, radiation physics studies, machine learning applications in nuclear physics, detector calibration and electronics testing for new instruments. |
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HADRONS at San Diego State UniversityHelping Amplify Diversity and Research Opportunities in Nuclear Science
HADRONS is a new traineeship program at San Diego State University (SDSU) funded by the Department of Energy (DOE) with the goal of broadening and diversifying the Nuclear Physics workforce. Trainees are undergraduate students from the Physics Department at SDSU and receive direct mentoring from a faculty member, participate in a research project in theoretical nuclear physics, have access to career development opportunities, and get involved in outreach activities. Trainees also receive financial support by being hired as research assistants.
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Skyline CollegeSkyline College is one of three community colleges in the San Mateo County Community College District. A minority-serving institution, its stated mission is to empower and transform a global community of learners. Skyline is also an institutional member of the nEXO experiment, which is a next-generation tonne-scale search for neutrinoless double-beta decay in 136Xe. The Skyline College traineeship programs provides opportunities for students at any of the three colleges in the San Mateo County district to contribute to the ongoing detector R&D projects happening at Stanford University and/or SLAC.
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University of California RiversideCalifornia Bridge to the EIC
Building a Diverse Workforce for Nulear Physics Research at the Electron Ion Collider. The Electron-Ion Collider (EIC) represents a flagship project for the future of Nuclear Physics, therefore it provides an excellent platform to inspire, attract, and train the next generation of scientists. The CB-EIC is a PhD bridge program for the EIC with a partnership between the California EIC consortium and Cal-Bridge.
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Virginia State UniversityResearch trainees working with the Nuclear Science Laboratory at Virginia State University are exploring ways in which machine learning techniques can be incorporated into the analysis of data collected from measurements using the MoNA-LISA arrays. Through their participation in a collaborative nuclear physics research project, trainees receive guidance using and developing computer software, understanding the operating principles of radiation detectors, and practicing effective science communication practices.
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Yale University Wright LabResearch Traineeship for Diversity in Nuclear Physics at Yale Wright Laboratory
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