Eligibility

• Individual proposals may be submitted by researchers who are faculty, postdocs, or graduate students at URA-member universities doing research in areas such as high energy physics experiments, astrophysics, theory, accelerator physics, materials science, computer science, engineering, and accelerator R&D related to the Fermilab mission.
• Applicants must be employed by or, in the case of graduate students, enrolled at URA member institutions during the course of the award.

Funding Priorities

Support provided by the program may include the following:

• travel and local lodging expenses during a series of short visits OR
• salary support and round trip travel expenses for an extended visit.​

Additional Information

• The URA Visiting Scholars Program (VSP) was established in 2007 to support the work of faculty and students from the Universities Research Association, Inc. (URA) institutions to work at Fermilab for periods of up to one year.
• Because these funds are provided by URA and come solely from contributions by URA member universities, the visitor’s home institution must agree to waive indirect costs, tuition, fees, and other administrative expenses.
• Proposals may be submitted in February and August.