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<div style="direction: ltr;">Dear colleagues,</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Applications are open:</div>
<div style="direction: ltr;"><b><a href="https://www.jlab.org/conference/hugs2024" id="OWA6b09921a-1e62-3307-8ab7-1b7468e080d4" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable">HUGS 2024</a></b><br>
<i>The 39th annual Hampton University<br>
Graduate Summer program at Jefferson Lab<br>
May 28 – June 14, 2024</i><br>
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This year <b>HUGS will be fully in person.</b> The deadline for applications (and reference letters) is
<b>January 31, 2024</b>.<br>
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The HUGS Program at Jefferson Lab is a summer school designed for nuclear and particle physics graduate students who have finished their coursework and have at least one year of research experience. Students who are well into a research project are also encouraged
to apply.</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">The program is simultaneously intensive, friendly, and casual. All lecturers are internationally renowned and leaders in their fields. In-person students will be housed
on site at Jefferson Lab, and there will be many opportunities to interact with the lecturers, as well as Jefferson Lab staff, other graduate students</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.75pt;">,</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;"> and
visitors. The school will close with a student seminar session and a virtual poster session. </span></div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">Acceptance into the program is competitive, and
<b>a limited number of scholarships for in-person attendance</b> are available through grant support by the United States Department of Energy.
</span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 9.75pt;"><b>Additional support for students from developing countries</b> is available through a dedicated
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JSA/HUGS fellowship</a> sponsored by Jefferson Science Associates.</span></div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;"><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;">Please see
</span><b><a href="https://www.jlab.org/conference/hugs2024" id="OWAa1e5681f-f7f2-1cd7-1862-2dcd6dd0ac4d" class="OWAAutoLink" data-auth="NotApplicable">https://www.jlab.org/conference/hugs2024</a></b><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif;"> for details
and application, and feel free </span><span style="font-family: arial, sans-serif; font-size: 12.8px;">to share this announcement with interested students and colleagues. </span></div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Best regards,</div>
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<div style="direction: ltr;">Alberto Accardi (director)</div>
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