1 PARTI - general  Fermilab Internship in Physics of Accelerators and Related Technology for International Students (PARTI)   Objective:  To familiarize students with opportunities at the frontier of scientific research in physics and the technology of particle accelerators.  Participants:  Physics undergrads from universities in the former Soviet Union Primarily from Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology and Novosibirsk State University Mostly top-notch students, including past prize– winners of All-Russian and International Physics school Olympiads Strong preference for majors in Accelerator or related areas So far, after 3 rd – 5 th year (out of 6)  Size: students  Assignment: AD, TD, APC  Duration: 10 – 12 weeks in July – September  Mentors are assigned through individual discussions

2 PARTI - curriculum  Weekly 1 hr meetings as a group  1 -2 weeks after the start, each student presents a 5 min, 5 slides report about his project and his goals (in English)  2 -3 weeks before the end of the internship, each student presents a 10 min, 10 slides report about his results  Students meet with representatives of universities, who describes opportunities for PhD research in Accelerators  Scientists come to talk about accelerator research at Fermilab  Fermilab tours  According to a survey, the tour quality depends dramatically on whether it is done by a scientist or by a graduate student or intern  Summer lecture series  Students are encouraged to attend seminars, colloquiums etc.  Usually there are presentable results  Most makes a presentation at departmental meetings  Usually one student every year co-authors in a conference presentation  Most students write a paper (technical memo, preprint, a description…)

3 PARTI – some results  Total 41 students, starting with 2 in 2003 (zero in 2004)  Of former interns (33 in 2008), we know about 20. From them, In Physics - 15, in Accelerators – 8, in US – 3  2008 survey of former interns (33; 17 responded)  Students were asked to answer the following questions (from 1 for Certainly No to 5 for Certainly Yes; average/StDev): Was your experience at Fermilab good overall? 5 /0 Did it affect your life path?3.94 /1  Estimate importance of following factors in answering the questions above Visiting US4.5 /0.73 Working at Fermilab4.75 /0.45 Working in area related to accelerators3.63 /0.81 Money3.19 /1.42