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From: Ma, Hong <hma AT bnl.gov>
Date: Sat, Oct 25, 2025 at 10:03 PM
Subject: Re: Ozaki Exchange Program
To: Okamura, Masahiro <okamura AT bnl.gov>, Kettell, Steven <kettell AT bnl.gov>, Begel, Michael <begel AT bnl.gov>, Slosar, Anze <anze AT bnl.gov>, Dawson, Sally <sdawson AT bnl.gov>, Wenaus,Torre J <twenaus AT bnl.gov>, Carini, Gabriella <carini AT bnl.gov>, Palmer, Mark <mpalmer AT bnl.gov>
Cc: Denisov, Dmitri <denisovd AT bnl.gov>

Hi all,

 

                The call for applications to the 2026 Ozaki Exchange Program is now open.  Please share this with your colleagues and collaborations,  especially those on the US-Japan program,  about this opportunity for both US and Japan students.   I included a short paragraph for the program below. Feel free to distribute.

 

                Best, 

 

                Hong. 

 

Ozaki Exchange Program, funded jointly by the U.S. and Japan, was established in 2018 to strengthen U.S.- Japan scientific collaboration and to facilitate greater cooperation in the areas of accelerator and particle physics by supporting the exchange of graduate students between Japan and the United States. All graduate students enrolled, or undergraduate students already accepted for enrollment, in accredited Japanese or U.S. physics Ph.D. programs are eligible to apply.   The Japanese students are hosted in the DOE national labs, and the U.S. students are hosted at KEK institutions, including J-PARC, or HEP labs at specific universities in Japan. The 2026 program is open for application from Oct 24 to Dec 19, 2025. 

 

Japanese program: https://www2.kek.jp/kokusai/us_japan/ozaki_exchange_program.html

U.S. program: https://www.bnl.gov/ozaki/

   Application webpage for U.S. students: https://academicjobsonline.org/ajo/jobs/30889

 

From: Okamura, Masahiro <okamura AT bnl.gov>
Date: Monday, October 6, 2025 at 4:13 PM
To: Ma, Hong <hma AT bnl.gov>
Cc: Kettell, Steven <kettell AT bnl.gov>, Begel, Michael <begel AT bnl.gov>, Slosar, Anze <anze AT bnl.gov>, Dawson, Sally <sdawson AT bnl.gov>, Wenaus,Torre J <twenaus AT bnl.gov>, Carini, Gabriella <carini AT bnl.gov>, Palmer, Mark <mpalmer AT bnl.gov>, Denisov, Dmitri <denisovd AT bnl.gov>
Subject: Re: Ozaki Exchange Program

Dear Hong,

Thank you for your message and for coordinating the Ozaki Exchange Program.
C-AD would be pleased to host summer students under the program. Below is a list of possible topics we can offer:

1. Advanced Ion Source Development for High-Current Beams
   Students will participate in R&D on laser ion sources (LIS) , electron beam ion source (EBIS) and polarized ion sources (OPPIS) used for RHIC and future EIC applications, including plasma diagnostics and beam extraction optimization.
2. Compact Accelerator for Neutron Generation
   Experimental and simulation studies of compact proton and lithium accelerators for neutron production, including beam transport and target interactions for BNCT and isotope applications.
3. Spin-Polarized Beam Acceleration and Diagnostics
   Involvement in experiments and simulations related to spin dynamics, beam polarization measurement, and optimization in low-energy injector systems.
4. General Accelerator Technology and Beam Instrumentation R&D
   Participation in development of beam diagnostics, high-voltage systems, and RF structures supporting ongoing upgrades of the BNL injector complex.

These topics are well suited for short-term (up to 10 weeks) participation, with appropriate mentoring and hands-on experimental or simulation components.

Best regards,
Masahiro Okamura

On Oct 6, 2025, at 15:56, Ma, Hong <hma AT bnl.gov> wrote:

 

Hi all, 

 

                As you may know, BNL hosts the DOE HEP Ozaki Exchange program

https://www.bnl.gov/ozaki/

 

                I need your help for one change to the program this coming year.

 

                The program has been running for a few years now.  For the 2025 program, there are 5 awards for US students to go to Japan, and 3 awards for Japanese students to visit US lab.   We expect to have a call for applications for the 2026 program in Nov this year.

               

One of the roles for US labs in the program is to host Japanese students.   One Japanese student in the 2025 program just completed the program in C-AD. Alessandro Tricoli hosted a student in 2024 in Physics Dept. 

 

For the 2026 program, KEK plans to categorize applications according to two types:  

 

1. Summer Student type - students join an existing program, for up to 10 weeks
2. Original Research type - applicants carry out their own research plan, for up to 9 months

 

For Type 2, the applicants will reach out to the researchers in the US labs to develop proposals.

 

To participate in Type 1, a list of topics for potential summer students to work on should be provided by the US labs.   The applicants for the summer program will select the topics when they apply.  

 

SLAC and FNAL had provided lists of topics in their labs for the program in the past. See the list at the bottom of the email.     

 

For BNL to participate in the summer student program, we need to provide a list of topics.   Please let me know with what topics your program can host summer students from Ozaki Exchange Program.   A brief description is sufficient.   

 

                Best,

 

                Hong. 

 

List of topics for students in Short Program at SLAC and FNAL

01[SLAC] ATLAS Itk Pixel Inner System Assembly and QC
02[SLAC] ATLAS Physics Analysis
03[SLAC] Higgs Factory Detector R&D
04[SLAC] Transverse Laser Fluctuations in Electron Photo-Injectors
05[SLAC] Neutrino Physics
06[SLAC] Additive Manufacturing
07[SLAC] Superconducting Thin Films
08[SLAC] Topics in High Power RF Generation
09[SLAC] Particle Collider Physics
10[SLAC] Detectors and Sensors
11[SLAC] LSST Camera Commissioning and Characterization, Vera Rubin Observatory

12[FNAL] Accelerator R&D( SRF, high field magnets, beam physics)
13[FNAL] High power targetry
14[FNAL] Neutrino Physics
15[FNAL] Detector R&D

 

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