UC Irvine

Open To Cal-Bridge Scholars Only, AB540/DACA Eligible

Dates: June 21st – August 14th, 2026

Description: The School of Physical Sciences houses specialized, first-class research facilities that allow our researchers and students to stay at the forefront of scientific discovery and education.

Stipend: Selected students will receive a $7000 stipend.

Housing: Participants will be provided with shared housing. Move-in/-out dates are the day before and after the dates provided above.

Travel: Travel costs will be covered.

Application: February 2nd, 2026

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Open to students in Physics

Strong gravitational lensing with machine learning

Open to students in Astronomy, Computer Science, Physics

Transition to university and physics learning in physics students

Open to students in Physics

Growing and studying ultrathin metal crystals

Open to students in Computer Engineering, Physics

Biological physics – investigating collective properties

Open to students in Physics

Dynamic Carrier Manipulation in Quantum Materials

Open to students in Physics

Pushing Satellite Quenching to Low Masses with Machine Learning

Open to students in Astronomy, Physics

Hydrodynamics of Quantum Matter

Open to students in Physics

Programmable optics for better display, sensing, and imaging

Open to students in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Mathematics, Physics, Statistics

ATLAS Research at the Large Hadron Collider

Open to students in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics

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