The PLASMAScience Graduate School of IP-Paris is launching the third edition of its PLASMAScience Summer School, dedicated to laser-plasma interactions.

It will be held on Porquerolles Island, France, from June 21 to 27, 2026.

The Summer School is a one-week, free-of-charge training program for highly-motivated PhD candidates, postdoctoral fellows and early career scientists interested in laser-plasma interactions. Participants only need to cover for their own travel expenses to and from Hyères train station (close to Marseille), all other expenses (ferry to the island, accommodation, meals, boat tour, etc.) are covered by the PLASMAScience Graduate School.

This year, the Summer School emphasizes laser-plasma interactions, encompassing inertial fusion for energy, laboratory astrophysics, laser-plasma accelerators, hadron & electron sources and their applications (from nuclear physics to SFQED), photon sources & plasma optics, numerical simulations, as well as data & machine-learning in this context.

For more information about confirmed lecturers, lecture topics and the weekly schedule, see https://plasmascience.fr/plasmascience-summer-school-2026/.

Applications are open until March 27, 2026 !