The school will take place June 16-29, 2019. The school will start at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), Oak Ridge, TN, and will continue at Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Lemont, IL, after roughly one week. Students will be housed by the School and transportation will be provided from lodging to the school. Lodging accommodations will be available starting June 15, 2019. Lectures and hands-on experiments will be held during normal working hours, including some weekend lectures, but some experiments will be conducted during evening sessions. Social events will be arranged for participants.

The school accepts 60 applicants each year, open only to graduate students attending North American universities. Students are typically obtaining degrees in physics, chemistry, materials science, geosciences, engineering, but applications from other fields where neutron and/or x-ray experiments would be of value.

Graduate students who are accepted and attend the School receive transportation from their home institution or their current address, plus housing and meals at Argonne and Oak Ridge, as well as transportation between Oak Ridge National Laboratory and Argonne National Laboratory. The Argonne Communications, Education, and Public Affairs Division will arrange for travel so that students arrive at ORNL on June 15 and depart from ANL on June 29; arriving early or staying longer cannot be reimbursed. If accepted, students are expected to attend the entire school. Students who travel via private automobile will be reimbursed in accordance with Argonne policy.  Individuals who reside within a 50-mile radius of either laboratory will have reimbursements limited for their travel to that location, as required by DOE rules.