2026 ERP Boot Camp -- applications due on March 1

[Steven John Luck]

The UC-Davis/SDSU ERP Boot Camp is a 10-day NIH-funded summer workshop on the ERP technique. The 2026 workshop will be held June 15-24 in Davis, California. It will be held entirely in person; remote attendance is not possible. It is intended for individuals who want to gain a deep understanding of the ERP technique, including both basic scientists and clinical/translational researchers.

Topics will include:

•     Neural origins of ERPs

•     The design and interpretation of ERP experiments

•     EEG data acquisition

•     Filtering, artifact rejection, and artifact correction

•     Measuring and analyzing ERP components

•     Advanced methods, such as time-frequency analysis and multivariate pattern analysis

•     Setting up and running an ERP lab

The Boot Camp consists of lectures on these topics, accompanied by guided discussions of ERP papers, activities, and individual consultations. It is led by Steve Luck and Emily Kappenman, and the faculty includes many distinguished ERP researchers from UC Davis and other universities.

We focus on providing a deep understanding of the conceptual issues involved in ERP research, not specific software packages. If you are interested in getting hands-on data analysis experience with the open-source EEGLAB and ERPLAB packages, see the free online book, Applied ERP Data Analysis (https://doi.org/10.18115/D5QG92).

Previous ERP Boot Camp participants have come from around the world and have included graduate students, postdocs, medical residents/fellows, research scientists, and faculty. They have included psychologists, neuroscientists, psychiatrists, neurologists, audiologists, linguists, and more. The ERP Boot Camp provides a deep exploration of ERPs, so we require that graduate students and postdocs have had at least one year of intensive ERP experience before attending the Boot Camp (this requirement is waived for faculty-level participants). We do not ordinarily accept individuals who have not yet started or completed a doctoral program (e.g., undergraduates and research assistants).

All participants receive a scholarship that covers most or all of the costs of attending the Boot Camp, including travel and lodging. There is no registration fee. We typically accept 25-27 U.S. citizens and permanent residents, along with 3-5 participants who are not U.S. citizens or permanent residents.

Applications are due by March 1, 2026, and admissions decisions will be announced in early April. For more information and the application form, see https://erpinfo.org/summer-boot-camp/

If you have questions after reading the materials on our web site, please send an email to erpbo...@gmail.com. 

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Steve Luck, Ph.D. (he/him/his)

Distinguished Professor, Department of Psychology (http://psychology.ucdavis.edu/)

Core Faculty, Center for Mind & Brain (https://mindbrain.ucdavis.edu/)

University of California, Davis

267 Cousteau Place [directions (https://mindbrain.ucdavis.edu/directions)]

Room 126

Davis, CA 95618

(530) 754-4524

mailto:sjl...@ucdavis.edu

http://mindbrain.ucdavis.edu/people/sjluck

http://lucklab.ucdavis.edu (http://lucklab.ucdavis.edu/)

http://erpinfo.org (http://erpinfo.org/)

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