FAQ: living and working on site at Fermilab

Useful links:

FNAL onsite housing: https://get-connected.fnal.gov/housing/#onsitehousing

FNAL village residents guide: https://publicpoint.fnal.gov/get-connected/Shared%20Documents/Documents/Village%20Resident%20Important%20Information.pdf

Life at FNAL: https://get-connected.fnal.gov/life-at-fermilab/

FNAL cafeteria online ordering: https://www.clover.com/online-ordering/fermilab-caf---taher-batavia/

Weekly menu announced in inside.fnal.gov (requires FNAL services sign on password)

FNAL onsite housing: https://get-connected.fnal.gov/housing/#onsitehousing

You will be staying in one of the houses in the Fermilab Village.   You can find information on this webpage:

https://get-connected.fnal.gov/housing/

And in the  “Village residents information guide” linked from that page:

https://publicpoint.fnal.gov/get-connected/Shared%20Documents/Documents/Village%20Resident%20Important%20Information.pdf

You’ll see in the guide that village residents can request approval for guest access from the Campus Access office.

If approved,  “Personal Visitors” are allowed to come to the village for the day (but not stay overnight), while “Authorized Guests” (including domestic partners) are allowed to stay overnight.  We can help you request access after you arrive.

For food, there is a cafeteria in the main building where you will work each day (Wilson Hall).   The cafeteria is convenient for breakfast and lunch on weekdays until 2:30pm, but not dinner.  The houses have fully equipped kitchens. For transportation to the grocery store 1.5 miles from the village, most residents walk, find a ride with a fellow village resident, have food delivered, or take an Uber. Residents can bring bicycles to the village, as well, helmets are required onsite. The route makes for a pleasant walk (if residents are able).   

Houses are fully furnished with bed linens and towels are included for house residents, but you are welcome to bring anything specific you would like.

There is a shuttle provided by Fermilab. USCMS PURSUE 2025 has paid for extended shuttle hours (beyond the posted hours which ends at 4pm) at 5:30pm through the whole program to transport interns from Wilson Hall back to the FNAL village on weekdays.