Graduate Assistantships

Graduate assistantships provide students with the opportunity to conduct research with a faculty member, assist with teaching responsibilities, or participate in and organize departmental or campus projects. 

In turn, these positions offer hands-on experience, expanded learning opportunities, and professional skill development.  

Most positions are awarded for one year and may be renewed for a second year depending on the length of the graduate program, as well as academic and job performance. The maximum length of an award is two years, regardless of the length of the program in which the student is enrolled. Students must maintain full-time enrollment in the program to maintain the Graduate Assistantship award. 

Students who receive a Graduate Assistantship will not be eligible for any other scholarship/fellowship, tuition remission program, or reduced tuition rates offered by the University. However, a student may hold both a Graduate Assistantship and an on-campus employment position, with total work hours not to exceed 19 per week.

For questions about your eligibility, please contact your admission counselor.

 

Falk School of Sustainability Graduate Assistantships

Application deadline: February 1.  
All students admitted to the Falk School of Sustainability graduate programs will automatically be considered for graduate assistantship positions, based on information presented in the admission application. Submission of a Graduate Assistantship application is optional.  

Review of admitted students for graduate assistantships will continue on a rolling basis until all positions are filled. Graduate Assistantship award recipients will be notified by mid-March.  

Each position is worth $5,000 in remitted tuition per academic year, and students must work 10 hours per week during the academic year, except as noted.  

Examples of available assistantships are listed below. 

  • Food Innovation Lab Graduate Assistant 
  • Teaching Assistantship 
  • Aquaculture & Aquatic Ecology Graduate Assistant 
  • Experiential Learning Partnerships Graduate Assistant 
  • Forester, Professional Graduate Assistant 

A complete list of graduate assistantships and information on how to apply will be available in late fall 2023.

 

School of Health Sciences Assistantships 

Priority Application deadline: February 1. 
Review of assistantship applications will continue on a rolling basis until all positions are filled. Graduate Assistantship award recipients will be notified in the spring. Application deadline and tuition remittance/stipend vary by position.

Examples of available assistantships for students in the Graduate Psychology and Counseling Psychology programs are listed below. 

  • Graduate Teaching and Research Fellowship 
  • Student Success Coach 
  • Teaching Fellow 
  • Graduate Research Assistant 

A complete list of graduate assistantships and information on how to apply will be available in late fall 2023.

 

School of Arts, Science & Business Assistantships

Priority Application deadline: February 1. 
Review of assistantship applications will continue on a rolling basis until all positions are filled. Graduate Assistantship award recipients will be notified in the spring. Application deadline and tuition remittance/stipend vary by position.

Examples of available assistantships are listed below. 

  • Managing Editor – Online Publications 
  • Science Lab Assistant 
  • Digital Video Specialist 
  • Social Marketing Director 
  • Graduate Teaching Fellow 

A complete list of graduate assistantships and information on how to apply will be available in late fall 2023.