GRADUATE RESEARCH ASSISTANTSHIPS
 

Graduate Students' Application Form
            Graduate Research Assistantship Application

Faculty/Staff Forms
            Graduate Research Assistantship Proposal (To be returned to the College of Graduate Studies by June 1st)
            Graduate Research Assistantship Appointment (To be returned to the College of Graduate Studies by August 15th)
            Graduate Research Assistantship Student Evaluation (To be returned to the College of Graduate Studies by April 30th)

Faculty/Staff/Graduate Students
            Graduate Research Assistantship Guidelines


Graduate research assistantships (GRAs) are designed to link a graduate student together with a professor in a meaningful research project, which will be one academic year in duration. During the assistantship period, a graduate research assistant will work directly with a professor on a joint project, which will lead to a presentation at a professional conference and/or a joint publication. Graduate research assistantships are awarded to part and full-time students who are fully admitted with a clear-admit status to a graduate degree program and who maintain outstanding academic standing during the time of the award. The total award equals over $8,000 a year which includes tuition and fees remission for up to 15 credits per academic year, a bi-weekly income, plus a complimentary parking pass. Appointments are competitive and are determined on the basis of undergraduate and/or graduate grade point averages, test scores, letters of recommendation, pertinent experience, educational preparation, interviews, or a combination of these factors. They are intended to encourage and assist superior students in pursuing graduate study and in completing the requirements for graduate degrees in the minimum possible time. The guidelines are to be used in employing GRAs within academic departments. For further information contact Jason Cahoon at 508.531.1300.
 

Last Modified: November 1, 2011