Project and Research Assistantships (PA & RA)

Research Assistantships

Research Assistantships are GEO benefitted positions that can be completed during any time of the year (academic semester, winter session, or summer session). 20-hour per week research assistantships of any kind during the academic semesters (both in the department or outside of the department) count as one allocation 

Faculty will advertise available research assistantship opportunities to the SocGrad listserv.

Project Assistantships

A Project Assistant (PA) is similar to a Research Assistant, but a PA is a graduate student who performs work primarily for the benefit of the University, faculty or academic staff supervisor, and secondarily for the graduate student's own research. Similar to an RA, a PA must do work related to academic research. 

Faculty will advertise available research assistantship opportunities to the SocGrad listserv.