Graduate Program:

Teaching Assistant, Reasearch Assistant and Graduation Information

Please see the Graduate Assistantship Office for up-to-date information on Graduate Appointments Policies and Procedures, and for information on current rates, dates and other funding information. Or visit the Department of Psychology Policies and Procedures for Appointment and Reappointment Guidelines 

Important Update - GEO Graduate Curriculum Fee Waiver Rates

  Effective July 1, 2012, the curriculum fee raets for all GEO appointment charged back to grants and gifts will increase by 5%.

 The effective rates are determined by competivite proposal date, as follows:

Proposal Submission Date

Rate to be charged during FY2013

Prior to 7/1/2001

NA

7/1/2001 to 6/30/2004

$5,312.40

7/1/2004 to 6/30/2006

$6,938.80

7/1/2006 to 6/30/2008

$7,508.80

7/1/2008 to 6/30/2013

$8,208.00

Curriculum Fee Waiver Charges will be assessed for the following gradaute appointment types:

     Research Assistant (RA); Project Assistant (PA); Teaching Appointments (TA adn TO); Interns (IN); Working Fellows (FU)-NB, non-working fellows and non-working trainees are excluded from the waiver charge back.

The rate is calculated from actual 2012 participation data and FY 2013 graduate curriculum fees
One FTE is equal to 760 hours of employment for the year.  All applicable fall and spring appointments will be calculated as a percentage of the FTE.

The rate is assessed for GEO members paid during the pay periods from August 28, 2011 through May 18, 2012.  The wavier charges are not submect to indirect cost charges, and are not applicable to appointments on department and P.I. RTF accounts.

 

Recruitment forms

Please see forms at right for graduate fellowships and assistantships. You may either fill out the RA form in SPIRE or the Department Form. Please remember we will need funding information including: Account number, Amount to be paid, start and end dates of appointment, and the student's Campus I.D number.

Undergraduate Program

Please complete and submit a form at the right to request undergraduate teaching assistants or research assistants.

Assistantship contracts

For undergrad students to receive credit for their TA or RA, they must complete and submit a TA or RA contract to the undergraduate secretary at least 2 working days before the end of the add/drop period in which they will be doing the work.  Contracts are available in the psych advising center (Tobin 501) or online on the undergrad TA/RA pages.