Graduate Research Assistantships

Each year ISR faculty members appoint more than 100 graduate research assistants (GRAs) to work on research projects. Appointments may be made for a semester or an academic year. Renewals are contingent on both performance and the continued availability of funds.

Qualifications

To be eligible for this program, a student must be registered as a full-time graduate student in a participating ISR-affiliated department:

A. James Clark School of Engineering
     Aerospace Engineering
     Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering
     Civil and Environmental Engineering
     Electrical and Computer Engineering
     Materials Science and Engineering
     Mechanical Engineering

College of Behavorial and Social Sciences
     Neuroscience and Cognitive Science Program

College of Computer, Mathematical and Physical Sciences
     Computer Science
     UMIACS
     Mathematics

College of Chemical and Life Sciences
     Biology

Robert H. Smith School of Business
     Decision and Information Technologies
     Logistics, Business and Public Policy

Benefits

GRAs receive tuition remission for a limited number of credits and a stipend. They are also eligible for health benefits.

Application procedure

Current students: speak with your advisor or your department's graduate program office about openings and/or funding for GRA appointments.

Prospective students: Do not contact faculty members directly unless invited to do so. Direct requests for information to the graduate program office of the department to which you are applying.