Graduate Research Assistant

Job Description:

Winter 2025 Graduate Research Assistants(RAs) are selected for excellence in scholarship and potential as researchers. Graduate Research Assistants provide approximately 20 hours of service per week, over the course of a semester and under the supervision of faculty members. Research activities should relate directly to the student’s degree requirements and should be reasonably expected to contribute to the student’s academic program. You should not consider that all Research is done in a lab.

Qualifications:

Graduate Assistants must be fully admitted and enrolled for at least 8 credits for the academic year in a graduate program. Graduate course work and/or research must contribute directly to the satisfaction of Oakland's degree requirements. Graduate assistants must have and maintain good academic standing (3.0 grade point average).

Tuition:

Tuition (eight credits per semester or a total of 16 credits) will be compensated. Any additional credits and class fees, including books, will be the responsibility of the student.  

Compensation:

Student will receive a pay check (via direct deposit if desired) on the last business day of each month for the duration of the assistantship.

DURATION

Temporary / Seasonal

JOB FUNCTIONS

Education / Teaching / Training

OAKLAND UNIVERSITY

Oakland University is recognized as a student-centered, doctoral research institution with a global perspective. We engage more than 20,500 graduate and undergraduate students in distinctive educational experiences that connect to the unique and diverse opportunities within and beyond our region. Oakland provides a distinct educational experience with flexible class schedules and state-of-the-art facilities, student services, classroom technologies, research labs, internships and research opportunities with corporate partners. Located in the heart of Oakland County's Automation Alley, the university has forged hundreds of partnerships with hospitals, Fortune 500 companies, cities, government agencies and educational institutions.

Perform scholarly activities that relate directly to the student's degree requirements.  Graduate Research Assistants (GRAs) have a primary responsibility of participating in scholarly activities. They provide approximately 20 hours of activity service per week over the course of his/her plan of study. While a research assistant is expected to contribute in many ways to the research project, typical responsibilities include the following: prepare materials for submission to granting agencies and foundations, conduct literature reviews, prepare interview questions, prepare materials for IRB, recruit and/or interview subjects, maintain records of interviews, safeguard the confidentiality of subjects, collect and analyze data, manage and respond to project related email, oversee undergraduate students working on the research project (maintaining records on assignment completion, acting as liaison/mediator between the undergraduate students and the faculty researcher), attend project meetings, attend area seminars and other meetings as necessary, prepare progress reports for the PI and funding agency, prepare other articles, reports, and presentations, monitor the project budge, and fulfill other duties and responsibilities which may be assigned by individual researchers.

Qualification: GRAs must be fully admitted and enrolled full-time (8 credits minimum) throughout their plan of study while in the PhD in Nursing graduate program. Graduate course work and/or research must contribute directly to the satisfaction of Oakland's degree requirements. GRAs that applied to graduate may be approved to enroll less than full time requirements during that semester. The approval process is outlined in the Graduate Assistantship Policy Guidelines (page 5).

How many hours per week: Maximum of 20 hours of service per week over the course of each semester the student is enrolled in PhD in Nursing course work.

Job Duration:  Per plan of study.

Minimum GPA:  Graduate Research Assistants must maintain at least an overall 3.0 grade point average and make satisfactory academic progress, general degree and other program requirements as published in the Graduate Catalog or program handbook.