Graduate Assistantships

Participating in teaching and research is an important part of the professional development of graduate students in the Department of Educational Psychology. Several graduate research and teaching assistantships are available through the department and the Oscar and Luella Buros Center for Testing. These are awarded on a competitive basis to qualified students. Students must be proactive in their search for assistantships. Typically, 90% of graduate students in EDPS seeking assistantships are able to obtain funding. Please make note that, while most students prefer an assistantship within their home department, you may obtain an assistantship anywhere on campus. For example, EDPS Graduate students have applied for and been awarded assistantships in the office of Graduate Studies, the Office of Diversity and Inclusion and other departments across campus. 

Most assistantships include tuition remission (up to 12 credits per semester and in some cases 12 credit hours in the summer) during the semester of the appointment. The assistantships typically require 13 (.33FTE) to 19 (.49FTE) hours of service per week. Some graduate assistantships are available during the summer sessions as well; however, most assistantships and fellowships are awarded for fall and spring semesters. Other assistantship opportunities/funding opportunities are listed in the department’s newsletter, “Weekly Wednesday” and are archived here: https://cehs.unl.edu/edpsych/weekly-wednesday/

For more information concerning graduate assistantships contact your program director. Program directors are listed on the websites for each program area. 

EDPS Assistantships

EDPS Graduate Teaching Assistantships (GTA)
  • EDPS 209: Strategies for Academic Success. Positions Filled 2024-2025.
  • EDPS 250: Fundamentals of Child Development for Education. APPLY HERE
  • EDPS 251: Fundamentals of Adolescent Development for Education. APPLY HERE
  • EDPS 297: Professional Practicum Experiences II. Position forthcoming.
  • EDPS 350: Basic Helping Skills. APPLY HERE
  • EDPS 459: Statistical Methods. APPLY HERE
  • EDPS 950 & 951 (School Psychology): Intellectual Assessment & Academic and Behavioral Assessment. APPLY HERE.
  • EDPS 982 (School Psychology): Clinical Practice in School Psychology. Position forthcoming.
  • EDPS 997A & 997G (Counseling Psychology): Practicum/Advanced Practicum in Counseling. Position forthcoming.

 

EDPS Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA)
  • NEAR Center GRA. APPLY HERE
  • Buros Assessment Literacy GRA. APPLY HERE
  • Assistant Professor GRA (Counseling Psychology): Details forthcoming.
  • Assistant Professor GRA (School Psychology): Details forthcoming.
  • Assistant Professor GRA (QQPM): Details forthcoming
  • Bullying Research GRA: Details forthcoming.
  • Counseling and School Psychology Clinic (School Psychology): Position filled for 2024-2025.
  • Counseling and School Psychology Clinic (Counseling Psychology): Position filled for 2024-2025
  • Counseling and School Psychology Clinic (Swanson Rural Mental Health): Position filled for 2024-2025
  • St. Monica's (Counseling Psychology): Filled for 2024-2025
  • Sikhona Holistic Therapy & Wellness (Counseling Psychology): Position forthcoming.

External Assistantships

  • Lorraine D. Eyde Grant (APA) available here.
  • NSWERS GRA position for AY 24-25 available here.
  • Research Consultant Intern (WSA) available here.
  • Buffett Early Childhood Institute Graduate Scholars (Doctoral Only) available here.
  • CYFS assistantships available here. 
  • ODI assistantships available here.