Update March 2025: From the Desk of Dr. Swearer
Dear EDPS Graduate Students,
You have likely read the Chancellor’s March 4th email that outlines the next round of budget cuts that UNL is facing. We are in challenging budgetary times and while I wish I could be clear about our 2025-2026 budget; the reality is that we don’t know what our final budget will be. In the meantime, as we have assistantships available, we will post them. When we hear of assistantship opportunities across campus and other funding opportunities, we will post them. The best places to check for employment opportunities are the “Weekly Wednesday” newsletter, this webpage, and UNL Handshake: https://careers.unl.edu/welcome-handshake-unl/.
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; Child, Youth, & Family Studies; and other departments across campus.
It is the responsibility of each student to pursue funding. Admission to the Department of Educational Psychology does not guarantee funding or an assistantship.
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 (0.33FTE) to 19 (0.49FTE) 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/
Faculty do their very best to secure funding for the department’s graduate students, but the availability of funding varies from year to year, and the level of funding varies depending on the funding source and the differing responsibilities of the graduate assistants. Despite our efforts, we are not able to guarantee that we will be able to secure funding for all graduate students. Because most assistantships are for a single academic year, we depend on the graduate students to seek out and apply for assistantships and fellowships for each subsequent academic year.
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. Please contact Dr. Daly directly for information.
- EDPS 250: Fundamentals of Child Development for Education. Positions filled for Academic Year 2025-2026
- EDPS 251: Fundamentals of Adolescent Development for Education. Positions filled for Academic Year 2025-2026
- EDPS 297: Professional Practicum Experiences II. Position filled for Academic Year 2025-2026
- EDPS 320: Happiness and Well-Being through Positive Psychology. Position information forthcoming.
- EDPS 350: Basic Helping Skills. Position information forthcoming.
- EDPS 362: Learning in the Classroom. Positions filled for Academic Year 2025-2026
- EDPS 457: Learning and Motivation Principles for Secondary Teaching. Positions filled for Academic Year 2025-2026
- EDPS 459: Statistical Methods. Summer 2025 and AY 25-26 application available HERE.
- EDPS 950 & 951 (School Psychology): Intellectual Assessment & Academic and Behavioral Assessment. Position filled for Academic Year 2025-2026
- EDPS 982 (Clinic; School Psychology): Clinical Practice in School Psychology. Position filled for Academic Year 2025-2026
- EDPS 997A & 997G (Clinic; Counseling Psychology): Practicum/Advanced Practicum in Counseling. Position filled for Academic Year 2025-2026
EDPS Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA)
- NEAR Center GRA. Application available HERE.
- Buros Test Reviews and Information GRA. Application available HERE
- Buros Testing and Measurement Research GRA. Application available HERE.
- Buros Psychometric Consulting GRA. Application available HERE.
- Assistant Professor Support: Position filled Academic Year 2025-2026
- Assistant Professor Support: Position filled Academic Year 2025-2026
- Assistant Professor Support: Position filled Academic Year 2025-2026
- Bullying Research GRA: Position filled Academic Year 2025-2026
- St. Monica's (Counseling Psychology): Position information forthcoming.
External Assistantships & Funding Opportunities
- Buffett Early Childhood Institute Fellowship (Doctoral ONLY). Information available HERE.
- UNMC Graduate Trainee Stipend Program (CoPsych ONLY). Information available HERE.
- Educational Talent Search Graduate Assistantship available HERE.
- UPC Nebraska GRA for AY 25-26 available HERE.
- MAP Academy (Summer/Fall 2025). Position Filled Academic Year 2025-2026
- Nebraska Athletics Community Relations Student Assistant available HERE.
- Office of Research and Innovation Funding Opportunities available HERE.
- CYFS assistantships available here.
- TMFD Graduate Assistant Application available here.