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 most cases, 6 to 12 credit hours in the summer) during the semester of the appointment. The assistantships typically require 13 (0.33 FTE) to 19 (0.49 FTE) hours of service per week. Typical assistantships for first-year students require 13 hours of work (0.33 FTE). 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. Ed Daly for information.
- EDPS 250 (MWF): Fundamentals of Child Development for Education. Position filled for Academic Year 2026-2027
- EDPS 250 (TTR): Fundamentals of Child Development for Education. Position filled for Academic Year 2026-2027
- EDPS 251 (MWF): Fundamentals of Adolescent Development for Education. Position filled for Academic Year 2026-2027
- EDPS 251 (TTR): Fundamentals of Adolescent Development for Education. Position filled for Academic Year 2026-2027
- EDPS 320: Happiness and Well-Being through Positive Psychology. Position filled for Academic Year 2026-2027
- EDPS 350: Basic Helping Skills. Application Instructions
- EDPS 362: Learning in the Classroom. Position filled for Academic Year 2026-2027
- EDPS 457: Learning and Motivation Principles for Secondary Teaching. Position filled for Academic Year 2026-2027
- EDPS 459: Statistical Methods. Position information forthcoming
- EDPS 950 & 951 (School Psychology): Intellectual Assessment & Academic and Behavioral Assessment. Application Instructions
- EDPS 982 (Clinic; School Psychology): Clinical Practice in School Psychology. Application Instructions
- EDPS 997A & 997G (Clinic; Counseling Psychology): Practicum/Advanced Practicum in Counseling. Application Instructions
EDPS Graduate Research Assistantships (GRA)
- NEAR Center GRA. Position information forthcoming
- Buros Test Reviews and Information GRA. Position information forthcoming
- Buros Testing and Measurement Research GRA. Position information forthcoming
- Buros Psychometric Consulting GRA. Position information forthcoming
- Assistant Professor Support: Position information forthcoming
- Assistant Professor Support: Position information forthcoming
- Assistant Professor Support: Position information forthcoming
- Assistant Professor Support: Position information forthcoming
- Bullying Research GRA: Position filled for Academic Year 2026-2027
- BELONG Research GRA: Position filled for Academic Year 2026-2027
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: Position Filled Academic Year 2025-2026
- 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.
- UNL Handshake