Interdisciplinary Assistantships, TGS Internships, & Supplemental Opportunities
Interdisciplinary Assistantships offer the chance for PhD and MFA students to obtain academic and professional development experience, and to explore special interests in other areas. They are opportunities for students through their 5th year which do not count towards a student’s 20 quarters of funding.
Eligibility
Students are eligible to be funded on these assistantships in their third through fifth year, and students from humanities and social sciences programs may “bank” up to four quarters of University funding to be used during their sixth year when funded on full quarter Interdisciplinary Assistantships at the discretion of their home school. Interdisciplinary Assistantship quarters may also be available to 6th year students, but are not bankable since quarters may still only be banked through year 5.
Students usually serve between 15 to 20 hours per week with a maximum 20 hours per week across all assistantships, internships, and other supplemental support.
Programs with Interdisciplinary Assistantships
Please apply for Interdisciplinary Graduate Assistantships through the Interdisciplinary Assistantship Application Portal.
Portal How-To Guides
Email interdisciplinaryGAships@northwestern.edu with any questions.- African Studies, Program of
- Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
- Asian American Studies Program
- Black Arts Consortium
- Black Metropolis Graduate Assistantship (BMGA)
- Block Museum
- Center for Civic Engagement
- Chicago Field Studies
- Critical Theory
- English Language Programs
- Gender & Sexuality Studies
- Graduate Writing Place
- Holocaust Educational Foundation
- International Studies
- Latinx Studies
- Legal Studies
- Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences
- Northwestern Prison Education Program (NPEP)
- NU Press
- Office of Fellowships
- Public Humanities Interdisciplinary Graduate Assistantship
- Research Computing Services
Programs with research-based Assistantships
TGS Internships
The Graduate School Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Success (GPS) Graduate Internship
The Office of Graduate and Postdoctoral Training and Development often has annual internship opportunities. For more information, email Director Liz Stein.
Professional Development Supplemental Opportunities
The following professional development supplemental opportunities provide a small amount of funding in addition to students’ regular funding. It is expected that students who undertake these opportunities are already receiving full funding on a fellowship, or as a graduate assistant or research assistant
- Center for Leadership
- Center for Civic Engagement
- English Language Programs
- International Studies
- Research Communication Training Program
- Searle Center for Advancing Learning and Teaching
- The Writing Program
Every graduate assistant in TGS must meet the eligibility requirements set for all students receiving financial aid. Please review the Regulations Governing Recipients of University Assistance for more information.