Interdisciplinary Graduate Assistantships
Interdisciplinary Graduate Assistantships are opportunities for students through their 5th year which do not count towards a student’s 20 quarters of funding. They offer the chance for students to obtain professional development experience, and to explore special interests in other areas.
Eligibility
Students are eligible to be funded on these assistantships in their second 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 at the discretion of their home school.
Due to COVID-19, for FY2022 only, students may be funded on Interdisciplinary GAships through their 7th year. Interdisciplinary GAship quarters for 6th and 7th year students are not bankable since quarters may still only be banked through year 5.
Programs with Interdisciplinary Graduate Assistantships
The programs funded by The Graduate School (TGS) include:
- African Studies, Program of
- Alice Kaplan Institute for the Humanities
- Asian American Studies Program
- Black Arts Initiative
- Block Museum
- Center for Civic Engagement
- Center for Leadership
- Chicago Field Studies
- Public Humanities Interdisciplinary Graduate Assistantship
- Cognitive Science
- Critical Theory
- English Language Programs
- Gender & Sexuality Studies
- Holocaust Educational Foundation
- Institute for Policy Research
- International Studies
- Latina and Latino Studies
- Legal Studies
- Mathematical Methods in the Social Sciences
- NU Press
- Office of Fellowships
- Searle Center for Advanced Learning and Teaching
- The Writing Program
Service opportunities
The following service 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 as a fellow, graduate assistant, or research assistant.
- English Language Programs
- International Studies
- 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.