Assistantship Roles (TA/PA/RA)

DNP and PhD-Nursing students have priority for project and teaching assistantships administered by the School of Nursing. Project and research assistantships are funded by faculty research grants and by School of Nursing gift funds. Application for assistantships is made through the School of Nursing every spring. Students can expect to receive an email from Academic Affairs for application information each year.

All graduate assistantship positions are assigned as a percentage appointment of a 40-hour work week. Full tuition remission and eligibility for health insurance are provided for assistantships assigned at 33.3% or higher. Assistantships also provide a number of fringe benefits. For more information on types of funding please visit the Funding Information for New and Current Graduate Students page.

Teaching Assistantships (TA): These assistantships are instructional positions that include duties such as support nursing courses with lecturing, grading papers, supervising laboratories, and/or leading discussion sections.

Project Assistantships (PA): These assistantships designate graduate students enrolled in a UW System institution who are employed to assist with research, training, or other academic programs or projects at UW-Madison.

Research Assistantships (RA):These assistantships designate graduate students pursuing a PhD and who are employed to assist with research, training, or other academic programs or projects at UW-Madison. Research activities directly benefit the student’s course of study and are relevant to their dissertation.