UNO Students on Proposals
If you have any questions about hiring fellows on your grant, contact Liz Sigler in the Office of Research. If you have any questions about hiring undergraduate or graduate students, contact your research administrator.
Graduate Assistants
Graduate Assistants (GAs) are governed by AP-AA-25.2: Graduate Assistants.
Length and hours of appointment: Graduate Assistants can be appointed full-time (20 hours a week) or half-time (10 hours a week). Appointments may be for an academic year, a fiscal year, or for a period of appointment (if they are to be hired for less than six months but not for a full academic semester). GA stipends are processed on Personnel Action forms that HRM uses for other employees; tuition, if paid, is processed on the Graduate School tuition form.
Graduate assistants on academic (9-month) and fiscal (12-month) appointments are not required to pay tuition from their assistantship stipends. Therefore, the cost of your GAs' tuition must be included in your budget.
Support for GAs should appear as follows in your budget:
Budget Category:
- 604000 - GA salary
(commensurate with department standard) - 668010 - Graduate Assistant Tuition
Student Workers
Student Workers are governed by AP-BA-23.2: Federal Work-Study and Budget Student Employment Program.
Number of Hours Student Workers Are Allowed to Work: Student employees are permitted to work a maximum of 29 hours per week. Students are not allowed to work during the times they are scheduled to be in class. If a class ends earlier than scheduled, a student may not clock in until the scheduled class time has passed. The student’s exam schedule replaces the class schedule during the exam period. Therefore, a student will not be allowed to work during the time he/she is scheduled to take an exam. The student’s supervisor must obtain the student’s exam schedule during that period. It is the responsibility of the hiring department/Department Head/Supervisor to ensure student workers do not exceed work hour limits. Student workers are paid on the Form 6 and must maintain time sheets.
Support for student workers should appear as follows in your budget:
Budget Category:
- 606000 –Student Employee salary