Graduate Research Development Assistantship/Internship
The LAS Research Development Office provides a unique opportunity for advanced PhD students to gain valuable understanding of the external funding landscape and to explore the research-adjacent career opportunities in the research development field. The 50% FTE position works closely with the Assistant Director of Faculty Research Activities to support all functions and services of the Research Development Office, from assisting with proposal preparation to maintaining this website. We are grateful for the substantial contributions the graduate interns make to our work. If you know of advanced students with multi-faceted talents and skill sets who are equally comfortable working with data, language, and people and who are curious about interesting alternative careers in higher ed, please share this opportunity with them. A job announcement and call for applications is typically sent out in April for openings for the following fall. Interested students can contact Anna Brailovsky at any time for more information.
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Aditi Aggarwal (she/her) is a qualitative researcher, educator, and ABD candidate in the Anthropology Department at UIC. She has experience with writing grants for federal and private funding and has won the prestigious Junior Fellowship by the American Institute of Indian Studies that funded her ethnographic fieldwork in India in 2021. Aditi has over ten years of experience in designing and managing long-term research projects, producing content for diverse audiences, securing funding from international organizations, and mentoring students for academic and professional success. She is committed to making her work places and classrooms more accessible, inclusive, and responsive to the varied needs of her peers and community members. Email: aaggar20@uic.edu