Part-Time Research Assistantships
RA Interest Form
Booth provides RAs and prospective RAs with job opportunities, skills workshops, information sessions, and more. To sign up for our newsletter and hear about job opportunities that might interest you, fill out this interest form. Students who already have funding for research but are in need of a faculty supervisor may contact Stephen Lamb directly at Stephen.Lamb@chicagobooth.edu.
Current RA Opportunities at Booth
For Undergraduates
Professor Malika Korbangekova, Marketing
For PhD Students
Opportunities for University of Chicago Students
College Center for Research and Fellowships
The CCRF supports undergraduate students in the College as they pursue academic excellence through scholarly undergraduate research and nationally competitive fellowships.
College Center for Research and FellowshipsUndergraduate Research Symposium
Each year, the University of Chicago celebrates undergraduate research and creative inquiry by hosting the University of Chicago Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Undergraduate Research SymposiumFunding Undergraduate Research
The CCRF provides multiple opportunities for undergraduates to fund their research at the University of Chicago.
Funding Undergraduate ResearchBooth Centers with Research Opportunities
Roman Family CDR
Booth's Roman Family Center for Decision Research, which focuses on behavioral science, is looking for research assistants for their lab on campus, as well as for their Mindworks, virtual, and pop-up labs.
Roman Family CDRStigler Center
The Stigler Center for Political Economy investigates regulatory capture, crony capitalism, and the various forms of subversion of competition by special-interest groups.
Stigler CenterHealthcare Initiative
The Healthcare Initiative studies many aspects of the healthcare system: clinical outcomes, quality, equity and access, innovation, operations, and finance.
Healthcare InitiativeOpportunities for All Students
AEA Summer Program
The AEA Summer Program is a two-month residential program providing high-quality instruction to students interested in a research career.
AEA Summer ProgramPathways to Science
Pathways to Science has a database of paid part-time Summer RA opportunities in a variety of social sciences, as well as STEM fields like computer science and applied mathematics.
Pathways to ScienceLeadership Alliance
The Leadership Alliance is a consortium of over 30 institutions aimed at training, mentoring, and inspiring students to pursue doctoral studies.
Leadership AllianceThe Federal Reserve
The Board's Internship Program provides valuable research experience for students in fields like economics, finance and accounting, information systems, and data analysis. Find even more opportunities at the Fed's Econ Jobs website.
The Federal ReserveHow to prepare
Research assistantships come in many different shapes and sizes, and all require different forms of preparation. Some RAships incorporate their own training, and don't require advanced skills in coding or math. RAships that focus on data entry and validation are a good example of this. Such RAships often lead to more advanced opportunities if one performs well. More advanced opportunities call for more advanced preparation, which will vary by discipline.
In the quantitative social sciences investigated at Chicago, the ability to code up statistical analysis is important. The most commonly used languages are R, STATA, and Python. Generally speaking, faculty are not overly concerned about which language you are most familiar with: if you have competence in one language, you can generally pick up the syntax of another if needed. RAships in economics and related fields may require knowledge of statistics, including regression analysis and causal inference. Coursework in statistical models and methods, or in econometrics, is good preparation.
Background coursework in particular fields is also useful preparation for RAships. Even introductory coursework in behavioral science, economics, finance, and other fields can prepare an RA to conduct literature reviews, an important and common assignment for RAs. A background in mathematics is especially important for economic theory. While advanced math coursework is rarely necessary for RAships, it is important to take advanced math courses if one is considering a PhD. Calculus, Linear Algebra, Introduction to Proofs, and Real Analysis are all valued courses. Real Analysis in particular is seen as an important signal for a potential graduate student's performance in the first-year coursework of the PhD.
Find RA Opportunities at Booth
Fill out this form to be notified of RA opportunities in fields that interest you. Faculty may also review your submission and reach out to you individually with research opportunities.