Research assistant opportunities
Athabasca University researchers often hire research assistants to help further their academic research.
Researchers wanting to post a research assistant opportunity are invited to contact the Research Office for information on the process.
Duties
Duties of a research assistant may include:
- conducting literature reviews
- assisting with:
- developing research methodologies and related research instruments
- preparing and writing reports
- writing grant proposals
- collecting, organizing and recording data
- computing statistics and data analysis
- preparing materials for ethics review
- recruiting research participants
- conducting interviews under established protocols
- monitoring project budgets
- participating in research dissemination
More information
Assistantship postings
Check back frequently as new postings can be added at any time. New postings will appear at the top of the list below.
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Kharah Ross
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Science
- Start date: As soon as possible
- Posting date: July 13, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Ali Dewan
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Start date: As soon as possible
- Posting date: July 8, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Ali Dewan
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Start date: September 2026
- Posting date: July 7, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Daniel Chang
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Start date: As soon as possible
- Posting date: June 9, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Navid Pourmokhtari
- Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
- Start date: As soon as possible
- Posting date: June 3, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Joanna Binch and Dr. Andrew McLellan
- Faculty of Graduate Studies
- Start date: May 30, 2026
- Posting date: April 24, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Jason Bernard
- Faculty of Graduate Studies
- Start date: April 6, 2026
- Posting date: March 30, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Katie MacDonald
- Faculty of Graduate Studies
- Start date: May 1, 2026
- Posting date: March 30, 2026
Strategic studentship opportunity
- Supervisor: Dr. Scott Ketcheson
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Start date: May 2026
- Posting date: Jan. 26, 2026
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Maiga Chang
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- As soon as possible
Research assistant
- Supervisor: Dr. Maiga Chang
- Faculty of Science and Technology
- Start date: As soon as possible
Updated July 17, 2026 by Digital & Web Operations (web_services@athabascau.ca)