A form of financial aid awarded to graduate students to help support their education. Research assistantships usually provide the graduate student with a waiver of all or part of tuition, plus a small stipend for living expenses. As the name implies, an RA is required to perform research duties. Sometimes these duties are strongly tied to the student"s eventual thesis topic.
和助教金(TA—Teaching Assistant)几乎相同。金额不大，但数量多，申请相对容易，一般颁发给研究生、博士生。