Graduate Assistant
This is an incredible opportunity for a funded graduate assistantship to perform advanced research and help modernize Air Force capabilities while pursuing a top-notch graduate degree at AFIT.
Research Opportunities:
- Optics
- Atomic Molecular Physics
- Quantum Information and Sensing
- Nuclear Engineering
- Atmospheric Sciences
- Remote Sensing
- Space Weather
- Material Science
PROGRAM TIMELINE:
Applications are OPEN year round
February - May 2025: Sponsors and AFIT finalize fall candidate selections.
July - August 2025: Specific research topics and program of study for each selected candidate are finalized.
September 2025: Selectee is hired as a part-time AFIT graduate assistant and begins orientation classes.
October 2025: AFIT fall quarter classes begin, and student works part-time as a graduate assistant.
Summer 2026: Student amy participate in a paid “internship” at their post-graduate placement location to meet the team.
March 2027: Student graduates and is eligible to transfer to a sponsoring location in UT, NM, MA, OK, or FL to begin a full-time position with extensive employee benefits and planned career promotions (permanent relocation costs are paid).
If you have specific questions about this program or other positions at the Air Force Institute of Technology, please email alyssa.cole.1.ctr@us.af.mil.
