Per the guidelines from University Personnel, students who provide delimited research assistance may be hired as Student Assistant or Instructional Student Assistant.  Graduate students who provide expert assistance should be hired as Graduate Assistant.  

When filling out the appointment form in OnBase, select the appropriate research-related work category and assign a workload percentage.  A department should always use "Research Assistant Hourly" as the work category when hiring a graduate student as Student Assistant.   

Please note that GAs and ISAs can either be hired each semester or for the entire academic year.  Summer term appointments must be done separately.

Reference: Student Assistant Work Categories Guidelines