Research Assistantships at Epic

The Research Assistantships at Epic provide first year graduate students who do not have financial aid guarantees with opportunities to design and implement solutions for new state-of-the-art commercial health care services, in the context of industry-grade software at a leading provider of health care automation services. The Epic RAs have CS faculty advisers and are hosted on the Epic campus in Verona. Whenever possible, Epic RAs are also provided with shared office space in the Computer Sciences Department.

Each student receives an RA appointment in the CS Department, with stipend and other benefits equivalent to a standard 50% Research Assistantship. The principal benefits are tuition remission and health care coverage. Any first year graduate student who has not been guaranteed support in the department is eligible to apply. Each student who qualifies in the application and interview process will be offered an RAship. The Epic RAship requires a 50% time commitment, or an average of 20 hours per week for the same time period of appointment as our TAships.

Epic RAships begin each Fall and it is generally beneficial for a student to continue the RAship for a full academic year, to participate fully in the system design and implementation cycle. However, Epic RAs are free to accept another offer of support after the Fall semester. Renewing the RAship for a second academic year is also possible in some cases, in consultation with Epic and CS faculty advisers. Epic RAs are also required to sign a legal agreement regarding the confidentiality of Epic proprietary information and ownership of the software and other intellectual property developed during the project.

Students are encouraged to apply as soon as they are interested in receiving an Epic RAship for the Fall semester. To apply, fill out the application form linked below and send the form and your CV in a single email to epicra@cs.wisc.edu. Please confirm with your application that you have been admitted to the CS Department and that you do not have guaranteed financial aid. Applications for Fall 2009, were accepted any time up to August 10. Applications for Fall 2010, will be announced in early Spring 2010.

In Fall 2009, applications that were received before the following deadlines and were be reviewed within a few days after the deadline: March 30, June 10, August 10.

Application form (and please remember to attach your CV also)

Applicants will receive an email or phone call after applying, and no later than a few days after each of the above deadlines. Most applicants will be asked to participate in a phone interview. Soon after the phone interview and applicant will receive notice of whether he or she is invited to interview in person at Epic headquarters in Verona. The on-site interview will be scheduled on a date that is mutually agreeable to Epic and the applicant. Final decision about the RAship offer will be given soon after the on-site interview.