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Graduate Research Assistant Payments

This section is for Graduate Students who are working as Research Assistants.

Your pay as a Research Assistant is processed through the Graduate Job Requisition System. Once a payment has been set up, you must accept your job through Carleton Central in order to receive pay. More information about this process can be found on the Graduate Research Assistant Requisition System page.

Deadlines for Job Acceptances

To receive pay by the pay date, the corresponding Student Approval Deadline is noon of the deadline day.

Job Acceptance Deadline 2025Pay PeriodPay Date
Oct 16, 202520Oct 30, 2025
Nov 02, 202521Nov 13, 2025
Nov 16, 202522Nov 27, 2025
Dec 01, 202523Dec 12, 2025
Dec 14, 202524Dec 30, 2025
The Mid-September, Mid-January, and Mid-May Pay deadlines are for late payments of the previous term only.  Graduate RA payments for each term start on the last pay of the first month of the term.
Job Acceptance Deadline 2026Pay PeriodPay Date
Jan 04, 2026*1Jan 14, 2026
Jan 19, 20262Jan 29, 2026
Feb 2, 20263Feb 12, 2026
Feb 16, 20264Feb 26, 2026
Mar 02, 20265Mar 12, 2026
Mar 18, 20266Mar 30, 2026
Mar 31, 20267Apr 14, 2026
Apr 19, 20268Apr 29, 2026
May 04, 2026*9May 14, 2026
May 18, 202610May 28, 2026
Jun 02, 202611Jun 12, 2026
Jun 17, 202612Jun 29, 2026
Jul 02, 202613Jul 14, 2026
Jul 20, 202614Jul 30, 2026
Aug 03, 202615Aug 13, 2026
Aug 19, 202616Aug 28, 2026
Sep 02, 2026*17Sep 14, 2026
Sep 16, 202618Sep 28, 2026
Oct 01, 202619Oct 14, 2026
Oct 19, 202620Oct 29, 2026
Nov 02, 202621Nov 12, 2026
Nov 17, 202622Nov 27, 2026
Dec 02, 202623Dec 14, 2026
Dec 15, 202624Dec 30, 2026
The Mid-September, Mid-January, and Mid-May Pay deadlines are for late payments of the previous term only.  Graduate RA payments for each term start on the last pay of the first month of the term.