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Role Description

Darden is hiring research assistants for Summer 2026 who will report directly to Darden faculty or the Office of Research Services. This posting is for multiple positions. Work may include cleaning and parsing data, web scraping, and data documentation. Potential topics include marketing, the economy, leadership characteristics, entrepreneurship, and other topics relevant to faculty research initiatives.

• Create data sets by researching publicly available information on companies or cities
• Assist with preparation and storage of large datasets
• Provide documentation on created datasets
• Pull data from reports, the web, and other sources
• Depending on position, work could include working with virtual machines and cloud platforms
• Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

• Ability to read through multiple reports, mine public databases, and distill information into a database (excel spreadsheet or other formats)
• Familiarity with big datasets
• Experience with Python, Java, and/or SQL
• Experience with data intelligence platforms, machine learning, or large language models for research preferred
• Very strong written and verbal communication
• Strong attention to detail
• Able to work independently while balancing multiple projects
• Willing to attack a problem from different angles when the first approach does not work
• UVA undergraduate and graduate students are encouraged to apply
• Position is open to students in business, accounting, economics, social sciences, humanities, statistics, math, computer science, data science, or other disciplines with strong programming and computational skills

Requirements

• Hourly pay rate depends on level of education
• Students pursuing a 4-year degree: $16.00/hour
• MA Degree: $22.00/hour
• Ph.D. Degree: $25/hour
• Positions offer 15-40 hours/week
• Position is remote, but student must physically reside in the United States
• This position is ONLY open to UVA students

Benefits

• Please include a resume and cover letter with your application

Physical Demands

This is primarily a sedentary job involving extensive use of desktop computers. The job does occasionally require traveling some distance to attend meetings and programs.

Company Description

The University of Virginia is an equal opportunity employer. All interested persons are encouraged to apply, including veterans and individuals with disabilities. Learn more about UVA’s commitment to non-discrimination and equal opportunity employment.