Are Graduate Fellowships or Research assistants in state university considered a government employees in US? I am applying for a post which asks me
you ever part of government entity like federal/state/local government entities including publicly funded universities.
I was a research assistant with fellowship in a department under the state university.
So is this an Yes?
There is question here: Are professors at a public university in the U.S. considered to be &quot;employed by the U.S. government&quot;?
but it concerns federal employees. Mine includes any level of government entities. Hence the question.
It likely depends on the source of the funds. If you were paid by the department at a State university, then the likelihood is that it is a Yes. But if you were paid through a grant then the answer might be no, but might depend on some things.
I suspect you should ask the department, or, alternatively, answer Yes, but qualify it somehow/somewhere with the actual arrangement.
But, as Paul Garrett notes in a comment, things vary by state.