Our goal is to allow everyone to accelerate scientific and medical discoveries through
study participation. ParticipAid is the largest open-access community where you can
conveniently discover, enroll, and participate in research studies around you.
All studies posted on ParticipAid need research participants. ParticipAid requires
researchers to only post studies that have been approved by local research ethics
boards. Studies can differ in terms of what is involved: they may be online surveys,
questionnaires, interviews, or clinical trials.
You can track which studies you have participated in, be notified when new studies
that match your interests are available, and have exclusive access to new features.
ParticipAid only stores the data you provide on the ParticipAid website or app.
This information is used strictly to connect you to the studies you are interested in.
Once you choose to enroll in a study, the researcher(s) may ask you for more information.
The ParticipAid platform is not used to collect or store research data.
You can discover and request to be enrolled in studies directly on the ParticipAid
portal. Once you request enrollment in a study, the researcher will be notified
and provided with your contact information. The researcher will contact you via
email or phone. At any point (even before requesting enrollment), you can ask the
researcher any questions you may have via the ParticipAid app/portal.
Please do! Let others know how you have impacted scientific discovery and contributed
to research you are passionate about. With the unique study link, you are able to
share studies via email and across a range of social media platforms. The more
you share, the more likely others will contribute to advancing scientific discovery.
Share away!
For most of the studies posted on ParticipAid, successfully passing the eligibility
questions signifies that you have met all the studies requirements. That said,
there are some studies that will require you to answer additional questions or
meet with the researcher before continuing with the study. In these cases, the
researcher will let you know if additional eligibility questions are required.
Remember! Your participation is completely voluntary and you can refuse any questions
or decide to stop a study at any time.
Compensation is set and distributed by the researcher conducting the study.
ParticipAid allows you to view the presence and form of compensation on each study
posting page. Please contact the researcher for addition details with regard to
reimbursement methods. In some cases, local ethics boards prevent researchers from
disclosing the compensation amount for a study; please inquire with the researcher
of the corresponding study for more information.
Research is used to bring new understandings and conclusions to the world. To do
this, scientists use systematic approaches to describe, predict, or explain a
particular phenomenon. To better understand the human condition and advance
scientific inquiry, researchers require the public to participate in studies.
Anyone! Since most studies require a group of typically developing individuals to
act as a control, you don’t need to have a medical condition to participate in research.
All information that is collected through ParticipAid is kept strictly confidential.
Your participation in a research study is also kept confidential. Although
researchers typical publish study findings, these reports will never include
your name and your participation is kept anonymous.
Through your research participation, you could be helping scientists get one step
closer to a cure or discovery that could change the lives of millions of individuals.
For more information on the benefits of participating in a study, please refer
to the study posting. Participating in studies may be associated certain risks.
For more information, please contact the individual researcher or the study posting.
Informed consent is an acknowledgement that you understand the potential risks and
benefits of the research study and that you are freely deciding to participate.
During this process, the researcher will also provide you with information on
the study and the opportunity to ask any questions you may have.
A clinical trial is conducted to determine whether a new treatment or therapy is
safe and effective. Most medical treatments that are widely available have been
tested in clinical trials in the past. For more information on clinical trials,
please visit the link below:
https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/about-studies
On ParticipAid, you can save studies which you can view later.
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