Aug. 5, 2010
New web site is hub for research participant opportunities
by Anne Krapfl
Research teams in need of volunteer human subjects for their studies have a new recruiting tool. The Vice President for Research and Economic Development website now includes a corner for such postings. Research participant opportunities can be accessed from the office's homepage (click on "Participants needed" in the right "Quick Links" section).
How to use it
To post a notice on the new site, researchers should create and include an additional document in their Institutional Review Board (IRB) application. In that document (called an advertisement), a researcher provides nine pieces of information:
- IRB ID No.
- Principal investigator (PI)
- Purpose of the study
- Description of research procedures
- Participant requirements
- Compensation
- Contact for more information about the study
- Deadline for application to participate
- Date approved by PI for posting to site
When a proposal in search of human participants has received IRB approval, the researcher then forwards his or her advertisement to Laurie Engleen, 4-6344, in the vice president's office. That document is posted on the research participant opportunities website as a PDF file.
Members of the ISU community who want to participate in a study should follow the directions in the "contact for more information" section of the advertisement.
