Research Volunteering

NOTE: All research involving human participants requires approval from an ethics committee. Research involving NHS staff or patients requires approval from an NHS research ethics committee; all other research involving human beings, including University of Manchester staff or students, must have approval from one of the University's ethics committees.

Before any requests for research volunteers are published on StudentNet, they will be checked to ensure the appropriate ethical approval has been obtained.

We are recruiting adopted people to help us understand how early life experience impacts the brain and behaviour
Ethics ref: 17962 Why are we conducting this research? We would like to learn more about how early life experience influences the brain, behaviour, and the immune system later in life. W...

We are looking for participants to measure effects of light exposure on mood in everyday life.
Ethics ref: 18265 Mental health conditions are on the rise and there is an urgent need to find alternative methods of treatment for conditions such as depression. Devices that measure light exposure ...

We are looking for control participants in our experiment investigating motion perception in PPPD
IRAS: 327698 The opportunity consists of two afternoon data collection sessions. These sessions will take roughly 2-3 hours for the first session and 3-4 hours for the second session. Participants wi...

Volunteers needed for an EEG study investigating neural representations of memory failures
Ethics ref: 20119 We are looking for volunteers to participate in our study using electroencephalography (EEG), a safe, non-invasive method that measures electrical fields produced by brain cells, to...

Volunteers needed for an EEG study investigating how the brain and memory change with age
Ethics 21884 We are looking for healthy older adult volunteers (55+ years old) to participate in a study using electroencephalography (EEG), a safe, non-invasive method that measures electrical field...

Understanding skin health in ageing.
Ethics ref: 7062 Researchers at the University of Manchester are performing a study to investigate if different creams can reduce the signs of skin ageing. The study will involve skin surface me...

research study exploring student wellbeing
Ethics ref: 22545 Join our research study exploring student wellbeing. Your response will form part of Masters project and help us understand student wellbeing and factors associated with this. What&...

Parenting and your well-being
Ethics ref 15899 Are you a parent or guardian of a child aged 2-18? Are you interested in taking part in a research study about your parenting experiences? We want to find out how well parents...

How the eyes shape our world
Iras 278995 PARTICIPANTS REQUIREDfor a genetic and imaging study investigating the fovea, the unique area at the back of our eyes that give us sharp, central vision. We ar...

Healthy participants needed for swallowing study.
IRAS : 256390 REC ref: 20/NI/0029 The University of Manchester is looking for healthy volunteers to participate in a swallowing study. Volunteers will be offered the possibility to participate in a c...

Exploring the effect of dynamic background on face emotion recognition
Ethics ref 21073 We are seeking volunteers to participate in a study investigating emotional recognition. In the eye-tracking experiment, background pictures will be presented first, followed by...

A qualitative investigation into Self Harm and Wall Punching
Ethics ref: 21256 Have you punched a wall or an object before? We are looking to speak to men, in a 60 minute interview, about their thoughts and experiences of wall or object punching. The in...

a feasibility study in patients with psoriasis
IRAS 335248 We want to find out if MOVE SMART, new lifestyle programme for patients with psoriasis, can help psoriasis and other conditions linked with psoriasis. MOVE SMART has been developed ...

Eurolens Research – Are you a spectacle wearer? Would you like to try contact lenses for the first time in a relaxed, supported environment as part of a clinical study? (ref 734)
Ethics ref: 21387 Study Design This study will investigate the role of a support coach in the success and satisfaction of new contact lens wearers. In addition to providing important clinical da...

Healthy participants needed for swallowing study
Ethics ref: 20990 Who? We are looking for healthy people aged over 18 years to take part in our study. What? Volunteers will be visiting our lab for 3 times in total. During each visit, partic...

The relationship between insecure attachment and suicidal ideation in young people: a longitudinal study
Ethics ref: 20452 We are inviting young people to take part in an online study investigating the relationship between feelings of insecurity in relationships and thoughts about life not being ...

We are recruiting people who are not adopted to help us understand how early life experience impacts the brain and behaviour
Ethics ref: 17962 Why are we conducting this research? We would like to learn more about how early life experience influences the brain, behaviour, and the immune system later in life. W...

Can you help us learn more about normal walking patterns and knee function?
Ethics ref: 19496 We are looking for participants to take part in a research study to learn more about how the healthy knee moves and how individuals with no knee problems walk. The results wi...

We are looking for healthy volunteers to take part in our study
NHS REC ref: 23/YH/0121 IRAS ID: 322779 We are conducting a research study to investigate the reasons why brain tumours grow, by comparing samples from samples from patients with different typ...

Call for volunteers for a study investigating the effect of probiotic kitchen cleaning products on consumers skin hand microbiome
Ethics ref : 15191 The University of Manchester is looking for healthy volunteers from 18 to 40 years old who have no wounds, eczema, or cuts/breaks on the hand, scabs or any visible evidence of skin...

The role and impact of new technologies on re school childrens language development and outcomes
Ethics ref: 13932 My name is Luca, I'm part of the Cognitive Robotics Lab form the Department of Computer science. Together with the Cognitive Development Lab from the University of Salford, w...

The Psychological Measure of Islamic Religiousness (PMIR) Questionnaire
A PhD research is looking at how good the Psychological Measure of Islamic Religiousness (PMIR), is at capturing Islamic beliefs and practices on physical, mental health and psychological well-being....

18-44-year-old native English speakers needed for hearing study.
Ethics ref: 21468 Participation involves a variety of hearing tests (and earwax removal, where required) during a single two-hour test session at the University. Full details are available at https:/...

An EEG study on fluency and context recognition memory
Ethics ref; 12952 We are seeking volunteers to participate in a study investigating the relationship between language and recognition memory. You will view a series of words presented on a com...