Research in the social sciences, humanities, information technology, and other fields often requires testing a hypothesis on real people. The hypothesis of the research project could be that students who text message a lot are also faster regular typists, or that certain kinds of music work better than others in helping people to wait patiently. In most, the researcher will collect information about volunteers by asking questions or completing surveys.

Students and faculty conducting experiments like this need research participants (or subjects). Being a subject can be interesting and sometimes involves being paid cash or receiving gift certificates. All research conducted on human subjects must be approved by the UMBC
Institutional Review Board (IRB) which assures that the research is conducted ethically and humanely.

Look at some of the studies currently being conducted at UMBC to see if any are of interest to you. If so, volunteer via the e-mail address or web form provided.

If you are a researcher with IRB approval to seek human subjects for research at UMBC, you may add your study to this list.