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.

Measuring effects of light on mood in everyday life
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 in addition to reg...

Investigating How Melanopsin Activation Influences Mood in Daily Life
We are investigating how different light levels affect mood in real-world settings. Research suggests that light exposure influences sleep, appetite, and mood regulation, but more studies are needed ...

DO THE CHEMICALS PRODUCED BY SKIN BACTERIA CHANGE AS WE AGE?
HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS AGED EITHER 18-30 OR 65+ are required for a research study to investigate how the bacteria living on human skin (the microbiome) and the chemicals they produce change as we age and...

The lateralisation of attention and memory
We are looking for volunteers to participate in our study investigating how are memories store and process different kinds of information. This experiment will last approximately 2 hours, split over ...

Volunteers needed ASAP for a virtual reality colour vision study
Are you interested in taking part in university research? Are you aged between 18 and 65 years? Do you have normal visual acuity (or corrected-to-normal with contact lenses), normal colour visio...

Parenting and well-being
Are you a parent or guardian of a child aged 2- 18? Can you spare half an hour to answer some questionnaires online?  We want to find out how well parents cope with the stresses of rearing child...

Participants needed for research looking at international students’ views on mental health and service use
Calling all international students at The University of Manchester! We are conducting a study to learn more about how international students understand mental health and their experiences of using su...

Participants wanted for an EEG-neurofeedback study of episodic memory
Hi, my name is Lydia and I am an MSci Cognitive Neuroscience and Psychology student at The University of Manchester. I am looking for participants to take part in a study investigating the effect of ...

An Eye Tracking Study on Fluency and Context in Recognition Memory
We are seeking healthy volunteers to participate in a study investigating recognition memory. During the task, you will view pictures and words presented on a computer screen and make responses ...

Are you a woman aged 55–65 living in Greater Manchester who provides unpaid care for a family member or friend?
You are being invited to take part in a pilot study to explore how you began to view yourself as an unpaid carer and what did or did not help you to do so. The study aims to explore the experiences o...

Undergraduate PASS Leaders wanted for postgraduate study
Ethics Reference - 2025-24781-45012 The study explores students’ reasons for choosing to train to become a PASS/PAL Leader whilst they study at universities within the UK, and the benefits and ...

Interview study regarding listening at work recruiting people aged 50 years or older, working at least part-time in a job that relies heavily on in-person communication, and use hearing aid(s)
Ethics Reference: 2025-22445-41854   You are invited to participate in an online interview about how the mental effort of listening at work affects you. The interview will last up to 1 hour and ...

Eurolens Research – do you know a child (aged 8-15 years) that wears contact lenses (ref 760)?
NHS REC ref: IRAS 357884   Introduction: The University’s contact lens research unit, Eurolens Research, is looking for children to take part in a clinical study. Details of the study are ...

We are recruiting people who are not adopted and have been diagnosed with ADHD to help us understand how early life experience impacts the brain and behavior
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...

Have you had a knee replacement and tracked your physical activity?
NHS REC: 24/NE/0090  About the research  In the United Kingdom, approximately 100,000 knee replacement surgeries are performed each year to relieve pain and improve mobility. While we know a l...

Eurolens Research – do you know a child (aged 8-12) who is short-sighted? (ref 757)
Ethics ref: 23893   Introduction: The University’s contact lens research unit, Eurolens Research, is looking for children to take part in a clinical study. Details of the study a...

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:/...

We are recruiting adolescents (aged 13 - 17) who are not adopted and have never lived in local authority care or experienced significant trauma to help us understand how early life experience impacts the brain and behaviour.
Ethics 19192 Details: 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 in adolescence.  We ...

How the eyes shape our world
IRAS ref: 278995 PARTICIPANTS REQUIRED for a genetic and imaging study investigating the fovea,         the unique area at the back of our eyes that give us sh...

Genes and Health study
IRAS ref 146051 South Asian people have some of the highest rates of heart disease, diabetes, and poor health in the UK. Living with a long-term illness has a major impact on a person’s quality...

Healthy participants needed for a disposable cap study
Ethics ref: 23803 The University of Manchester is looking for healthy volunteers to participate in a study where you will be asked to make surgical caps and place them on mannequins. Should you choos...

Healthy controls aged 40-65 needed for investigation into motion perception in PPPD (STARDUST project)
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 mu...

Your mental health matters!
Ethical approval from Southern Health NHS foundation and the University of Southampton   Calling all students enrolled at the University of Manchester!   Please complete the nation student ...

How does our skin barrier change with age and what is the impact of ethnicity and UVR exposure?
"HEALTHY VOLUNTEERS OF EURASIAN, SOUTH ASIAN, FAR EAST ASIAN AND AFRICAN BACKGROUND AGED 18-30 OR 65+ are required for a research study to investigate the decline of human skin barrier function with ...

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...