Join the Young Emerging Adult Research Study (YEARS) study at CU Boulder and CU Anschutz (IRB# 23-2067) to understand emotions. Earn $25 per hour (up to approximately $400 total) for up to three study session phases (1 3/4 hours). Must be 18–25 years, be able to attend in-person sessions, and have a personal history of bipolar disorder or no mental health history.

Apply now. Email years-study@colorado.edu or call 303-735-7547.

Do you identify as being of Mexican, Mexican-American or Chicano/a heritage? Interested in your emotions and moods? Participate in a paid study to understand your own emotions and mental health in the CU Department of Psychology and Neuroscience (IRB#24-0303)!

Study includes some or all of the following parts (EARN UP TO $30 GIFT CARD)

• Part A: Online Survey – Answer online questionnaires about your emotions, cultural values, mood and psychological health. Pays $20 for approximately 45 minutes.
• Optional Part B: Emotion Recall Task – Complete an online emotion memory task and additional questionnaires about your current emotions. Pays an extra $10 for approximately 15 minutes.

To qualify, you must be of Mexican heritage, between the ages of 18 and 25 years old, and fluent in English.

Interested in participating? Please complete this brief prescreen survey to apply.

Have any questions? Please email leap-study@colorado.edu and name the subject line (“LEAP Study”) or give us a call at 303-735-7547.

Thank you very much for your time and interest!

Best,
LEAP Project Team

Researchers from the Neurophysiology of Movement Laboratory at CU Boulder are conducting a study to investigate the influence of light electrical stimulation (transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation) on walking performance in older adults. Individuals who are aged between 65 and 85, with no recent lower-body injuries, free from neurological impairments and able to walk unaided for six minutes may be eligible to participate in our study. 

The study involves two evaluation visits to CU Boulder Main Campus. The two sessions (each ~1.5 hours each) will be separated by three to seven days. Walking will be tested while transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) is applied over leg muscles and controlled by a foot switch. 

Participants will earn $60 for completing the two sessions. If interested, please contact Rehab Aljaafari to learn more about the study: phone 720-687-7148 or email real5810@colorado.edu.

The Center for Teaching and Learning is very interested in helping faculty at CU Boulder improve their teaching and policy with respect to AI. Collecting the student perspective on AI is critical to this effort!

If you are 18 or over and a CU Boulder undergraduate, we want to hear from you—whether you use AI or not. In return for completing our survey, you can enter a raffle for one of 30 $25 Amazon gift cards.*

Your answers will be anonymous, unless you choose to provide your contact information for follow-up. The survey will take approximately 15 minutes. Tell us what you really think!

Access the survey here.

*Students in participating classes can choose to receive extra credit instead of entering the raffle.

Are you on a semaglutide medication? Our research team is interested to hear about your experience! Our study is open to users of any form of semaglutide or GLP-1 agonist medication (including Ozempic, Wegovy, Mounjaro, Trulicity, etc.) and involves one 30-45-minute study visit in our Boulder lab. 

Participants will be compensated $25.

If you are interested in participating or have any questions for us, please email semaglutideresearch@gmail.com. 

Enter to win a $25 gift card after completing a three-question online survey sharing your thoughts on research concepts. 

This five-minute research survey will measure your awareness of "open access." No previous familiarity with the term is required to participate. 

You must be 18-plus years of age and an undergraduate student at CU Boulder to participate.

Access the survey now.

 

Researchers from the Neurophysiology of Movement Laboratory at CU Boulder are conducting a study to investigate if electrical stimulation applied to the legs can reduce fatigue and improve walking in persons with multiple sclerosis.

You may be eligible to participate if you:

• Are between18–65 years of age
• Have clinically confirmed diagnosis of MS
• Are able to walk but have some difficulty walking
• Experience some fatigue during activities of daily living
• The 11-week study involves four evaluation visits and 18 treatment sessions (three times/week for six weeks)

Evaluation sessions (approximately 2 hours each)

• Answering questionnaires
• Tests of walking, balance and muscle function
• Treatments (approximately 60 minutes each)
• TENS applied to leg muscles while performing weight-lifting exercises
• The treatment will be applied to two muscle groups in each leg

Participants will be paid up to $880 for completing the 11-week trial.

If you are interested, please contact Mélanie Henry by email at melanie.henry@colorado.edu and reference the MS clinical trial.

Have you ever wondered why it becomes increasingly more challenging to not spill your coffee the longer you have to transport that exquisitely full cup of liquid gold? Are you curious how the nervous system controls muscle after repeated bouts of contractile effort? So are we!

The Neurophysiology of Movement Lab is looking for healthy adults aged 18–45 years to participate in a research study investigating how the nervous system controls muscle force, using contractions that challenge force control. 

The study involves one, 1.5-hour visit to our lab on the CU Boulder Main Campus.  

If interested, please call 303-492-4975 or email kelsey.koger@colorado.edu and reference the "Contraction History" study.

Join the Young Emerging Adult Research Study (YEARS) study at CU Boulder and CU Anschutz (IRB# 23-2067) to understand emotions. Earn $25 per hour (up to approximately $400 total) for up to three study session phases (1 3/4 hours). Must be 18–25 years, be able to attend in-person sessions, and have a personal history of bipolar disorder or no mental health history. 

Apply now. Email years-study@colorado.edu or call 303-735-7547.

The Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory is looking for people with delayed sleep-wake phase disorder or people with late bedtimes or healthy people with typical bedtimes.

The purpose of this study is to improve our understanding of mechanisms of delayed sleep-wake phase disorder (DSWPD). We are testing patients with DSWPD as well as healthy people without DSWPD. The study is 6.5 weeks long with six in-person visits at CU Boulder.

You may be eligible for this study if you:

• Are ages 16–30
• Have a diagnosis of delayed-sleep wake phase disorder or have late bedtime after 1 a.m., an inability to fall asleep and difficulty awakening when required for school/work
• Or are healthy with typical bedtimes and no sleep concerns

Study activities include:

• Health screening
• Monitor on separate occasions your sleep, mood, eating times for one or two weeks and blood sugar levels while living at home
• Live in the sleep laboratory on two separate occasions for 48–66 hours (approximately 4.75 days in total)
• Blood and saliva sampling and reaction time, mood and ability to think testing

Compensation is up to $1,725. Get study details and apply.

The purpose of this study is to examine how light exposure and meal timing influences circadian rhythms in healthy people ages 17–40. 

The study is seven weeks long with eight in-person visits at CU Boulder. Participants live in the sleep laboratory on two separate occasions for 7.7 days (15.4 days total).

Compensation is up to $4,093. Get more information and apply.

The PIEES Study (Peer-Mentorship’s Impacts on Engagement, Emotion, and Stress) is recruiting participants! The purpose of the study is to explore the effect of peer mentorship on engagement, stress and emotion in students. Simply complete a 29- to 39-minute survey to get a $15 gift card! You must be 18 years or older and a CU student to participate.

The Research on Affective Disorders and Development Lab is conducting research on the effects of cannabidiol (CBD) on mood and behavior. We are recruiting research participants ages 18–35.

The study includes a few different parts:

• You will answer short twice-daily surveys for six weeks on your mobile device.
• You will complete three in-person research visits, each including an interview about life experiences, a set of computer games, and a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) brain scan.
• You will select and use a CBD product for up to six weeks.

The study takes place over the course of six to eight weeks, and you will be compensated for your participation (maximum of $863–$1,038 for completing all parts of the study).

If you want to learn more, contact the RADD Lab at raddlab@colorado.edu or 303-735-8306, or go to our website to fill out the initial eligibility screening.

Are you a first-year student at CU Boulder? Interested in a research study on stress and coping in CU students? 

The Research on Affective Disorders and Development Lab is conducting research on stress coping in first year CU students. We want to understand what helps CU students cope with stress during major transitions, including the transition to college and across semesters.

The study includes a few different parts that happen over the three-semester study period: 

1. There are two in-person research sessions, each of which takes about 4–6 hours. During these sessions, you will play some computer games while we monitor physical functioning (for example, your heart rate). You will also complete a set of interviews and surveys that ask about stress, behavior, mood and health.
2. There are three 21-day periods in which we will send you a daily “micro survey” (less than 5 minutes to answer) asking about your behavior and mood using an app.
3. There are two 1-hour online surveys that we will send to your email.

The study takes place over the course of three semesters, and you will be compensated for your participation (maximum of $446–$470 for completing all parts of the study).

If you want to learn more, contact the RADD lab at raddlab@colorado.edu or fill out our initial eligibility screening. 

Do you love listening to music? Are you curious about what music others are listening to? The Brain Music Lab at CU Boulder is currently recruiting participants for a research study investigating music listening, sharing and enjoyment behaviors in young adults (IRB # 24-0658).

Participating involves completing an online survey, followed by one visit to the Brain Music Lab (Roser ATLAS building) on CU Boulder’s Main Campus where you will listen to music, answer questions on a computer and have a short interview about your experience.

The total expected time commitment is two hours. Individuals who complete the study will be compensated with a $20 Amazon gift certificate and be entered in a drawing for an additional $50 Amazon gift certificate.

To participate, you must be between the ages of 18–25 and have normal or corrected-to-normal hearing.

Interested in participating or have any questions? Please email Sophia Mehdizadeh (some4995@colorado.edu) or complete this form.