The purpose of this study is to evaluate how probiotic supplementation impacts your stress levels. This research may help us better understand factors that support adaptive stress responding.

You may be eligible for this study if you are:

• Age 18 to 45.
• Willing to take a probiotic supplement for about two months.
• Not immunosuppressed.

Participation includes:

• One 30-minute in-person visit, where you will receive the probiotic/placebo and complete questionnaires.
• About 2 months of supplementation.
• Completion of periodic brief questionnaires sent via text.

970-921-9321 IRB Protocol #: 22-0234

The Shine Lab is recruiting participants for a research study who:

• Are students, staff or faculty at CU Boulder
• Are native English speakers
• Are over the age of 18
• Are proficient at using computers
• Do not have a history of seizures

These studies take place at the Center for Innovation and Creativity (1777 Exposition Drive) in Room 171E. In this type of study, we look at your physiological reaction and at your brain waves as you work in a team on a task that involves searching for objects of interest in satellite images. The purpose of the research is to better understand the experiences people have while working in teams on collaborative tasks. 

We will use non-invasive sensors (functional-near infrared spectroscopy) to measure your brain and physiological activity while you work with the visual search task.

These devices are safe and comfortable for experiment participants to wear.
The studies last two hours each and the pay is $15 per hour, plus a significant merit-based cash bonus. You cannot earn course credit through this study.

If you are interested, please email shinelabstudy@gmail.com to schedule a slot.

The Neuromechanics Lab needs volunteers for a study on arm-reaching behavior.

You must:

• Be English-speaking
• Be 25–65-years-old
• Have no neurological or musculoskeletal disorders
• Be able to move the arms and hands without difficulty
• Be able to arrange transportation to CU Boulder campus

This study will involve one day of testing for approximately two hours. All procedures take place in our campus laboratory, Neuromechanics Laboratory, Engineering Center ECSL 1B21. Subjects will be compensated for their participation (up to $50).

Participants are needed for a research study evaluating foods from the Mediterranean diet. 

You may qualify if you:

• Are 30–69 years old
• Have a 25–37 BMI
• Have high blood sugar, high blood pressure or high cholesterol
• Have stable medication use
• Have a relatively low intake of Mediterranean diet-style foods
• Haven't changed your exercise patterns within the last three months
• Do not smoke

Participation involves:

• Monthly visits to the CU Anschutz Medical Campus over a period of 20 weeks
• Blood, urine and stool sample collections
• Four 4-week periods with daily consumption of various study foods such as salmon, beef, oatmeal, cheesecake, walnuts, red peppers, avocado and chickpeas

Food and compensation provided. Complete the screener to see if you qualify.

The study will take place in the Clinical and Translational Research Center on the CU Anschutz Medical Campus at 1890 N. Revere Ct., Room 6030, in Aurora.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate how probiotic supplementation impacts your stress levels. This research may help us to better understand factors that support adaptive stress responding. 

You may be eligible for this study if you are:

• Ages 18 to 45
• Willing to take a probiotic supplement for approximately two months
• Not immunosuppressed

Participation includes:

• One 30-minute in-person visit where you will receive the probiotic/placebo and complete questionnaires
• Approximately two months of supplementation
• Completion of periodic brief questionnaires sent via text

Take a brief survey to find out if you’re eligible.

IRB Protocol #: 22-0234 
Questions? Contact Lauren Finkelstein 
lauren.finkelstein@colorado.edu 
970-921-9321 

We are looking for healthy males and females, ages 17–35, to participate in a study at the CU Boulder Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory.

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

Compensation up to $3,785. Get study details and apply.

We are looking for parents of children aged 1.0 to 13.9 years to complete a short survey on children's sleep patterns and sleep-related practices. The survey asks about the child’s demographics, developmental history, sleep patterns, medication consumption and electronic media use. It takes approximately 10 minutes to complete. 

Take the survey. You can also access the survey by scanning the QR code.

Strategic Relations and Communications is seeking undergraduates to participate in hour-long focus groups that will be held throughout the week of April 24. The focus groups will be conveniently held on Zoom.

We want to hear your opinions about CU Boulder’s academic resources. Participation is confidential, and all responses will be anonymous. 

As a token of appreciation, we are offering each participant a $20 Amazon gift card.

Visit the SRC website to find a date and time that works for you and reserve your spot. Participation will be on a first-come, first-served basis—so sign up today! 
 

Looking for adults (ages 21–40) to participate in a paid research study. The CUChange lab is conducting a study on acute cannabis use. The goal is to better understand the effects of cannabis on inflammation and blood sugar regulation.

Participation in this study involves two in-person appointments over the course of one week. These appointments include blood collection through an intravenous catheter (IV), two oral glucose tests and a series of confidential surveys about health, diet and exercise.

Participants can earn up to $200 for completing the study.

Requirements:

• 21–40 years old
• Have used cannabis at least once
• Have not used cannabis in the last 3 months
• Are willing to use cannabis at one of the appointments

If you are interested, please complete the eligibility survey. For more information, please contact sonic.custudy@gmail.com.

The Pain Lab at CU Boulder, affiliated with the Institute of Cognitive Science, is seeking participants ages 21–70 for a research study with non-invasive wearable sensors.

You may be eligible if you have experienced back pain for the last three-plus months. Participants will be compensated up to $360.

If you're interested, fill out the eligibility screening form. We will contact you regarding your eligibility.

CU’s Center for the Study and Prevention of Violence is recruiting participants for focus groups to view and provide feedback via Zoom on educational messages for violence prevention. The messages will be displayed on PowerPoint slides during a 60-minute meeting.

Each participant will receive a $25 Amazon gift card.

The study seeks to test messages on violence prevention and "upstander" reporting with CU audiences to help improve the quality of a public awareness campaign on campus and community safety.

To sign up to participate, email violence prevention researcher Sarah Goodrum at sarah.goodrum@colorado.edu. Recruitment will run through April 2023.

The Human Interaction & Robotics Lab and the Collaborative AI and Robotics Lab at CU Boulder are looking for participants to complete a study involving working with a Sawyer robot to complete a collaborative task.

You must be 18 years or older. You will receive a $15 Amazon gift card for approximately an hour of participation.

Sign up now to get involved.

We are recruiting participants for a research study who are fluent English speakers, are over the age of 18, and who are students, staff or faculty at CU Boulder. 

These studies take place at the Center for Innovation and Technology, Room 184G. In this type of study we investigate collaborative problem solving in science, technology, engineering and mathematics domains. In the study you will be working with other participants on a series of group problem-solving tasks.

During the study we’ll be using cameras and microphones to record the interactions you and your group have with one another and with the tasks at hand. We’ll also use eye tracking to measure your gaze patterns during the experiment. Collecting video and audio data of you and your group’s interactions is mandatory for this study. If you do not want to be recorded with video and microphone, you may decide not to participate in this study at any time.  

These studies last 1.5 hours each, and the pay is $25 per hour ($37.50 total). You cannot earn course credit through this study. Please note: International participants are subject to an upfront 30% tax withholding on their payment.

Sign up online. To get directions to our lab, or for more information, please email isat.lab@colorado.edu.

The Hearing Research Laboratory is recruiting participants for a research study on how different listening conditions affect our ability to perceive noisy speech that has been processed in a way that mimics state-of-the-art hearing aids. We are interested in determining how hearing aid settings can be optimized for speech understanding when we are listening with two ears in realistic environments. 

You may be eligible if you are aged 18 years or older with normal hearing.

What will you have to do? If you qualify, you will be presented speech and will repeat back the words/sentences that you hear. You will visit the Hearing Research Lab about three times.

How much time will it take? The study will include three visits over approximately two to three weeks, for a total of about four hours in the laboratory. We will schedule the visits at a time convenient for you. You will be paid $15 per hour for your time. You will also receive a free hearing test to determine if you qualify for the study.  

The study will be held in the Hearing Research Laboratory in the Department of Speech, Language & Hearing Sciences at 2501 Kittredge Loop Rd.

Contact hearlab@colorado.edu with any questions.

We are recruiting participants for a research study. You may be eligible if you are 18 years or older and are a member of the CU Boulder community (faculty, staff, student or alumni). 

Along with a small group, you will walk to several locations on campus; and at each location, you will fill out a survey about your perception of sounds you hear in each location. You will be provided with a survey and pen/pencil.

The sound walk will take about one hour.  For your participation, you may choose to be entered into a drawing for $25 gift cards.  

The study will be held outside on the CU Boulder campus. You will meet the rest of the group at the buffalo statue outside of Folsom Field, and from there the group will move to the other selected locations.

Currently, we are recruiting for sound walk sessions the week of Feb. 20 (weather permitting). Sign up and get more information.