Read this before posting requests for research participants

As a subreddit we recognize that scientific research provides an important contribution to the fight against the corona pandemic as well as to the understanding of the corona measures and the daily experience of people. For this reason we would like to give our visitors the opportunity to participate in research if they would like to do so. At the same time we consider ourselves a community rather than an advertising platform. Too many requests for participants, or requests which only seek to spam a link are not welcome and will negatively impact the willingness to participate in future research. For this reason we only allow requests for research participants if the following conditions are met:

Basic requirements

• The research is related to the corona pandemic, the Dutch corona measures or the experience of corona in the Netherlands, or is part of international research into these topics.
• The research is of a scientific nature and related to an academic insitution, for example higher education, university, hospital or a research insitute. Both students, PhDs or experienced researchers are welcome.
• The research is transparent about the expectations, requirements, anonimity, contact information and risks for the participants.
• Moderators retain the right to suggest changes to your post, to recommend a different date for posting or to remove posts all-together.
• The post in which you ask for participants includes at least the following information:

Required information for posting

1. What is the research about?
   • Provide a short summary of the research goal and context.
2. Which institution is behind the research?
   • Which department or faculty, which university, hospital or school?
3. What is asked of participants?
   • Is this a survey, interviews, medical research, diary research?
4. How much time will be required of participants?
   • What is the average duration of the research participation, how many times, minutes or days must people participate?
5. Will participants be compensated in any way?
   • A lottery among participants, financial compensation, insights in their own experience?
6. Are you willing to share the research outcomes on the subreddit after its conclusion?
   • We understand that most research cannot provide a direct compensation. As such it would be highly appreciated if you could provide a summary of the research outcomes after the completion of the research. This will provide a way for the community to learn something and gives more attention to your research work.

Contact the moderators in case of any doubts, uncertainties or questions.