Subject Pool Directions for Researchers

UCLA Department of Psychology Subject Pool

Researchers must apply to receive approval to use the UCLA Psychology Department Subject Pool by submitting an application and a copy of your IRB and/or Office of Human Research Protection Program (OHRPP) approval to the Chair of the Subject Pool Committee, Dr. Ed Geiselman. Please note that a separate application needs to be submitted for each study you plan to run (even if they all fall under the umbrella of one larger study). Please note that current applications are valid from Fall 2011-Summer 2012. All experiment data is deleted from the SONA system at the end of each Summer, and new applications are required to run studies in each new academic year.
Once approved, you will receive a log on and password which will enable you to access the Psychology Department Subject Pool system.
Once logged on, post your experiment to recruit participants from the subject pool, schedule appointment times, and assign credits to participants.
If you have questions about the Psychology Subject Pool system, please contact Melina Dorian at subjectpool@psych.ucla.edu.

Forms and Guides

Important Dates

1st day to post experiments corresponds to the 1st day of instruction.
Last day to post experiments and assign credit is Thursday of Week 10 during the academic year (Fall-Spring quarters).
Last day to run experiments and assign credit for Summer Sessions is Tuesday of Week 6 of each session.

Additional Research Resources

Office of the Human Research Protection Program (OHRPP)
Apply to receive approval to use human subjects in your experiments.