Your Guide to the Research Participation Program and Pool
**Researcher use of the RPP is limited to Psychology Department faculty, graduate students, postdocs, honors students, postbacs, and lab managers.**
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About the Research Participation Program (RPP)
The Research Participation Program (RPP) gives undergraduate students a chance to participate in some of this research. As a participant in RPP surveys and experiments, you help the department's graduate student and faculty researchers answer important questions about psychology. RPP is a chance to learn more about important topics in research methods to meet faculty and graduate student researchers.
To encourage participation in the RPP, your psychology course is allowing you to receive research participation credit as part of your grade. Participation in the RPP involves participating in a certain number of experiments throughout the semester. In addition, you can earn one RPP credit at the beginning of the semester by completing the optional Prescreening Survey.
It is your choice to volunteer, or not, for the program. Students in the RPP program courses who choose to not volunteer should speak with their instructor or GSI about an alternative task. If you do participate, keep this information as a reference about the program's policies and your role in it.
You must be at least 18 years old to participate in the RPP. If you are not 18, please notify your instructor or GSI and obtain an alternative task.
The psychology student services office (Psych SSO) does not monitor the RPP. For questions regarding the RPP please be sure to reach out to RPP at rpp@berkeley.edu
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For Students
Please download and read completely: RPP Information for Students Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Summer Session A Summer Session D Aug 24 Jan 17 May 22 July 3 First day participate in the RPP Prescreening Survey Sep 2 Jan 28 June 2 July 14 Last day to complete the RPP Prescreening Survey by 12 pm (noon, midday) Sep 3 Jan 29 June 3 July 15 First day to participate in studies (other than Prescreening) Oct 21 Mar 17 NA NA Last day to earn a credit & for researchers to credit participants for Phase I Dec 2 Apr 28 July 1 Aug 12 Last day to participate in studies Dec 2 Apr 28 July 1 Aug 12 Last day for researchers to credit participants Dec 3 Apr 29 July 2 Aug 13 Last day to change credit allocations to Psychology courses -
For Researchers
Please download for more information on RPP requirements and procedures: Guidelines for Researchers Fall 2022 Spring 2023 Summer Session A Summer Session D Aug 15 Jan 9 May 12 May 12 Prescreening online application & Qualtrics survey due Aug 24 - Sep 2 Jan 17 - 27 May 22 - June 3 July 3 - July 14 Prescreening Aug 29 Jan 23 May 25 July 6 RPP Phase 1 application due Sep 3 Jan 29 June 4 July 15 Researchers receive prescreening information Sep 3 Jan 29 June 4 July 15 First day to recruit for studies Oct 14 Mar 11 June 15 or before July 7 or before Phase 2 starts for researchers Oct 21 Mar 17 NA NA Last for researchers to credit participants for Phase I Dec 2 Apr 28 July 1 Aug 12 Last day to run studies and credit participants