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

• 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