For professionals
Your work experience can make research more useful.
Professional research opportunities are optional and project-specific. Before deciding, you should be able to understand why you were invited, what participation involves, and who can help.
What participation means
A clear invitation comes before a decision.
You may be invited when your role, industry, product experience, or operating background appears relevant. Every opportunity is optional, subject to study-specific screening and selection, and separate from employment or ongoing consulting work.
What an invitation should explain
- Topic
- General subject and why your background may be relevant
- Format
- Interview, group, workshop, or survey
- Commitment
- Expected duration, timing, and preparation
- Incentive
- Approved amount, conditions, method, and timing
- Selection
- Screening requirements and participation limits
- Support
- Official route for questions or verification
The participant journey
Know what to expect at each step.
The process should make selection limits, responsibilities, and support visible without asking you to infer how an opportunity works.
- 01
Create a profile
Describe your professional background and the kinds of work experience that may be relevant to research.
- 02
Review an invitation
Look for the topic, method, time commitment, incentive, selection limits, restrictions, and support route.
- 03
Complete study screening
Answer project-specific questions honestly so the research team can assess fit for this particular study.
- 04
Wait for selection
Screening does not guarantee participation. A study may select only some of the professionals who appear eligible.
- 05
Participate as agreed
Follow the research instructions and protect confidential, restricted, and material non-public information.
- 06
Close the opportunity
The invitation should explain the approved incentive method, payment timing, and route for resolving questions.
Your responsibilities
Share experience, never protected information.
Do not disclose confidential, proprietary, restricted, or material non-public information. Follow obligations to employers, former employers, clients, and other parties, and decline any request that conflicts with those obligations.
Read the research integrity principles
A respectful standard
Rights and responsibilities travel together.
The ledger distinguishes what a professional should be told from the choices and boundaries each participant is responsible for maintaining.
Professional participation ledger
- Invitation
- What you should receiveA reason the opportunity may fit, plus method, time, incentive, and restrictions.
- Your responsibilityReview the details and decline when the topic or terms are not appropriate.
- Screening
- What you should receiveQuestions tied to the needs of a specific study and honest selection limits.
- Your responsibilityProvide accurate answers and do not overstate experience or authority.
- Information
- What you should receiveA clear explanation of why profile or screening information is requested.
- Your responsibilityNever share confidential, proprietary, restricted, or material non-public information.
- Privacy
- What you should receiveA visible route to update, access, or request deletion of profile information.
- Your responsibilityUse official channels and report an invitation that appears inconsistent with the website.
- Compensation
- What you should receiveThe approved amount, method, conditions, and expected timing before participation.
- Your responsibilityNever pay a fee, deposit, or processing charge to participate in research.
- Support
- What you should receiveAn identifiable route for scheduling, changes, payment questions, and concerns.
- Your responsibilityRaise questions early and keep the opportunity details available for reference.
Professional community
Create a profile when you are ready.
Use the local profile experience to review the information requested. The form remains disconnected during local review and does not transmit or retain personal information.