Core: healthy volunteers
Studies for healthy volunteers recruiting now
These studies say in their official record that they accept healthy volunteers. Many are Phase 1 studies that test how a new medicine is absorbed and tolerated; others recruit healthy people as a comparison group alongside patients.
5,002 recruiting studiesSource: ClinicalTrials.gov, refreshed October 26, 2026How we list studies
More recruiting studies (pay not posted)
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Early Adolescent Skills for Emotions
The New School
- Location
- New York, NY
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 10+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
PRESERVE & CONNECT: Impact Study of the BPC
University of Vermont
- Location
- Hartford, CT + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Any age listed
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Best Practice Advisories to Reduce Inequities in Technology Use for People With Type 1 Diabetes
T1D Exchange, United States
- Location
- Boston, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 2–95
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Personalized Responses to Dietary Composition Trial 3
Zoe Global Limited
- Location
- Needham, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Mindfulness Application Effects on Mental Health Symptoms in Children With Severe Tinnitus and Misophonia
University of Colorado, Denver
- Location
- Aurora, CO
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 10–18
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Using Bitter Taste Receptor Blockers to Improve the Palatability of Pediatric Medicines
Monell Chemical Senses Center
- Location
- Philadelphia, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–60
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 3
Filgrastim-Mobilized Stem Cells for Transplantation Using Unrelated Donors
Center for International Blood and Marrow Transplant Research
- Location
- Boca Raton, FL + 3 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–60
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
The ME&MG Digital Solution for Autonomous Assessment of Myasthenia Gravis
Ad scientiam
- Location
- Aurora, CO + 8 other US sites
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Effects of Whole-body Electrical Muscle Stimulation Exercise on Adults With Myasthenia Gravis
University of Missouri-Columbia
- Location
- Fairway, KS + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Pilot of an Online Sexual Health Program
Wellesley College
- Location
- Wellesley, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 14+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Absorption and Tolerability of Injectable Administration of Niagen®+, as Compared to NAD+
Nutraceuticals Research Institute
- Location
- Huntsville, AL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 40–65
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Speech Perception and High Cognitive Demand
University of Maryland, College Park
- Location
- College Park, MD + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 65–85
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Disentangling the Role of Culture, Life Stage, and Information Design to Facilitate Equity in Data Report Back
University of Arizona
- Location
- Tucson, AZ
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 10+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Capturing Autobiographical Memory Formation in Real World Spaces Using Multimodal Recordings
University of Utah
- Location
- Salt Lake City, UT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Clinical Translation of a Novel Brain PET Insert for Simultaneous PET/MR
Stanford University
- Location
- Palo Alto, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 21+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Multi-Omics for Maternal Health After Preeclampsia
University of California, San Diego
- Location
- San Diego, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–50 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Functional Connectivity Alterations in Suicidal Patients Among Opioid Users
Baylor College of Medicine
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–64
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
A Comparison of Two School Based Interventions to Manage Anxiety in Autistic Students
University of Colorado, Denver
- Location
- Aurora, CO
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 7–15
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Focus Groups in Ethnically and Racially Diverse Families
Oregon Health and Science University
- Location
- Portland, OR
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–80
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Sleep-dependent Learning in Aging
University of Massachusetts, Amherst
- Location
- Amherst, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–80
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
The Sweet Dreams Study - Accuracy of Sleep Trackers in Children
Arkansas Children's Hospital Research Institute
- Location
- Little Rock, AR + 1 other US site
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 2–17
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Oklahoma Study of Native American Pain Risk III: Stress and Resilience
University of Oklahoma
- Location
- Tulsa, OK
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Gut Microbiota-dependent Health Impacts of Haskap Berries
Montana State University
- Location
- Bozeman, MT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 35–65
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Strengthening Health and Insight in New Educators
University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa
- Location
- Tuscaloosa, AL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
Who these studies look for
“Healthy” is decided at screening, not by you. Sites usually check vital signs, blood and urine tests, an ECG, your medications and sometimes your BMI or smoking status. A study can still turn you away for reasons that have nothing to do with being unwell, such as timing or a full roster.
Matching a page like this one never means you qualify. Each research team decides eligibility at screening.
Questions
Do healthy volunteer studies pay?
Many do, because volunteers give up time and follow strict schedules, but amounts are set by each study and are usually only confirmed by the research site. When a record states an amount we show the exact wording; otherwise we say compensation is not disclosed.
What happens at a screening visit?
Expect consent paperwork first, then a health questionnaire, vital signs, blood and urine samples and often an ECG. You can ask questions and withdraw at any time, before or after you sign.