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
APOL1 Genetic Testing in African Americans
St. Louis University
- Location
- St Louis, MO
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–90
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Utilizing Long-read Sequencing to Investigate the EGFR Landscape of EGFR Positive Lung Cancer Patients
Our Lady of the Lake Hospital
- Location
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–100 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
ALS Research Collaborative
ALS Therapy Development Institute
- Location
- Watertown, MA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Remote Approaches for Optimizing Weight Loss (Elevate Weight Loss Trial)
The Miriam Hospital
- Location
- Providence, RI
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Increasing Lean Protein Intake in Preschool-age Children and Assessing Effects on Cognition and Select Health Outcomes
Sibylle Kranz, PhD, RDN
- Location
- Charlottesville, VA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 2–5
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
Stimulant Effects on Disruptive Behavior
Matthew J O'Brien, PhD, BCBA-D
- Location
- Iowa City, IA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 4–12
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Increasing Food Literacy in Preschoolers to Reduce Obesity Risk
Penn State University
- Location
- University Park, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 3–6
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Trauma and Cardiometabolic Health in an American Indian Community
Montana State University
- Location
- Browning, MT
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–40
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
University of Central Florida CereBank
University of Central Florida
- Location
- Orlando, FL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+ · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
The Role of Type 2 Diabetes on Skeletal Muscle Atrophy and Recovery Following Bed Rest in Older Adults
AdventHealth Translational Research Institute
- Location
- Orlando, FL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 60–80
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
AdventHealth Research Institute Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease Biobank and Registry (AVAIL)
AdventHealth Translational Research Institute
- Location
- Orlando, FL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 4
Treatment to Regress to Normoglycemia in Women with a Recent History of GDM
Woman's
- Location
- Baton Rouge, LA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–45 · Women only
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Virtual Implicit Bias Reduction and Neutralization Training (VIBRANT)
University of Washington
- Location
- Seattle, WA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 11–99
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Cognition, Flavonoids, Exercise, Gut Microbiome
Appalachian State University
- Location
- Kannapolis, NC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 65–85
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Effect of Exercise and Heat Stress on Acute Cardiometabolic Adaptations in Healthy Young Adults
Northern Arizona University
- Location
- Flagstaff, AZ
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–50
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Core Semantic Systems TMS
University of South Carolina
- Location
- Columbia, SC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–40
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Predictors of Health Service Utilizations Among Key Population in Washington DC
Us Helping Us, People Into Living, Inc.
- Location
- Washington D.C., DC
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18+
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Emergent Bilinguals: Child Language Proficiency and Language of Treatment
University of Houston
- Location
- Houston, TX
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 4–6
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
High-resolution Phosphocreatine and Creatine Mapping of Human Muscle and Brain
Hugo W. Moser Research Institute at Kennedy Krieger, Inc.
- Location
- Baltimore, MD
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–80
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Babies' Brain Responses to Strangers
University of California Santa Cruz
- Location
- Santa Cruz, CA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 7 mo–1
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
Testing Strategies to Improve Substance Misuse Prevention Research Use in State Policy Contexts
Penn State University
- Location
- University Park, PA
- Eligibility basics
- Any age listed
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
The Effect of Work Requirements in SNAP in Virginia
Harvard Medical School (HMS and HSDM)
- Location
- Glen Allen, VA
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 18–49
- RecruitingHealthy volunteers
My ESSENCE - A Research Study on Mindfulness for African-Americans With Type 2 Diabetes
University of Illinois at Chicago
- Location
- Chicago, IL
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 21–75
- RecruitingHealthy volunteersPhase 2
A Novel Obesity Prevention Program for High-Risk Infants in Primary Care
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
- Location
- Cincinnati, OH
- Eligibility basics
- Ages 0 mo+
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.