SONA Calendar (Researcher)

AUG 16: Subject Hours Allocation Requests for Fall 2024 are due!

AUG 16: Prescreen Item Selection/Suggestions for Fall 2024 are due!

Fall 2024 SONA Schedule
AUG 16

Credit Pool Hours Request Form for Fall 2024 is due at 11:59pm CST.

Requests for Prescreen Items for Fall 2024 is due at 11:59pm CST.

AUG 26

Classes start.

AUG 28

Course credit participant pool opens.

Unused priority hours returned BEFORE this date can be 100% refunded.

SEP 02
Labor Day (all-campus holiday)
SEP 27

Students must be 18 by this date to participate in research studies.

Unused priority hours returned BEFORE this date can be 75% refunded.

OCT 18

Participation status (credit/no-credit) for all study sessions up to this date must be assigned by 11:59pm CST.

Unused priority hours returned before this date can be 50% refunded.

OCT 28

Free-for-all period for in-lab studies begins.

Unused priority hours returned before this date can be 25% refunded. No returning of hours will be accepted after this date.

NOV 23 - 
DEC 01

Fall Break

Free-for-all period for online studies begins on November 25.

DEC 12

Reading Day.

Final day for students to participate in course credit studies (all studies must be completed by 5:00pm CST).

Participation status (credit/no-credit) for all study sessions must be assigned by 11:59pm CST.

DEC 13

Course credit participant pool closes.

DEC 16

SONA course reports will be sent to instructors

Note: Students currently located in the territory of the People's Republic of China, the European Economic Area, or the United Kingdom should ask their instructor for an alternative assignment instead of participating in research.

Note: In one semester (Fall/Spring), students can earn only 2 total credits at most with online studies. Any additional SONA credits should be earned through participating in in-person or virtual (zoom) studies.