ResearchMatch is made up of volunteers, researchers, and community collaborators working together to make it easy for you to find the right clinical trial or research study for you or your family.
How do I make a difference through ResearchMatch?
- Join, there is no cost and it only takes a few minutes
- Create your volunteer profile
- Watch for emails about research studies
- Respond, you decide to share your info with the researcher
It is always your choice!
Who can join ResearchMatch?
Anyone living in the United States, including Puerto Rico, can join ResearchMatch. People of all ages and backgrounds are welcome. A parent, legal guardian, or caretaker can register a child under 18, or register an adult that may not be able to join on their own.
Researchers also join ResearchMatch and invite you to learn about their studies.
How does ResearchMatch work?
Volunteers
Researchers
You match!
ResearchMatch brings together volunteers and researchers to discover new treatments for better health.
Why is ResearchMatch Needed?
Make Discoveries Happen — Sooner
Many studies have to end early because there are not enough volunteers. At the same time, people are looking for research studies to join, but may have a hard time finding them. As a result, key questions that may affect a community’s health go unanswered.
Meet some of our researchers
Researchers also join ResearchMatch and invite you to learn about their studies.
Launch
Initial launch with funding NIH funding
Growth
100 participating institutions & over 300,000 study matches made
Personalization
New features - Trials Today, customized trials, Share My Information tool
Translation
Ability to translate ResearchMatch, starting with Spanish, then Chinese
Research Summaries
Easy to read summaries of research findings available for over 900 studies
Continued Collaboration
More than 18,000 researchers, 1,400 active studies, and 68 non-profit collaborators
Be a part of discoveries that change lives.