Dear Colleagues, I am writing to announce our call for Virtual Research Fellows for the Spring Semester with the online laboratory Volunteer Science <https://volunteerscience.com/>. This semester-long fellowship is for researchers interested in creating web applications using the platform. During the fellowship, researchers will receive free access to Volunteer Science’s researcher portal, free training in building online web applications with Volunteer Science, and weekly coding sessions and hands on support from Volunteer Science staff. The expectation is that fellows will use this time to create, deploy, and analyze data from their application by the end of the fellowship. The deadline for applications is* December 29th*. Please see the attached Call for Applications for details on eligibility, application instructions, and the calendar of events for the Spring. Please email me with any questions. Anyone interested in conducting research on Volunteer Science is invited to sign up for a research team <https://www.volunteerscience.com/research/> where you will be able to create web applications, deploy them on a personal team page, and recruit volunteers, students, or workers on Mechanical Turk. Very Best, Jason Radford * Volunteer ScienceVirtual Research Fellows ProgramCall for Applications, Spring 2018Applicant Deadline: December 29* *Program summary* Volunteer Science is launching an Virtual Research Fellows program for researchers interested in creating web applications using the platform. *The* *program is completely online* and intended to provide a supportive community of researchers. During this semester-long program, fellows receive free access to Volunteer Science’s researcher portal, free training in building online applications, weekly coding sessions, and hands on support from Volunteer Science staff. The program lasts for one semester with the option to renew for an additional semester. The expectation is that fellows will use this time to create, test, and deploy their web app. *Application* To be considered, fellows must email 1) a* study abstract*, 2) a *participant recruitment abstract*, and 3) *contact information* (name, institution, and email) for the applicant and other researchers involved in the study to Jason Radford at j.radford@northeastern.edu. The study abstract should be 200-300 words and include a description of the research question(s), study design, and expected outcomes. The participant recruitment abstract should be a 200-300 word description for how you the fellow plan to recruit participants, whether volunteers, students, or online workers. For ideas of the types of studies conducted on Volunteer Science, please see our experiments <https://volunteerscience.com/experiments/> and surveys <https://volunteerscience.com/experiments/survey/> pages. *Eligibility and Selection* Any researcher in a university, government agency, or private company performing research for publication is eligible to apply. Applicants will be selected based on whether the web application is a good fit for Volunteer Science (i.e. whether it takes advantage of online methods to create web apps and/or recruit participants). Special preference to those whose study utilizes the unique features <https://volunteerscience.com/docs/> of Volunteer Science. Preference will also be given to traditionally under-resourced researchers, such as graduate students, junior faculty, and researchers outside R1 and Western institutions. *Institutional Review* All research involving human subjects on Volunteer Science requires proof of human subjects review. We recommend all applicants submit institutional review documents now to ensure the process is complete by the time your study will be finished. You may find current IRB documents for Volunteer Science at https://volunteerscience.com/our_science/. *Calendar of Events* · *Dec 29*: Deadline for Applications · *Jan 8*: Fellows announced · *Jan 19*: Mandatory Online Training · *Jan 26*: Weekly hacking sessions begin · *April 6*: Study Release Day · *May 4*: Spring 2017 Fellowship ends -- Jason Radford Doctoral Student, Sociology, University of Chicago Visiting Researcher, Lazer Lab, Northeastern University *Connect*: Website <http://home.uchicago.edu/%7Ejsradford/>, LinkedIn <http://www.linkedin.com/in/jsradford>, Twitter <http://www.twitter.com/jsradford> *Play Games for Science at Volunteer Science <http://www.volunteerscience.com>*