Hi all! Been away for a while... Owow, I am loving doing a PhD. I really enjoy my time here. I have a question though: Where do you find money for paying participants? My university offers each PhD student 250 quid for all 3 years which is really NOTHING compared to what we need to conduct the research. Almost finished my first experiment and have spent 90!

Hmm, doesn't your department run a credit-based participant scheme? Well, obviously not as you're now skint! Well I think it depends on what kind of research you do, I work in Cognitve Neuroscience, so rarely need more than 12 pp per study, so I usually use my friends or just beg some undergrads from the common room! You should talk to your dept. administrator though as they must have come across this before. By the way, do you pronounce your name Sara (like Tara) or Sarah?

I know lots of people at my Uni seem to be running 'enter into a draw to win £50/£100' as an incentive. I am not sure it will be as effective as paying but maybe a compromise if funds are limited.