About the study

The University of South Australia is seeking participants for our next 4-day/3-night live-in sleep study running from July 2025 to December 2026.

The study aims to improve the performance of wearable technology to track performance and fatigue. The study will involve a period of sleep restriction (8 hour sleep on night 1 followed by 40 hours of wakefulness and an 8 hour overnight recovery sleep).

The study includes performance testing, glucose monitoring and saliva collections.

All meals are provided. 

Eligibility Requirements

Gender: male and female

Age: 18-40 years

Location: University of South Australia Magill Campus Sleep and Chronobiology Laboratory

Other criteria: Healthy, non-smoking adults with no history of sleep disorders

Benefits

All meals are provided, and participants will be financially compensated with an honorarium of up to $500 for their participation in the study.

Contact details for more information or to register your interest

For more information, and to register your interest, please follow the link to our online screening survey: https://research.unisa.edu.au/redcap/surveys/?s=8XXNCDMXDATT4HNY

The project has been approved by the University of South Australia’s Human Research Ethics Committee (Ethics Protocol 206347)