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 email us at: shiftworkstudy@unisa.edu.au

 

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