First Year Well-Being Study at Notre Dame

Join a study on well-being, sleep, and mindfulness being conducted in the Spring of 2026! The study is examining how well-being interacts with sleep and mindfulness and is being conducted across first year student populations at the University of Notre Dame, Carnegie Mellon, Columbia, and the University of Pennsylvania.

You can receive up to $170 as well as a Fitbit that you may be able to keep for participating in the study which will run across the entirety of the spring semester.

To participate in the study and confirm your eligibility, complete the following Google Form (link TBA).

More information about the study including the Informed Consent can be found here (link TBA).

If you have any questions about the study, please contact the Principal Investigator, Prof. Aaron Striegel, at striegel@nd.edu.

This study is currently under review by the Notre Dame Institutional Review Board under study ID XXXX-YYY.