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How it works

From interest to a future role

The Canopy is an interest registry. You tell us who you are and how you would like to contribute; we review carefully and reach out as specific studies, committees, and operational needs come online. Here is exactly what that looks like.

The path

Four honest steps

  1. You register

    Verify your email with a secure sign-in link, then complete one universal profile plus a short set of questions specific to the kind of role you are interested in. Add a CV and any relevant credentials.

  2. We review

    A reviewer for the relevant family checks your application for completeness and fit. Serious candidates complete a conflict-of-interest disclosure; licensed clinical roles go through credential verification before any appointment.

  3. We match to real need

    When a study, site, committee, or operational need becomes active, we look at the bench for people whose training, availability, location, and conflicts allow them to take part — and we reach out.

  4. You decide

    Any actual role comes with its own conversation, terms, and, where required, protocol-specific training and authorization. Registering never obligates you to anything.

Behind the scenes

How reviewers move an application

Applications move through clear stages so nothing is decided by one person in the dark:

  • Completeness and initial triage
  • Role-family review by the relevant discipline
  • Compliance screen and, for licensed roles, credential verification
  • Conflict-of-interest review
  • Technical or scientific review where the role calls for it
  • Conversation and reference checks
  • Trial-specific or need-specific matching
  • Active roster, or the future bench until the right need appears

AI assistance, if used at all, is limited to organizing and routing applications for completeness. It never makes a rejection decision; people do.

What we collect & why

Only what helps us place you well

Universal profile. Name, contact details, location and time zone, your areas of interest, paid/volunteer/advisory preference, a short bio, and a CV — so we can understand and reach you.

Role-specific details. Depending on the role: licensure and training, clinical-trial experience, botanical or product-science expertise, data and technology skills, writing and community experience, or governance and independence — so reviewers can judge fit fairly.

Conflict-of-interest disclosure. Relationships with supplement or botanical companies, labs, CROs, sites, donors, or insiders. A disclosed conflict is not automatically disqualifying; an undisclosed one is the problem we are avoiding.

What we never ask for at this stage. Do not upload Social Security numbers, tax forms, bank information, full dates of birth, background-check reports, patient records, or any protected health information. Those belong only in separate, secure, post-offer processes — never in an interest application.
How your data is protected

Authenticated, encrypted, and access-controlled

You verify your email and sign in before submitting anything sensitive, so your application is never an anonymous drop. Everything travels over encrypted connections. Documents upload through short-lived, private links into encrypted storage that is never publicly accessible, and access is limited to the reviewers who need it and logged.

Herbal Trials is a nonprofit scientific and educational research organization. It does not sell supplements, make efficacy claims, or provide medical advice, and it does not endorse any substance. Candidate substances remain unverified until studied, and the organization publishes positive, negative, and inconclusive results alike.

Ready?

Register your interest

A few minutes now puts you on our radar for the right future role.

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Submitting an interest form does not guarantee selection, employment, volunteer placement, compensation, or participation in any study. Herbal Trials is currently collecting interest as it builds its research and operational infrastructure.