Covid study being run by University of Melbourne. I completed it myself last year.
If you've had cold/flu symptoms in the past 7 days and
- over 12 years old
- no positive COVID result in past 3 mo
- symptoms are not run-on from a previous illness
they'll give you free COVID/flu/RSV test - free shipping or you can pick up from participating pharmacies. You can get a second test too but not certain how that works.
If you test positive for COVID/flu/RSV and upload a pic of the positive result, you can continue in the study. Fill in a baseline survey about your symptoms and they'll email you a $30 gift voucher (mine was for Coles but not sure if it varies). There's an additional $20 voucher for completing each of the follow up surveys they send you at 6, 12, and 24 weeks.
They say the estimated time for completing all the surveys is 3 hours but imo that is an overestimate, the surveys are long and dry but I still reckon it took me half that.
Thanks done because I have symptoms