For Students & Academic Researchers
Need respondents for your thesis or academic research?
Get 50–100 survey respondents — FREE.
Main Frame helps students and academic researchers collect survey responses quickly through our international online respondent network.
For students & academic researchers
Collect respondents for your dissertation, thesis, term paper or academic project.
International
reach
Access respondents across multiple countries and demographic groups.
No recruitment cost
Eligible academic projects can receive 50–100 respondents completely free.
Main Frame also supports academic researchers who need larger samples, specific target audiences or multi-country data collection.
Whether you're conducting a PhD study, academic publication, university research project or student research programme, we can discuss how our respondent network can support your work.
Monthly limit notice - As we support academic researchers at no recruitment cost, our Academic Research programme has a limit of 500 completed responses in total per calendar month. Support is subject to availability and is provided on a first-come, first-served basis.
How it works? With 6 easy steps.
1. Tell us about your research
Send us your topic, university, country, target audience and survey length.
You can contact us at: academicsurveys@mainframemr.com
2. We check your audience
We'll check whether your target respondents are available through our network, and whether your survey is applicable for this offer.
3. Set-up our redirects
Once respondents finish the survey in your platform - they need to be redirected here:
https://fwredirect.com/end/complete/
This way we will make sure their response in the survey is properly registered/captured and they will receive automatically their survey reward.
4. Send us your survey URL
Google Forms, Qualtrics, SurveyMonkey or another survey platform. We can work with any, as long as our redirects (from point 3) are set.
5. We collect the responses
We'll send the agreed number of respondents to your survey.
6. Share your experience
Once we collect the responses, we would really appreciate your feedback on your experience working with us.
Your feedback helps us improve our support for academic researchers and also helps other students, researchers and universities understand what they can expect when working with us.
Below on this page, you can find examples of academic research projects that we have supported.
Get in touch to learn more: academicsurveys@mainframemr.com
Trusted by students & researchers:
Researcher: Elie
Newcastle University, Newcastle, UK
Survey topic: Social media interaction, brand image, price perception and customer trust
70 female respondents from the UK
"The service was fantastic and the founder was incredibly helpful. I was struggling to get enough respondents for my survey, and this organization helped at exactly the right time. Everything was completed through emails within just one day, which was amazing! I also really appreciated that the service was completely free. I would highly recommend them to any students who are struggling to get responses for their dissertation surveys."
Researcher: Daniel
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria
Survey topic: Adoption of Structural Models Among Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
100 business owners in Bulgaria
"I am extremely grateful to Main Frame for their support on my project! Their panel allowed me to collect data from over 100 people—an achievement that was critical, as I had only 5 days before the official submission. It’s great to see a business that actively invests in the development of young people and education. Thank you for your responsiveness and lightning-fast reaction!"
Researcher: Vladimir
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria
Survey topic: Social phenomenon — the meanings, implications, and motivations found in customers’ perceptions
80 respondents, males and females, in Bulgaria
"We are extremely satisfied with the assistance provided by Main Frame. We took the opportunity to recruit respondents for free in a short period of time, which helped us with our term paper on economic sociology. We highly recommend them!"
Researcher: Petar, PhD
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria
Survey topic: Education, Employment, and Stratified Partner Preferences in Contemporary Romantic Relationships
125 respondents, males and females, in Bulgaria
"Main Frame significantly helped me in the process of conducting my research by providing access to respondents within a very short timeframe. Thanks to their support, I was able to collect the necessary data for my academic project efficiently and under tight deadlines.
The communication throughout the process was professional, responsive and well-organized, which made the coordination considerably easier. Initiatives that support students and young researchers in data collection are still relatively rare, so I believe this type of assistance has real value for the academic community.
I would definitely recommend Main Frame to students, researchers and anyone working on academic or survey-based projects requiring respondent recruitment."
Researcher: Meda
Kaunas University of Technology, Kaunas, Lithuania
Survey topic: Health Supplement Advertising
80 respondents in 4 countries
"I had a very positive experience working with Main Frame for my academic survey. Everything was fast, smooth, and exactly as discussed. I received the number of respondents we agreed on and the whole process was reliable and professional. Communication was quick and friendly. The founder was very kind and supportive throughout the project.
I would definitely recommend this service to students who need help collecting respondents for their research or thesis surveys!"
Researcher: Georgi
Sofia University St. Kliment Ohridski, Sofia, Bulgaria
Survey topic: Public attitudes among active smokers toward an innovative natural product
100 respondents, active smokers, in Bulgaria
"Once again - thanks for the help Main Frame! I totally recommend their services 10/10!"
Researcher: Pegah
IU International University of Applied Sciences
Germany
Survey topic: AI tools and usage
100 respondents, AI users, in Germany
"I had the pleasure of meeting Raycho at an exhibition in Wiesbaden, and I was immediately impressed by his warm and welcoming approach. The communication throughout was incredibly quick and friendly. Integrating my survey with his platform was very simple, allowing me to reach my full target audience in just half a day. I highly recommend his services to any students seeking expert assistance with data collection for their thesis."
Researcher: Ádám
Budapest University of Economics and Business
Hungary
Survey topic: Economic Awareness and Financial Consciousness
90 respondents, current students, in Hungary
"Thank you very much for your support, your quick communication, and for including my project in the MainFrame Academic Research Program. Your help made a significant contribution to the data collection for my thesis, and I really appreciate it!"
Researcher: Siya
University of West London
UK
Survey topic: Drink choices and perceptions
100 respondents, UK
"You and the team were responsive and supportive, and the free academic recruitment offer was very helpful. We now have enough usable responses to proceed with our analysis!"