The GESIS Panel (https://www.gesis.org/en/gesis-panel/gesis-panel-home) offers researchers the opportunity to collect survey data on the current outbreak of the Coronavirus (SARS-CoV-2) in Germany via a fast-track procedure. The GESIS Panel is a probability-based mixed-mode panel with currently about 5000 respondents.

We offer four fast-track slots in the upcoming waves. Two slots are available in wave hc, which will be fielded from mid-June to mid-August. Two additional slots are available for scientific submissions in wave hd, to be fielded from mid-August to mid-October.

How to submit:

Please use our regular Fast-Track-Submission Formhttps://www.gesis.org/fileadmin/upload/forschung/programme_projekte/Drittmittelprojekte/GESIS_Panel/FastTrack_SubmissionForm_20190718.pdf (337 kB) and send it to current-topic@gesis-panel.orgjavascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto(%27ocknvq%2Cewttgpv%5C%2FvqrkeBiguku%5C%2Frcpgn0qti%5Cu00a0%27);.

The deadlines for submission are:

* Wave hc: April 13, 2020 * Wave hd: June 15, 2020

The submitted questionnaire may comprise (a) up to three short single-choice questions, (b) one multiple choice question with a maximum of seven items, or (c) one open-ended question. Among all eligible proposals submitted before the deadline, the GESIS Panel Team selects two questionnaires for each of the upcoming waves.

Please note that some coronavirus-related questions will already be fielded in waves hb, hc and hd. This questionnaire is available for download by Wednesday, April 1st 2020 herehttps://www.gesis.org/gesis-panel/coronavirus-outbreak/longitudinal-data. Link Please avoid similar/identical questions.

For any GESIS Panel-related activities regarding the coronavirus outbreak, please visit https://www.gesis.org/gesis-panel/coronavirus-outbreak.

If you have any further questions, please do not hesitate to contact us at current-topic(at)gesis-panel(dot)org javascript:linkTo_UnCryptMailto(%27ocknvq%2Cewttgpv%5C%2FvqrkeBiguku%5C%2Frcpgn0qti%27); .

-- Dr. Bernd Weiß

GESIS - Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences Survey Design and Methodology | GESIS Panel Team Leader GESIS Panel P.O. Box 12 21 55 | 68072 Mannheim | Germany Phone +49 621 1246 557 | Fax +49 621 1246 577

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