Sample oral recruitment script

Hello! My name is _________. I am a researcher at The University of _________in the Department of _________.

I am part of a larger research project called “Dried Fish Matters”, which is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

I am here to see if you might be interested in participating in this research.

We are trying to learn about the economy of dried fish in India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Myanmar (Burma), Cambodia and Thailand.

We would like to have about 40 minutes of your time to interview you about your experiences.

Do you think you might be interested and have the time to participate? Can I tell you more about our study?