# Add people from your panel to a study

Source: https://participantkit.com/help/courses/how-to/adding-people-from-your-panel

Use this when you want people from your panel in a study without screening them first. They go straight into the study's **Participants** tab.

If you want to screen people first, add them to a shortlist instead. See [Shortlisting and screening people from your panel](https://participantkit.com/help/courses/how-to/shortlisting-and-screening-your-panel).

## 1. Open Add from panel

Open the study and click **Add participants**. Under **From research panel**, click **Add from panel** and choose the panel.

![The Add participants dialog, with Add from panel open and a list of panels to choose from](https://participantkit.com/assets/images/help/add-from-panel/dialog.png)

## 2. Find the people you want

The page starts empty. Nobody's details are shown until you ask for them, but it tells you how many people you can add.

![Add from panel before any filters, reading 4 panelists available to add and 2 unavailable](https://participantkit.com/assets/images/help/add-from-panel/start.png)

There are two ways to list people:

- use **Filter** to list everyone who matches, such as people who haven't been contacted in the last three months. See [Filtering your panel to find the right people](https://participantkit.com/help/courses/how-to/filtering-your-panel).
- use **Search people** to find one person, by name or email address

## 3. Select people and add them

Hover over the number next to a person's name and tick the box that appears. Do this for everyone you want to add.

Click **Add to study**.

![Add from panel with one person ticked, showing 1 selected and the Add to study button](https://participantkit.com/assets/images/help/add-from-panel/selected.png)

You go back to the study, and the people you added appear in **Participants** with a **Panellist** label. Adding people doesn't send them anything. You decide when to contact them.

## Why some people aren't listed

Some people can't be added, so they never appear in the results:

- people already in this study, as a participant or a candidate
- people inside a cooldown set by your [panel rules](https://participantkit.com/help/courses/admin/panel-rules), such as anyone contacted recently
- people on your do not contact list
- people whose email address has been deactivated, for example because it bounces or they marked one of your emails as spam

The page tells you how many people are already in the study or inside a cooldown. For example: "2 are unavailable: 1 already in this study and 1 contacted in the past 14 days."

If your filters or search only match unavailable people, it says so: "1 person matched but is unavailable".

![A search that matches one person, who is unavailable because they were contacted in the past 14 days](https://participantkit.com/assets/images/help/add-from-panel/unavailable.png)

## Key takeaways

💡 **Remember:** Adding people to a study doesn't contact them.

🧪 **Try:** Filter by **Last contacted** to find people you haven't spoken to in a while.

⚠️ **Watch for:** Someone missing from the results? Check whether they're already in the study or inside a cooldown.

⚡ **Quick tip:** Need to screen people before they join? Use the **Shortlist** tab instead, so their answers land in **Candidates**.