Paying Participants

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Investigators may obtain approval to financially compensate human subjects for participating in their research projects. Below are the policy and procedures that should be followed when paying participants in the form of cash or gift cards:

Policy on Payments to Human Research Participants (Located in Research Policies List)

https://www.wku.edu/policies/research.php

To fill out Payment Authorization Form 

 https://intranet.wku.edu/php/prod/Forms/PaymentAuth.php

Directions for the Payment Authorization Form 

www.wku.edu/finadmin/forms/documents/paymentauthorizationinstructions.doc

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