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Vincent Payment Solutions for Research Participant Compensation

Vincent Payment Solutions for Research Participant Compensation

Vincent Payment Solutions™ is the University’s payment service for research study participants. Vincent Payment Solutions™ allows for the issuance of non-personalized, re-loadable, MasterCard-branded, stored value cards.

Payments are made in a controlled, auditable environment with minimal risk and exposure to staff or clients.

To learn more about obtaining access to Vincent Payment Solutions™, as well as training resources.

Payments to individuals for research participation should be executed via Vincent Payment Solutions™. Any requests for exceptions must have prior approval by the Human Research Protection Office (HRPO).

For alternative payment methods: 

Note: Any HRPO approved alternate (non-Vincent Payment Solutions™) research compensation method will require the researcher to maintain appropriate manual logs supporting research participant payments.

HRPO Vincent Exception Requests

Office hours: Monday through Friday, 8:30 am to 4:00 pm

Contact(s):

Purchase, Pay and Travel Customer Service

For Non-Pitt Contacts Only:

  • Study Start-Up
  • Study Conduct
  • Participant Recruitment and Community Engagement
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