Overview of RPP

Directive Statement

Anyone who pays research participants, other than in-kind, will need to use the University of Florida Research Participant Payments system, a myUFL module that enables researchers or their study team members to request payments for research participants. Payments can be made with various payment types. The UF Research Participant Payment (RPP) system provides a secure method of recording those payments.

Overview

The Research Participant Payment (RPP) system is a myUFL module that enables researchers or their study team members to request payments for research participants (such as prepaid VISA debit cards) and provides a secure method of recording those payments.

Benefits of the RPP system include:

• A central location for obtaining all payment types for research participants
• A secure database to house payment and participant information, reducing or eliminating data that departments must store
• Elimination of the need to accumulate and transmit payment information to Disbursements (Accounts Payable) at the calendar year-end
• Quick turnaround on payment requests
• Improved University compliance for required reporting
• In certain circumstances, the ability to return unused cards to Banking & Merchant Services for a refund

Reason for Directive

The UF RPP system provides a secure database to house payment and participant information and improved compliance by the University of Florida for required reporting. The University of Florida reports tax information to the IRS and other information to granting agencies.

Who Must Comply?

All University departments.

Procedures & Best Practices