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For researchers wishing to provide monetary incentives for participation in a study, Amazon gift cards are the preferred option. Faculty, staff, and GRAs can purchase these using their Amazon Business Prime account.
- Login into your Amazon Business Prime account. (if you don't yet have an account, see these instructions)
- Shop for the gift cards you need and be sure you've correctly selected your desired gift card format (physical cards, printable pdf downloads, direct email delivery).
- NOTE: Amazon gives you the option of "e-delivery" gift cards or "print-at-home gift cards". Unless you've already completed your study and have all the email address for your participant incentive recipients in hand, it's recommended that you choose the "print-at-home" option so you can download the pdf files yourself and distribute as needed.
- Proceed to checkout. In
- In lieu of the usual payment process, you'll be greeted with an alert that the purchase will require approval from your departmental administrator.
IMPORTANT: Before proceeding beyond this point, you must submit the following information within the Comments for approver text box:
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