Vincent Payment Solutions™ – Paying Research Participants & Individuals

Overview

Vincent Payment Solutions™ is the University of Pittsburgh's payment solution for medical study participants and other applicable individuals, in accordance with University Policy FN 29, Stored Value Card. It allows for the issuance of non-personalized, re-loadable, MasterCard-branded stored value cards, and offers a flexible methodology to execute payments to individuals outside of a traditional Accounts Payable vendor structure. Payments are made in a controlled, auditable environment with minimal risk and exposure to staff or clients.

What Vincent Can Be Used For

Vincent Payment Solutions™ can be used as a payment solution for per diems, reimbursements, project expenses, team events, and more across many areas, including Clinical Research, Athletics, Teaching Projects, Study Abroad, and Club Activities/Groups such as club sports.

Specific approved uses include:

• Compensation for research participation, and reimbursements for costs incurred to participate (such as parking)
• Student athlete and student travel per diems
• Man-on-the-Street methodology, including gift card purchases and research platforms such as Prolific and Amazon Mechanical Turk, with appropriate prior approvals
• Student Residence life expenses

Need Help?

If you experience issues accessing Vincent or have questions about an access request, contact the Vincent support team:

📧 PittVincentAccess@pitt.edu

When reaching out, please include your Pitt username, the name of the system or application you are requesting access to, and a brief description of the issue or request.