Participant Support Costs

Participant support costs are direct costs for items, such as stipends, subsistence allowances, travel, and registration fees paid to or on behalf of participants or trainees (but not UVM employees) in connection with conferences or training projects. These costs are defined by Uniform Guidance 2 CFR 200.75.

Definition of  Participant Support Costs

Budget for Participant support costs only in cases where the original Funding Opportunity Announcement specifically allows Participant Support Costs

• Participant support costs are excluded from the MTDC base when calculating F&A costs
  
  This category is NOT used for the following, unless specifically allowed by sponsor written instructions or sponsor prior approval:
• For general travel to conferences or to bring collaborators together to meet and discuss the project
• For payments to participants in human subject research studies
• For any other purpose or for non-participant support categories of expense

Separate Project will be Established for Participant Support Costs:

• Awarded Participant Support Costs will be established in a separate project and may only be used for the approved Participant Support Cost expenditures.