Costs may include stipends or subsistence allowances, travel allowances, and registration fees paid to or on behalf of participants. Participants are not NDSU employees. Also, F&A is generally not charged on participant support costs.

Participant support costs are:

• Stipend: A set amount of dollars to be paid directly to a participant for attending a project training activity.
• Subsistence Allowance: The cost of participant housing and per diem expenses to attend project training activities. Costs are limited to days of attendance.
• Travel: Includes the transportation costs to attend a project training activity.
• Other: Costs may include participant tuition and other expenses or fees specifically incurred for participants of the project.

Participant support costs are not:

• Subject payments used for survey participants.
• Speaker fees.
• Travel for PI or other project staff.
• Conference or event support costs (i.e. facilities rental, general event supplies).