You can now purchase Tango Digital Gift Cards for research participants from iBuyNU. Only whole dollar amounts are accepted (e.g., $10, $13, $25; no cents). There are no extra fees when purchasing through iBuyNU.
To request a gift card for a participant, you need their first and last name along with their email address. If you want to pay multiple participants, please create a .csv file with the headers "First Name", "Last Name", "Email Address".
Example csv
| First Name |
Last Name |
Email Address |
| John |
Doe |
test@test.edu |
| Jane |
Doe |
test2@test.edu |
Linguistics researchers should email linguistics@northwestern.edu with the following details:
- Participant contact information (either as a csv file or included in the email)
- Dollar amount for all participants
- The funding source (Linguistics GRG, faculty discretionary account) or the chart string to be charged
Payments may take up to two business days to process.
Upon approval, participants will receive an email from noreply@tangocard.com with a link to retrieve their reward.
For more information from Procurements and Payment Services, please check the following links.
Note that these Tango gift cards from Northwestern are only for participants living in the United States. To pay participants outside the US, please refer to the commercial Tango Card account procedures.