In general your expenses should conform to what was specified in your application budget section. In case of significant deviation from this, please request an exception at research@rarediseasefoundation.org 

The following are allowable expenses:

  • Salary for personnel
  • Consumables, reagents
  • Commercial or contract services
  • Study participant travel costs

The following are not allowable expenses:

  • Investigator salary
  • Institutional overhead
  • Funds for investigator travel expenses to meetings
  • Publication costs

If your expense is not clearly on the allowable list, please ask before purchasing at: research@rarediseasefoundation.org