{"id":456,"date":"2023-12-22T12:54:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T17:54:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/ohsp\/?page_id=456"},"modified":"2026-09-29T15:01:35","modified_gmt":"2026-09-29T19:01:35","slug":"fees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.rochester.edu\/ohsp\/irb-review\/fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Fee Structure"},"content":{"rendered":"

The costs associated with the University of Rochester’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) review must be factored into study budgets during the budget development process. IRB fees are dependent on funding sources and whether URochester IRB will act as the Reviewing IRB<\/a> or Relying Institution<\/a>.<\/p>\n

On rare occasions, the IRB may waive these fees, but this is considered on a study-by-study basis. To request a waiver, the PI must submit a written request to the IRB Director<\/a> with justification for waiving the fees.<\/p>\n

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The costs associated with the University of Rochester’s Institutional Review Board (IRB) review must be factored into study budgets during the budget development process. IRB fees are dependent on funding…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":0,"parent":356,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":"","_members_access_role":[],"_members_access_error":""},"class_list":["post-456","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"lead_in":"","display_title":"IRB Fee Structure","subtitle":"","call_to_action":"","hero_image_placement":"no_image","hero_media":"images","hero_pattern_option":"","hero_video":"","hero_image_landing":"","hero_image_landing_two":"","hero_image_landing_three":"","content_modules":[{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion_new","anchor_id":"reviewing","classes":"pb-0","title":"

When the URochester IRB acts as the Reviewing IRB<\/h2>","description":"Study teams requesting the URochester IRB to act as the Reviewing IRB for a multi-site funding proposal are required <\/strong>to meet with the Research Reliance Director and Reliance Coordinator to ensure adequate budgeting and monitoring, well in advance of submission. This includes federal, foundation, and industry-funded proposals.","background":"plain","background_color":"#ffffff","style":"row_blank","expand":"no","accordions":[{"acf_fc_layout":"accordion","accordion_title":"Multi-site research that is federally funded (e.g. NIH, CDC, NSF)","icon":"","row_content":"Obtain an SIRB Review Fee Quote<\/a>\r\n\r\nAll funded studies that wish to use the University of Rochester IRB as the Single IRB (SIRB) are required to pay SIRB review fees. This includes studies with federal funding, industry funding, foundation funding, etc.\u00a0 All review fees are a \u201cfee-for-service\u201d, meaning charges will be assessed based upon the actual number of IRB reviews required.\r\n\r\nThe IRB will provide an SIRB Fee Quote to assist researchers with budget planning during the pre-award process.\u00a0 To obtain a quote, the researcher should submit an e-Reliance Request<\/a>.\u00a0 An IRB Specialist will then work with the study team to create the quote based upon specific details about the individual project.\r\n\r\nFor federally funded projects, the cost of the Rochester site review is not included in the SIRB review fees, as it is covered by indirect costs.\u00a0 However, review of all external sites relying on the IRB will be billed to the URochester study team as a direct cost.\r\n\r\nSIRB review fees are based upon several factors:\r\n