Human Subject Costs & IRB Fees

IRB fees

Budget IRB fees in proposals, where the following is true:

a. funding is not from a federal agency.

b. funding is not from the State of Vermont.

c. less than full F&A is being paid.

d. not prohibited by the sponsor.

IRB fees:
$3,500 Initial Applications (expedited & full)

$2,500 for Annual Review (expedited & full)

$1,000 for New Study, Reliance on External IRB

IRB Fee policy (see Section 14.6)

IRB Fee Memo (from the OVPR)

Human Subjects Costs

a. Human Subject costs are the allowable expense reimbursements to individuals who are participating in a research project as a human subject. Please ensure your approved IRB protocol included such costs, otherwise you will need to amend the protocol with the IRB.

b. Human Subject costs are not exempt from F&A.

c. The accounts associated with Human Subjects costs fall under budget level F6000 as follows:

61024 – Research Subject Pays
61040 – Research Subject Incentive
61041 – Research Subject Travel
61042 – Research Subject Subsistence