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The JHM IRB charges review fees for commercially funded studies and for studies where the JHM IRB is serving as the single IRB (sIRB).
Effective July 1, 2024, studies with commercial financial support in excess of $15,000 will be subject to standard IRB fees. The new fee schedule will apply to new applications submitted on or after 7/1/2024. Studies submitted prior to 7/1/2024 will continue to be charged at the applicable fee schedule tied to the date of submission.
To ensure each department is treated fairly and to increase overall efficiency, we continue to require each department to specify a non-sponsored account for billing IRB review fees. All IRB review fees for principal investigators in that department will be billed against that account until it is determined that a study specific Internal Order number has been assigned to the reviewed study.
Initial Applications submitted on or after 7/1/2024 will be subject to the following fee schedule:
Type of Review
Initial Review
Continuing Review/ Progress Report
Changes in Research [with consent form changes]
Changes in Research [without consent form changes]
Study Closure
Convened
$3000
$2000
$1500
$1250
$1000
Expedited
$2500
$2000
$750
$250
$1000
Exempt
$1500
N/A
N/A
N/A
$1000
Local Context Review Fee [When Relying on an External IRB]
$3000
N/A
$750
N/A
$1000
Monitoring Fees
Year 1
Years 2 and Beyond
Commercially funded studies where the JH PI holds the IND/IDE
$375
$675/yr
Commercially funded studies that require HRRC review
$375
$675/yr
Commercially funded studies where JH relies on an external IRB more than minimal risk
$225
$375/yr
Commercially funded studies that qualify as expedited but involve any drugs/devices
$225
$375/yr
To help investigators seeking single IRB (sIRB) review services from the JHM IRB in planning their budgets, we have posted a fee schedule for sIRB review for reference only. This fee schedule reflects the base JHM IRB fee rate for sIRB review that will be applied to all new requests for sIRB services approved on or after 7/1/2024. Each request for sIRB services must be submitted to the JHM IRB via a reliance request. A study specific budget will be prepared for each reliance request that is approved and fees will be calculated on a study-specific basis.
Study-wide Amendment that impacts the consent form or local context information for participating sites
$600/site
Participating Site Modification [only minor administrative changes are exempt from fees]
$300/site
Compliance Monitoring Fee
$250/site
Participating Site Termination
$250/site
Initial Application submitted on or between 7/1/2021 and 6/30/2024 will be subject to the following fee schedule:
Type of Review
Initial Review
Continuing Review/ Progress Report
Changes in Research [with consent form changes]
Changes in Research [without consent form changes]
Study Closure
Convened
$3000
$1750
$1200
$1000
$750
Expedited
$2500
$1500
$500
N/A
$750
Exempt
$1500
N/A
N/A
N/A
$750
Local Context Review Fee [When Relying on an External IRB]
$2500
N/A
$750
N/A
N/A
Monitoring Fees
Year 1
Years 2 and Beyond
Commercially funded studies where the JH PI holds the IND/IDE
$375
$675/yr
Commercially funded studies that require HRRC review
$375
$675/yr
Commercially funded studies where JH relies on an external IRB
$225
$375/yr
Commercially funded studies that qualify as expedited but involve drugs/devices
$225
$375/yr
To help investigators seeking single IRB (sIRB) review services from the JHM IRB in planning their budgets, we have posted a fee schedule for sIRB review.
This fee schedule reflects the JHM IRB fee rate for sIRB review that will be applied to all new requests for sIRB services approved on or after 7/1/2021. Each request for sIRB services must be submitted to the JHM IRB via a reliance request. A study specific budget will be prepared for each reliance request that is approved.
sIRB Fees
Fee per Site
Initial Participating Site Onboarding Fee
$1500/site
Continuing Review
$1000/site
Study-wide Amendment
$500/site
Participating Site Modification
$250/site
Compliance Monitoring Fee
$250/site
Site Termination
$250/site
Initial Applications submitted on or between 8/1/2018 and 6/30/2021 will be subject to the following fee schedule:
Type of Review
Initial Review
Continuing Review/ Progress Report
Changes in Research [with consent form changes]
Changes in Research [without consent form changes]
Study Closure
Convened
$2500
$1250
$800
$700
$500
Expedited
$2000
$1000
N/A
N/A
$500
Exempt
$1000
N/A
N/A
N/A
$500
Local Context Review Fee [When Relying on an External IRB]
$1800
N/A
N/A
N/A
N/A
Monitoring Fees
Year 1
Years 2 and Beyond
Commercially funded studies where the JH PI holds the IND/IDE
$375
$675/yr
Commercially funded studies that require HRRC review
$375
$675/yr
Commercially funded studies where JH relies on an external IRB
$225
$375/yr
Commercially funded studies that qualify as expedited but involve drugs/devices
$225
$375/yr
Initial Applications that were submitted on or between 7/1/2017 and 7/31/2018 are subject to the following fee schedule:
Type of Review
Initial Review
Continuing Review/ Progress Report
Changes in Research [with consent form changes]
Changes in Research [without consent form changes]
Convened
$2500
$1250
$800
$700
Expedited
$2000
$1000
N/A
N/A
Exempt
$100
N/A
N/A
N/A
Local Context Review Fee [When Relying on an External IRB]
$1800
N/A
N/A
N/A
Initial Applications that were submitted on or between 3/1/2012 and 6/30/2017 are subject to the following fee schedule:
Type of Review
Initial Review
Continuing Review/ Progress Report
Convened
$2500
$1250
Expedited
$2000
$1000
Exempt
$100
N/A
Please note the following is true for all studies and is not dependent on initial submission date:
Studies monitored by SKCCC CRO will not be charged a separate IRB monitoring fee.
If you need to speak to someone at the JHM OHSR/IRB regarding JHM IRB review fees, use the contact information listed below.