IRB Fees

NEW FEE STRUCTURE – January 2025

Industry Sponsored Research:

Initial Review: $2600 (whether reviewed by UTHealth Houston IRB or external IRB)

Continuing Review: $1300 for each continuing review.(only for research reviewed by the UTHealth Houston IRB) 

For industry sponsored research with contracts below $5,000, please reach out to the IRB office ([email protected])  to discuss the possibility of a fee waiver.

There will be no IRB fee charged for federally funded studies, non-profit foundation-funded studies, investigator-funded studies.

For sIRB fees where UTHealth Houston is the reviewing IRB for a multi-site research study - please visit https://www.uth.edu/cphs/irb-reciprocity/sirb. 

For general comments or suggestions about the IRB fees contact the IRB Office..

IRB Fee Billing Process:

IRB fees for initial review, continuing review and administrative fee for initial reviews will be billed directly by the IRB office to the sponsor. Cristina Dyke, Administrative Manager, Clinical Research Unit, will generate an invoice based on submissions received by the IRB office. The invoice will be sent to the sponsor contact listed on the application and copied to the study team contacts at UTHealth Houston. The IRB initial application has been revised to include sponsor contact information for IRB billing purposes. For existing research, Cristina will contact the study team to obtain sponsor contact information.

For questions regarding an IRB fee invoice, contact Cristina Dyke.

CPHS HELPLINE   713-500-7943
iRIS HELPLINE    713-500-7960
UTHealth’s Compliance Hotline (1-888-472-9868)

IRB OFFICE HOURS Thursdays from 1 to 4pm, via the Teams Room at this link

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