IRB Dates, Deadlines & Fees

UT charges a compliance review fee to conduct a review for industry sponsored clinical trials. Funds to pay this fee should be built into industry sponsored study budgets. Once the local IRB review is complete, ORSC will invoice the department for the funds.

Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial UT IRB Review Fees:

Initial Convened IRB Review - $3,000

Convened IRB Continuing Review - $1,500

Convened IRB Modification - $700

Initial Expedited Review - $1,200

Expedited Continuing Review - $700

Expedited Modification / Study Closeout - $500

Industry Sponsored Clinical Trial Fees for Research Reviewed by Non-UT IRBs

Initial Local Compliance Review Fee - $1,500

IRBs may charge for the review of external site submissions, even on federally funded projects. Thus, it is important to consider potential IRB charges in grant budgets. When another IRB will serve as the reviewing IRB, it will also be important to determine whether that IRB will charge a fee for initial and ongoing reviews for the UT site, and account for these charges in the budget.

When the UT IRB serves as the reviewing IRB for a federally funded multisite study for which single IRB review is required, the following charges will be assessed. The UT PI’s department is responsible for paying the charges and recouping the costs from participating sites.

Activity Cost Per Site

Negotiate Reliance Agreement - Smart IRB or Master Agreement $120

Negotiate Agreement - Other $320

Initial Site Approval $300

Site Modification or Closure $900 / academic year*

Unanticipated Problem – Site $445

Full Board Study

Negotiate Reliance Agreement - Smart IRB or Master Agreement $120

Negotiate Agreement - Other $320

Initial Site Approval (reviewed as an expedited amendment) $300

Full Board Modification $370

Expedited Modification / Site Closure $900 / academic year*

Full Board Continuing Review $445

Unanticipated Problem $445

*The UT IRB will assess an annual charge of $900 per site to cover costs associated with approving site amendments. The annual fee remains the same regardless of the number of amendments.

UT IRB reserves the right to impose fees on funded, multi-site research involving reliance. Investigators are strongly encouraged to email UT IRB at IRBreliance@austin.utexas.edu before submitting a proposal to ensure that the budget accounts for any IRB fees imposed.