Project Service Fees

A cost recovery fee will be charged. Charges are based on a cost recovery for the following activities:

• Application support including answering questions regarding the approval process, application process, study population definition and suitability
• Application review and coordination
• Preparation of the approved data files
• The complexity of preparing a customized data cut
• Provision of the appropriate documentation (e.g. information sharing agreement, ethics certificate, etc.) to support the use of the data
• Support for use of the data, including answering questions about data fields and coding specifics
• A contribution to the ongoing operation and development of CPCSSN

Project service charges often fall between $5,000 to $20,000 per project. CPCSSN reserves the right to change its cost recovery structure at any time. Table 1 below outlines the standard cost recovery model with services broken down into data, administrative and SRE (secure research environment) services.