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.