Biostatistics and Data Management Core Fee Structure
The following information and internal prices are for Principal Investigators at CHLA and USC; rates are subject to change in the future.
The Biostatistics and Data Management Core is a charge-back service, with an initial free one-hour consultation. The Core will also provide a set number of hours of free service determined by an individual investigator’s needs and status. Once these hours have been used, the investigator has the option to purchase additional services on a recharge basis.
Complimentary Consultation Services (Does not apply to the Core Pilot Program)
| Service/Category | Eligibility |
|---|---|
| Initial Consultation: Up to 1 hour | Subsidized for any project based at CHLA |
| Junior Investigator: Up to 5 hours/year | Faculty who are within the first three years of their appointment as an Assistant Professor as well as any recipient of an intramural RCDA award. |
| Graduate Medical Education Up to 3 hours/year; two years maximum | Residents |
| Graduate Students Up to 5 hours/year; two years maximum | Graduate Students within 2 years |
| Post-Doctoral, Clinical Training Fellows Up to 5 hours/year; two years maximum | Post-Doctoral, Clinical Training Fellows |
| Career Development Scholars Up to 15 hours/year | Defined as K-awardees as well as CTSI KL2 awardees |
Extramural Grant Planning
Up to 5 hours/year for CIRM and all federal grants
| Researchers who are preparing a grant for submission within 6 months. This includes consultation and written text on issues related to:
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*Our top priority is to support NIH-funded, junior investigators and those applying for NIH funding.
*Annual maximum is 15 hours of consultation (for all projects combined)
*Unused hours per category cannot rollover to the next year and/or project
*This Core participates in the Core Pilot Program. The program exists to supply funding support for investigators to work on studies and acquire data for extramural applications. The Core offers two types of pilot funding: a traditional pilot grant (for up to 25 hours of biostatistics support) or a grant proposal pilot (for up to 12-15 hours of grant proposal writing/analysis), which requires the PI to include a minimum 10% effort for the faculty director in their proposal. For more information, click here.
Fee Based Service
| Service/Category | Eligibility |
|---|---|
| Any consultation or work performed after the initial consultation or outside of the complimentary services above will be charged $125/hr. | Open to all projects |
Biostatistician % Effort There is an option to contract Core services for your on-going projects, center, or institute via percent effort support (minimum of 10%) of biostatisticians’ time instead of an hourly recharge, upon approval by TSRI leadership. | Open to all projects, except for those awarded by the Core Pilot Program |
Core Reagent Inventory
Select Cores offer reagents as part of their purchasable services to the CHLA research community. A searchable Core Reagent Inventory was created in support of the CHLA research community BenchResearchHelp initiative that connects researchers with reagents when in need of a small amount of a reagent, such as an antibody, to determine the efficacy in a particular experiment.
CHLA based investigators are welcomed to browse the Cores Reagent Inventory to access the complete product list for pricing and availability. The database will be updated on an annual basis. Contact the Core for more information.
