Review Fee Standards and Payment Method

  • National Taiwan Normal University Research Ethics Review Committee Service Fee Standards Top

    2015.2.13 Passed during 87th Academic Fund Committee Meeting
    2015.4.1 Amendments passed during 88th Academic Fund Committee Meeting
    2015.5.20 Passed during the 348th Administrative Meeting
    2015.12.25 Amendments passed during the 20th Research Ethics Review Committee Meeting
    2016.3.23 Passed during the 91st Academic Fund Committee Meeting
    2016.5.11 Passed during the 352nd Administrative Meeting
    2021.3.10 Passed during the 118st Academic Fund Committee Meeting
    2021.5.26 Passed during the 372nd Administrative Meeting
    1. National Taiwan Normal University (NTNU) Research Ethics Review Committee (hereinafter referred to as the "Committee") and NTNU Research Ethics Center (hereinafter referred to as the "Center") established this fee standard for research ethics review services in accordance with Article 3, Subparagraph 2 of the NTNU Guidelines for the Research Ethics Governance Framework and Article 6 of the National Taiwan Normal University Guidelines for the Research Ethics Review Committee.
    2. The Committee provides research ethics review services to NTNU faculty members and students, as well as members of external units that commission the Committee to conduct reviews.
    3. The Committee's review service fee standards:
    1. Research projects of companies or sponsors
    Type of review Fee standards (Currency: NTD)
    New application NT$50,000
    Change NT$5,000
    Ongoing review NT$3,000
    Closure NT$3,000
    Administrative changes, adverse reaction report, appeal against review results No payment required
    1. Research projects commissioned and subsidized by the government, society, association, foundation or independently conducted by the researcher.
    Type of review Fee standards (Currency: NTD)
    Exempt  NT$2,500
    Expedited Review NT$14,500
    Full Board Review NT$19,500
    Change NT$1,000
    Administrative changes, ongoing review, adverse reaction report, closure review, appeal against review results No payment required
    1. "Administrative changes" referred to in this standard and the number of changes reviews accepted by the Committee shall be handled in accordance with the NTNU Research Ethics Review Committee Standard Operating Procedures for Project Change Review (REC-SOP10).
    2. Remarks:
    1. The review service fee shall be paid in full when the research project is submitted. Documentary proof that the case was accepted will only be issued after payment is completed and verified by the Center.
    2. No payment is required for administrative changes, ongoing review, adverse reaction report, closure review, and appeal against review results for cases reviewed by the Committee. A fee of NT$1,000 may be charged for review of general changes not categorized as administrative changes because they need to be reviewed by committee members again.
    3. After a case is reviewed by the Committee and the result is transferred to higher risk review, the fee will be charged for the type of review, and the Committee may seek additional payment from the project host.
    4. A fee of NT$1,000 may be charged if the case is withdrawn before the Center completes administrative review.
    5. If a case is exempted from review or the chairperson has already appointed committee members, the review fee must be paid in full.
    6. For applications that have not completed review fee payment procedures, the Committee will not accept any cases from the applicant and project host until review fees are paid. The same shall apply when the applicant or project host serves as the project host of another project or sub-project.
    7. Please retain receipts after completing payment for verification in the future.
    1. Fee payment and review process:
    Submit application
    Fill out review documents and the checklist Pay review fees
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    Verification by the Research Ethics Center
    Late document supplementation Verify payment was completed
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    Submit to the Review Committee
    Enter the review process
    1. This fee standard was reviewed and passed by the Academic Fund Committee, and has been implemented with the approval of the Administrative Meeting. The same procedure shall apply to all subsequent amendments.

  • Regulations for the Subsidy of 2022 Research Ethics Review Fee

    1. Purpose
    In order to assist teacher, research fellow and students who implement human research project in accordance with review regulations without subsidy as well as encourage the application of research ethics review for human research project to exercise social responsibility to exercise the social responsibility in term of protecting research participants, National Taiwan Normal University (hereinafter the NTNU) hereby establishes these regulations.
    1. Responsible Unit: Center for Research Ethics, Office of Research and Development of NTNU
    2. Scope of Application
    The regulations are applicable for persons who are satisfactory to conditions as follows:
    1. The research project of full-time teacher and research fellow or student (including doctoral or graduate student) of NTNU
    2. The receipt of ethics review fee of research project applied shall be in the period from January 1 to November 30, 2021.
    3. The application unit for research ethics review shall be the Research Ethics Review Committee of NTNU.
    4. The research project is without any subsidy and the principal investigator or student shall pay for the research ethics review fee because it cannot be reimbursed in other research project.
    1. Subsidy standards and quota
      Review Category Original Review Fee Amount of Review Fee of Teacher, Research Fellow and Student after Receiving the Subsidy
      （NTNU Subsidy Amount）
      Full Board Review 19,500 6,000
      (NTNU subsidy 13,500)
      Expedited Review 14,500 4,500
      (NTNU subsidy 10,000)
      Exempt Review 2,500 1,000
      (NTNU subsidy 1,500)
    *The subsidy standards are only applicable to new project in the list, which are unavailable for subsequent review project.
    *This subsidy shall be one person one project in general.
    1. Application deadline: now until November 30, 2021. The application beyond the deadline will be rejected. If the budget is out, the suspension of application will be announced.
    2. Application procedures:
    1. For new project application, please pay the research ethics review fee first, which shall be applied to forward of risk category.
    2. After receiving the result of budget contribution to research project of each unit, please confirm the research ethics review fee reimbursement with relevant unit first.
    (Note: according to the regulations of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, MOST, the project host without receiving subsidy may apply additional budget for existed keynote project of Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, MOST to reimburse the research ethics review fee)
    1. If the project host or student needs to pay the review fee because there is no subsidy received and no other research project available for the reimbursement of research ethics review fee, the project host or student may apply for this subsidy.
    2. Please submit application and required documents to Center for Research Ethics:
    1. Teachers and research fellows:
    Please fill “Application for 2022 Subsidy of NTNU Teacher and Research Fellow Research Ethics Review Fee”
    1. Students:
    Please fill “Application for 2022 Subsidy of NTNU Student Research Ethics Review Fee”
    1. The Center for Research Ethics will notice the applicant for checking results via email after receiving the application and manage the subsidy distribution upon the approval of Center for Research Ethics for the budget.
    2. Subsidy flowchart:
      Research Ethics Review for New Project: pay the review fee
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      Receiving result for the subject of research project
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      It is confirmed without review fee reimbursement, the project host or student needs to pay the fee
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      File application for the subsidy to Center for Research Ethics with application and relevant documents enclosed
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      Center for Research Ethics receives, checks and manages subsidy distribution

  • Project Review Fee Standards

    Approved by 88th meeting of Endowment Fund Management Committee on April 1, 2015
    Passed by 348th Administrative Meeting for record on May 20, 2015
    Approved by 116th meeting of Endowment Fund Management Committee on November 4, 2020
    Passed by 370th Administrative Meeting for record on December 2, 2020
    Approved by 118th meeting of Endowment Fund Management Committee on March 10, 2021
    Passed by 372th Administrative Meeting for record on May 26, 2021
    1. In order to manage research ethics review services, the NTNU Research Ethics Review Committee (hereinafter the Committee) and NTNU Center for Research Ethics (hereinafter the Center) hereby establishes the payment standards in accordance with item 6 of “NTNU Directions for the Establishment of Research Ethics Review Committee” and item 2, 3, 4 and 6 of “NTNU Directions for Personnel Expenses Payment”.
    1. Project review fee standards of the Committee:
    Review Category Review Fee Standards (Currency: NTD)
    New project External member $1,500 per project
    Internal member $1,500 per project
    Subsequent review Change $500 per project
    Continuous project $500 per project
    Serious adverse event, unexpected event or research bias $500 per project
    Closure review $500 per project
    Attendance fee for research ethics review meeting External member $2,000 each time
    1. The fee above as required shall be paid by self-raised fund of the Committee
    2. These standards will be implemented upon the approval of Endowment Fund Committee and Administrative Meeting, which shall be applied to the amendment as well.