Accreditation: Get Accredited - Application and Annual Fees

Overview

Organizations seeking accreditation must submit a nonrefundable application fee.  The application fee covers the costs of the initial accreditation evaluation, including the site visit. The application fee is due when the Organization applies as an applicant.

Fees are based on the size and complexity of the Human Research Protection Program and the fee schedule takes into account the most common Human Research Protection Programs' structures. Contact AAHRPP to discuss your application fee if your Human Research Protection Program has 10 or more IRBs, three or more sets of policies and procedures, or involves organizations in distant locations. In addition, if you are uncertain about the structure of your Human Research Protection Program, contact AAHRPP.

Application Fee 

AAHRPP encourages Organizations to make a formal commitment by prepaying their application fee and becoming clients. AAHRPP offers an incentive to prepaying by guaranteeing the fee through the end of the following year. If an Organization doesn't submit an application by the end of the following year, there is no penalty, the Organization simply pays any difference in the fee between the year in which it submits an application and the year through which the fee is guaranteed. AAHRPP offers this option because it helps Organizations make accreditation a priority. In addition, AAHRPP provides unlimited consultation to its clients.

The fee schedule may be adjusted to reflect the costs of operating the accreditation program. To help Organizations budget for accreditation expenses, it is anticipated that fees will increase between 4% - 6% each year.

AAHRPP Application Fees 2025

*The total number of active protocols is the sum of the number of protocols reviewed by the full IRB, the number reviewed by the expedited procedure, and the number of protocols granted exemption in the previous 12 months.

**Level 0: This fee category applies to an Organization that relies entirely on the services of one or more external IRBs that are accredited by AAHRPP as part of another Organization’s Human Research Protection Program.

AAHRPP Annual Fees 2025

*The total number of active protocols is the sum of the number of protocols reviewed by the full IRB, the number reviewed by the expedited procedure, and the number of protocols granted exemption in the previous 12 months.

**Level 0: This fee category applies to an Organization that relies entirely on the services of one or more external IRBs that are accredited by AAHRPP as part of another Organization’s Human Research Protection Program.