The Administrative Unit for Population-Based Health Studies
Research Fees
TDI prices valid from 1 January 2024 for all population surveys at ISM
| Type of project | Description | Price excluding VAT | Comments |
| Application for research data for PhD, Post doctorate, or researcher's project | Research project with 3-4 articles | NOK 100 000 * | Package includes total of 4 adjustments related to project extensions or/and changes that require delivery of new data variables |
| Application for research data for project other than the standard type of project | Research project with 1-2 articles. Also applies to projects with more than 3-4 articles: payment per article | NOK 35 000 * | Package includes total of 2 adjustments related to project extensions or/and changes that require delivery of new data variables |
| Student projects (master and research programs) | Student projects are exempt from fees and allocated 1 article from data usage | NOK 0 | |
| Application for research data to participate in consortia | Applies to researh project that is a part of several collaborative projects | NOK 35 000 | No restrictions on the number of publications |
| Additional costs for usage of omics data and/or genetic data from HUNT cloud | NOK 50 000 | The research project must register a project on HUNT cloud or TSD. Additional fees are charged for this service | |
| Additional costs for usage of small omics data and/or genetic data from HUNT cloud | NOK 20 000 | Small datasets provided as variables, such as SNP data | |
| Application for biological material | NOK 35 000 | Logistic cost for preparing biological material will be charged | |
| Application for project extentions or changes that require delivery of new data variables | Applies to additional project adjustments beyond that included in the standard package | NOK 10 000 | |
| Application for new contact with participants | NOK 35 000 | Additional costs related to logistics will be charged | |
| Hourly rate for additional facilitation or statistical assistance | NOK 820 | Such additional facilitation may involve for e.g. connections to several external registries. Minimum price of 3 000 NOK |
* Collaborative projects that use HUNT-data and/or several cohorts pay half the standard price.
* Projects that apply for researh data from more than one health registry managed by the Department of Community Medicine pay a single fee for processing of application and data disclosure.