Center fees are broken into the following schedules based upon the requesting user and institution that will be invoiced.
HDDC- Harvard Digestive Diseases Center member: must be on the approved membership list managed by the HDDC with invoicing to the investigator’s primary academic institution. Users receive a discount on services per operational support from the HDDC’s NIDDK P30 grant. The fees are the same for HDDC members within Partners Healthcare and at participating external institutions.
Internal/Partners Healthcare Users (BWH, MGH, DFCI, other Partners Institutions): Base rate for fees; does not incur overhead if a Partners Healthcare cost-center is invoiced.
External Academic: Non-profit or government institutions outside of Partners Healthcare. Fees include the base rates with 42% overhead for research services and 29% overhead for clinical services offered through the CLIA unit.
Commercial: Fees for for-profit entities which include the base rate and 59% Partners overhead for research services and 35% for clinical services.
The fees are for existing services provided under defined methods and SOPs. Projects requiring study-specific methods are quoted per time and materials. Quotes are provided to users before starting projects. The MHMC invoices monthly per work completed.
To inquire further please fill out our online request form or contact us at microbiome@bwh.harvard.edu.