Fees at the Section of Biobank and Registry Support
New fees at BRS from 1 September 2025
The updated fees below apply from 1 September 2025 and follow market prices in Sweden.
Please note that the fees apply to academic research at universities. For commercial research in the business sector, full cost coverage applies, which means a different price level and that VAT is added.
Fees are charged with support in the Swedish governmental ordinance (SFS 2022:1378) on fees for research infrastructure.
Fees for general administrative research support at BRS
Checking availability of samples and/or data
Free of charge
Support regarding ethical review applications
Free of charge
Support in drafting agreements (biobank agreements, MTA, DTA, third country transfers outside of EU/EES)
Free of charge
Administration* of researchers' own sample collections and registers that are made available to other researchers but are not assessed via BRS expert groups*
*E.g. coordinating withdrawal applications, managing research data registers and/or coordinating withdrawal of samples from researchers' own sample collections. If researchers also want to use the expert groups, application and withdrawal fees will be added as below.
SEK 25, 000 + SEK 600 /hour
Other administrative support, such as linkage to Navet and preparation of addresses
SEK 600 /hour
Fees for samples and/or data in NSHDS and other registers and sample collections that are assessed via BRS expert groups
Advice regarding study design and/or support in the application process
Free of charge
Checking availability of samples and/or data
Free of charge
Application fee
SEK 5,000
Administrative cost for data extraction
SEK 20,000
Administrative cost for extraction of dietary data
SEK 5,000
Administrative cost for preparations regarding sample access
Expansion of study population and/or adjustment of sample analyses and/or volumes before samples and data extraction have been determined
Free of charge
Master's project and T-10 project*
*Applies to registry studies that are conducted after an approved suitability assessment. Projects that are part of research that have been approved by the Swedish Ethical Review Authority pay the usual fees.
Pay only the application fee of SEK 5,000
Reuse of already retrieved data/biomarker data and/or samples in a new study
Pay only the application fee of SEK 5,000
An application fee is applied for all new applications received by the expert group. This also applies to student projects and the reuse of already retrieved data/biomarker data and/or samples in new projects.
Amendment applications that concern changes to an ongoing study, such as expanding the study population and/or adjusting analyses before samples and data extraction have been determined, do not involve a new application fee. However, such changes may incur the addition of an hourly rate for complex sample/data extractions.
When expanding a previously completed study, where samples and data have already been provided, a new application fee and fees for new samples and/or data extractions are added. This does not however, apply to the addition of single variables in the same study population.
