Factors affecting cost Cost Range Examples Opioid Case Study Phase I: Strategy Development Opioid Case Study Phase II: Action Planning
Research team
  • Number of team members
  • Payment basis (e.g., volunteer, salary, wage, stipend)
  • Project scale
  • Lower cost: team members are salaried or volunteers ($0)
  • Higher cost: Salary FTEs and fringe, wages at competitive rate for large scale project ($250k+)
  • 2 academic salaries and fringe at 12-13.5% FTE
  • 1 team member/ coordinator @420 hours wage and fringe
  • 4 team members @155 hours each wage and fringe
  • 1 team member time donated by employer
  • 1 graduate research assistant
($65,000)
  • 2 academic salaries and fringe at 12-13.6% FTE
  • 1 team member/ coordinator @420 hours wage and fringe
  • 4 team members @80 hours each wage and fringe
  • 1 team member time donated by employer
  • 1 graduate research assistant
($62,000)
Topic groups
  • Number of Topic groups and participants
  • Stipend amount
  • Lower cost: 1 Topic group of 6 with $250 stipends ($1,500)
  • Higher cost: 6 Topic groups of 8 with $700 stipends ($33,600)
  • 3 Topic groups of 8 with $250 stipends
($6,000) 		NA
Focus groups
  • Number of focus groups and participants
  • Incentive amount
  • Availability/cost of space
  • Food budget
  • Lower cost: 1 focus group of 6 with $25 incentive ($150)
  • Higher cost: 12 focus groups of 8 with $100 incentive ($9,600)
  • 24 focus groups participants with $25 incentive
($600) 		NA
Food
  • Number and time of day of meetings
  • Expectations
  • Lower cost: $500
  • Higher cost: $3,300
  • $250 for 2 community stakeholder meetings, plus donated meals for longer Topic group meetings
  • $250 for 2 community stakeholder meetings
Materials
  • Sticky notes, flip charts, pens, etc.
  • $200 and up
  • $150
  • $150
SEED funds for work groups
  • Availability of funds to help work groups implement plans
  • Lower cost: no seed funding $0
  • Higher cost 8 work groups @ $5,000 each ($40k)
NA
  • $15,000 divided across 4 work groups
Other
  • Transportation, child care, meeting space, transcription, travel
  • Lower cost: $0
  • Higher cost: $10,000
  • $4,220 (travel)
  • $1,000 transcription
  • $2,347 (travel)
Total
  • Lower cost: $2,350
  • Higher cost: $349k+
  • $77.2K
  • $79.7k