#  Fees 

 



A fee is charged for access to small molecule screening at ICCB-Longwood. This fee helps us to recover a portion of our operating expenses. ICCB-Longwood screening fees (and associated Facilities and Administration fees) are revised annually based on the Harvard Fiscal Year (July 1 – June 30). The fee structure is updated on the ICCB-Longwood website as soon as it is available. All charges are based on the screening fee at the time of service, not a previously provided estimate or price structure from a previous fiscal year.

For screens originating from non-HMS Quad investigator labs (this includes HMS Affiliates whose labs are not located on the HMS Quadrangle and Non-Harvard investigators), the indicated F&A is added at each stage of the screening fee.

Fees below represent the rates for FY26 (July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026).

Screening fees do not include the cost of assay reagents and consumables. Funding for all assay reagents and consumables (excluding library) is provided by the screener.



 

SortScreening Fee MilestonesAcademicIndustryF&ASet up

$6,336

$14,256

$1,268

Up to 5k experimental wells

$3,168

$7,128

$634

5,001-10,000 experimental wells

$2,640

$5,940

$528

10,001-25,000 experimental wells

$3,696

$8,316

$740

25,001-50,000 experimental wells

$5,280

$11,880

$1,056

50,001-100,000 experimental wells

$5,280

$11,880

$1,056

Additional increments of 100,000 experimental wells

$7,841

$17,643

$1,569





Fees will begin to be charged once work is initiated at ICCB-Longwood.

During the screening process, the applicable fees will be charged as screening milestones (library experimental well count) are reached. Note that the “fee for screening up to 5,000 experimental wells” covers screening of 5,000 experimental library wells in duplicate for each screen and counter-screen (if included) and not 5,000 wells total.

There is an off-site screening fee structure for those small molecule screens that must be performed off-site for technical reasons (e.g. biosafety restrictions, instrumentation required for assay readout). Approval by ICCB-Longwood is required to initiate this type of screen. The FY26 rate is $1,292 for set-up, $259 for F&A and then $131 per 384-well plate of small molecules screened (academic pricing). Any consumables used for compound transfer are charged to the investigator.

The above fees include a cherry pick of 1.5 uL of up to 0.3% of the compounds screened. Additional cherry picks at a volume of 1.5 uL/compound can be requested at $5 per compound (academic pricing).

Interested investigators should contact [Jennifer Smith](mailto:jennifer_smith@hms.harvard.edu) for more details and/or to determine which rate applies to their screen.