Chiron Institute of Research
Research support • Analysis • Scientific communication
Competitive founder-led support for students, educators, researchers, nonprofits, and small organizations that need data made usable.
Chiron is currently founder-operated. That keeps projects lean, responsive, and fairly priced while building the capital and infrastructure for Chiron’s own research agenda.
Service catalog
These services avoid overstating Chiron’s current capacity. They are practical, client-ready offerings that fit a founder-operated research institute and can grow into larger research infrastructure.
Clean transcripts for interviews, focus groups, lectures, podcasts, or research conversations.
Turn messy spreadsheets or survey exports into organized findings.
Analyze surveys for student projects, classes, programs, teams, or small organizations.
Spreadsheet or web-style dashboards for projects, programs, labs, content, or grants.
A concise, cited synthesis for a topic, decision, proposal, or early project idea.
Community need, population, public health, or program data assembled for proposal writing.
Measure what changed, what worked, and what should be improved in a program or initiative.
One-on-one or small group help for research design, survey structure, analysis planning, or interpretation.
Organize open-text responses or interview excerpts into a transparent preliminary theme structure.
Pricing standards
Pricing is set to stay accessible while still funding Chiron’s growth. Market checks show AI transcription commonly lands below human transcription, while human or human-reviewed work is substantially higher. Chiron’s rates are placed in the professional middle: careful enough for research use, lean enough for a founder-led institute.
| Service | Good fit | Starting price | Typical range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Basic transcript cleanup | Lectures, simple interviews, podcasts | $0.75/min | $0.75–$1.25/min |
| Research-ready transcript | Interview studies, class projects, focus groups | $1.25/min | $1.25–$2.00/min |
| Transcript + summary/themes | Researchers who need the transcript turned into usable notes | $2.25/min | $2.25–$3.75/min |
| Data cleaning and analysis | Survey exports, CSV files, small datasets | $45/hr | $300–$1,500/project |
| Custom dashboard | Labs, classes, nonprofits, small organizations | $600 | $600–$1,800 |
| Evidence or grant data brief | Proposal support, literature scans, need statements | $500 | $500–$1,250 |
| Program evaluation mini-report | Small initiatives, workshops, pilots | $900 | $900–$2,500 |
Interactive scope tool
This calculator gives a planning estimate only. Final pricing depends on audio quality, file count, data condition, deadline, sensitivity, formatting, and whether the work requires protections or review beyond Chiron’s current capacity.
Select a service to estimate scope.
Working process
Simple projects can start quickly. Higher-risk research, identifiable data, or regulated material requires a slower review before Chiron accepts the work.
Define the question, data source, deadline, audience, and sensitivity level.
Agree on price, deliverables, revision limits, and what is outside scope.
Clean, transcribe, summarize, visualize, or synthesize with transparent notes.
Send usable files, plain-language interpretation, and recommended next steps.
Research safeguards
These services are designed for responsible support work while Chiron grows. They do not imply clinical practice, medical advice, IRB authority, or guaranteed research outcomes.
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