Nanomaterials Characterization Facility (NCF)
University of Colorado
Discovery Learning Center, Level 2B
University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309-0427
(303)492-0734 (phone); ncf@colorado.edu (email)
http://ncf.colorado.edu

Please review the Stockroom Supply List for product costs.

Effective September 1, 2009
The fee rate schedule for the 2009/2010 academic year is summarized in the table below and described in more detail in the explanations following:

Activity	Description	Facility Category
Activity	Description	CU Funded Research	Government Lab	Industry
Instrument Rates (Scaled according to usage within a calendar month)	Base Rate/hour (1-40 hrs instrument use/month) SEMs/CLSM/AFM	$42	$62	$105
	Monthly Capped Fee* (41-75 hrs instrument use/month) SEMs/CLSM/AFM/Indenters	$2500	$3700	$6300
	Notched Cap Rate/hour* (>75 hrs instrument use/month) SEMs/CLSM/AFM	$4.20	$6.20	$10.50
	FIB	$75	$100	$150
	Nano Indenters	$80/day	$100/day	$120/day
	XPS	$60/sample setup plus $25/survey scan $50/hour multiplex $50/hour depth profiling	$60/sample setup plus $25/survey scan $50/hour multiplex $50/hour depth profiling	$60/sample setup plus $25/survey scan $50/hour multiplex $50/hour depth profiling
	Prep Room	$25/day	$35/day	$45/day
Staff Support	Training Charge(all instruments)	$200	$200	$200
	Hourly rate for assisted use, consultations, etc. Please note that this is an addition to machine time if applicable.	$75	$75	$75
Other Charges	Stockroom Supplies	See price list	See price list	See price list

Instrument Use charges are used to recover the operating cost associated with the facility (general supplies, gases, spare parts, etc.). For each Facility Category, this rate is generally the same for all instruments tracked. Instrument charges are tracked via the online schedule on the NCF website. In addition, the schedules are compared to Buffone Card swipes for each of the instrument rooms. Card Swipes not on the schedule will be added manually by the NCF Staff in accordance to the user's typical scheduled time. This manual override causes additional administrative time by the NCF staff. More than two occurrences per month may lead to suspended use of the facility.

The "Capped System" is a method by which instrument uses fees are calculated so as to not overburden the funding source of a facility user while improving their skills on the NCF Instruments. There are three levels of use fees depending on the total instrument use time in a calendar month. Instrument usage between 1-40 hours is charged at a base rate. Instrument usage between 41 - 75 hours is charged at the base rate up the maximum capped rate. Instrument use hours >75 are charged at 10% of the base rate. These rates are not inclusive of the FIB, prep room, XPS service, training, staff support, nor stockroom supplies. In order to qualify for this cap rate a facility user will need to schedule their use (>75 hours) outside of normal business hours (8:00 am - 5:00 pm). It is the responsibility of the user to monitor their use time so that they schedule their instrument use time >75 on the 24 hour schedule.

Multiple facility members on the same project are each subject to his/her own caps. A facility member working on multiple projects is subject to caps for each project. In summary: one cap per person, per project, per calendar month.