User Rates
For academic users there is a maximum fee per PI of $3000 / year (any number of group members). This cap is aimed at keeping user fees as low as feasible to encourage maximum usage of the instruments. Electron field emission guns (Tecnai) are left on continuously so they simply are wasted when nobody is using them. Their lifetimes are reduced with frequent on - off cycles.
Instrument | University Users | Company Users |
Hitachi 8100 STEM | $10/hour |
$50/hour |
Tecnai G2 STEM | $15/hour | $100/hour |
Helium Ion Microscope | $10/hour | $25/hour |