How much does it cost to use the equipment in the NIC@HMS? - Core for Imaging Technology & Education

Q: How much does it cost to use the equipment in the NIC@HMS?

One-time Training Fee: All NIC@HMS users are charged a training fee for each microscope they are trained to use. The training fee is $200 for most applications, or $500 for advanced applications. The training fee is based on the estimated number of NIC staff hours needed to complete the training and will be determined during the initial consultation with the NIC Director. This training fee is in addition to any hourly usage rates that might apply (see below). For image analysis help, please contact the experts at in the Image & Data Analysis Core. Hourly Usage Fees: The Departments of Cell Biology, Systems Biology and BCMP subsidize use of the equipment in the NIC@HMS for members of their departments. Therefore, there are no hourly usage rates for members of these three departments. Members of the other Basic Sciences Departments on the Harvard Medical School Quad are charged hourly fees for scheduled use of image acquisition equipment in the NIC@HMS. The hourly fee is determined by microscope, and is $50 for widefield or transmitted light microscopes, $80 for confocals and $65 for TIRF or STORM. Note that Principles Investigators with appointments in a Basic Science Department and with one of the HMS affiliated institutions must have a grant administered through HMS to qualify for the Basic Science Department rates. Principle investigators from an HMS affiliated institution or FAS have access only to those microscopes with sufficient time available, and pay a $200 hourly fee. Our microscopes are very heavily used, and we therefore cannot accommodate any users from outside Harvard.

One-time Training Fee:

All NIC@HMS users are charged a training fee for each microscope they are trained to use. The training fee is $200 for most applications, or $500 for advanced applications. The training fee is based on the estimated number of NIC staff hours needed to complete the training and will be determined during the initial consultation with the NIC Director. This training fee is in addition to any hourly usage rates that might apply (see below). For image analysis help, please contact the experts at in the Image & Data Analysis Core.

Hourly Usage Fees:

The Departments of Cell Biology, Systems Biology and BCMP subsidize use of the equipment in the NIC@HMS for members of their departments. Therefore, there are no hourly usage rates for members of these three departments.
Members of the other Basic Sciences Departments on the Harvard Medical School Quad are charged hourly fees for scheduled use of image acquisition equipment in the NIC@HMS. The hourly fee is determined by microscope, and is $50 for widefield or transmitted light microscopes, $80 for confocals and $65 for TIRF or STORM. Note that Principles Investigators with appointments in a Basic Science Department and with one of the HMS affiliated institutions must have a grant administered through HMS to qualify for the Basic Science Department rates.
Principle investigators from an HMS affiliated institution or FAS have access only to those microscopes with sufficient time available, and pay a $200 hourly fee.
Our microscopes are very heavily used, and we therefore cannot accommodate any users from outside Harvard.