Recharge Rates
Academic Rates (effective July 1, 2025)
| UChicago Researchers | Non-UChicago Academic Researchers | |
| 0-25 Hours | $37.85 / Per Hour | $62.07 / Per Hour |
| 26-50 Hours | $29.75 / Per Hour | $48.79 / Per Hour |
| 51-75 Hours | $21.63 / Per Hour | $35.47 / Per Hour |
| 76-100 Hours | $19.92 / Per Hour | $32.67 / Per Hour |
| 100-200 Hours | $16.23 / Per Hour | $26.62 / Per Hour |
| 200+ Hours | $10.81 / Per Hour | $17.73 / Per Hour |
| Staff setup in autosampler (not including instrument time) |
NA | $22 / Batch |
Industrial Rates:
| Instrument time | $110 / Per Hour |
| Staff setup in autosampler (not including instrument time) |
$22 / Batch |
| Expert staff time | $220 / Per Hour |
Details
- All usage is billed by time used, as determined by:
- Fully automated instruments (400-1, 400-2): the accounting tool of Bruker’s Icon-NMR software
- Manually-operated instruments: Linux login/logout records. Reservations are not currently considered when calculating usage.
- Rates do not depend on instrument, experiment type, time of day, or individual experiment duration.
- Hourly EPR rates are the same as NMR rates. Helium consumption for cryogenic operation is billed on the basis of login sheet records.
- Training labor is not billed.
- Billing is done quarterly.
- Rates depend on total usage per PI during the billed quarter.