Fees

Fee structure

On July 1, 2024, the Marine Science Research Facility (MSRF) updates its fees within its structure as a URI service center. After this date, use of some instruments in the MSRF-Analytical collection and space fees in the MSRF-Shared Seawater Facility will be subject to the new fees. The listings for space, instruments, and their associated fees are subject to change.

MSRF-Shared Seawater Facility

FacilitiesFee per unit of use
Aquarium Building$1.97/sf/mo
Polar Environmental Chambers$4.36/sf/mo. Based on space used, the charges are 1/4 ($92.65/mo), half ($185.30/mo) or whole chamber ($370.60/mo)
Blount Aquaculture Research Laboratory$1.00/sf/mo
Mesocosms$0.35/sf/mo (=$630/mo)
Ark$0.40/sf/mo
Exterior spaceFee determination is pending

 

MSRF-Analytical Instruments

InstrumentsUnit of useRate – assistedRate – unassisted
Beckman Coulter Counterhour$78.00$34.00
qPCR cycler Stratagene Mx3005prun$45.00$22.00
Membrane Inlet Mass Spectrometer  DECOMMISSIONED January 2024
Nikon epifluorescence microscopehour$78.00$15.00
PreSens O2 sensor (1)day$93.00$27.00
BD Influx flow cytometry Currently offline; contact MSRF-A for more info 
BD Influx cell sorting Currently offline; contact MSRF-A for more info 
FlowCAM (2)hour$91.00$29.00
Astoria-Pacific nutrient analyzer (3)sample$21.00 base rate + $2.00/nutrientN/A
Incubatorday$3.00$3.00
FIRe fluorometer (4)hour$78.00$10.00
Plate readerrun$78.00$3.00
Olympus stereomicroscope (5i)hour$78.00$3.00
Nikon inverted microscope (5ii)hour$78.00$3.00
Turner/Trilogy Fluorometers (6)# usersTBDTBD

(1) MSRF does not furnish the sensor dots for this device. Shipboard rental available for PreSens O2 Sensor, at $200/month.

(2) Shipboard rental available for FlowCam, at $800 per month.

(3) When dilutions are necessary, the basic rate will be increased to $30, unless the user does the dilution.

(4) Shipboard rental available for Satlantic FIRe Fluorometer, at $150/month.

(5) Shipboard rental available for microscopes, at $150 (i) and $150 (ii) per month.

(6) Yearly fee is based on cost for supplies and technician time for calibrations. The individual usage fee will be based on a percentage of overall usage over the fiscal year. The Turner fluorometer is available for shipboard rental. While the instrument is at sea, user units will be logged at a rate of 8 users/day.

The URI overhead rate of 57.5% is applied to the above fees for non-University users.