Hello again everyone: I have had quite a few requests for ranges and Stdev for the survey results. Please see below. As well, please note that these charges are per hour. -Rich > Greetings everyone: > > I want to thank all of you who responded to my request for Academic > Core Facility rates. I had 39 responses from the US and several more > from Canada, the UK and Germany. I did not include rates outside of > the US due to the flux of the US dollar. [Thanks for responding > anyway] Please find the summary below: > > Analyzer w/o Core Operator - Internal $39.49 > External $73.41 Range: $5.00 - 60.00 Internal Stdev= 13.216 Range: $7.50 - 130.00 External Stdev= 36.009 > Analyzer w/ Core Operator Internal $55.49 > External $82.90 Range: $25.00 - 85.00 Internal Stdev= 16.577 Range: $30.00 - 131.50 External Stdev= 32.665 > Sorting w/o Core Operator Internal $50.75 > External $76.25 Range: $22.00- 75.00 Internal Stdev= 17.764 Range: $33.00 - 107.00 External Stdev= 34.189 > Sorting W/ Core Operator Internal $76.67 > External $117.21 Range: $30.00 - 150.00 Internal Stdev= 28.244 Range: $36.00 - 320.00 External Stdev: 56.576 > Training Internal $53.12 > External $85.44 Range: $25.00 - 80.00 Internal Stdev= 17.670 Range: $37.50 - 210.00 External Stdev= 40.481 > A few notes: A-Rates are per hour > 1-Very few Institutes offered sorting without a Core Operator at the > helm. > 2-Several Institutes had a fairly complex fee schedule based on grant > support. In those cases, I used the standard rate for internal > Faculty. > 3-External sorting rates w/ operator had the largest spread of fees. > 4-Since I last conducted this survey [around a year ago], increasing > numbers of Core Facilities are charging for application and instrument > training. > > My sincere thanks again to everyone who responded. If you have any > questions or suggestions, please email me directly. > > Best regards to everyone, > > -Rich > > > Richard F. Konz, Jr. > Assistant Professor > Department of Medicine > Graduate Faculty, Immunology and Virology Program > Director, Flow Cytometry Core Facility > UMass Medical School > 55 Lake Avenue North > Room: S5-322 > Worcester, MA 01655 > Office: 508-856-1598 > Lab: 508-856-3276 > Fax: 508-856-2755 > Email: Richard.Konz@umassmed.edu > Lab Web: http://www.umassmed.edu/facslab > Faculty Web: http://www.umassmed.edu/ivp/faculty/konz.cfm > > > >Received on Thu Mar 23 16:58:00 2006
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