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Prices for internal and external users
OICE is fully acknowledged by the DFG. This price regulations are in full accordance with the DFG rules. You can ask for the covering of costs in grant applications on th ebasis of th egiven prces. Or you get in touch with a member of staff beforehand.
We aim to teach and educate our users to become autonomous researchers. However in the beginning the service support is free of charge.
If you experience problems or have some trouble or a question, please talk to a member of staff, we will not debit this kind of support.
Whereas we reserve the right to account you for longer individual support by a member of staff after an appropriate initial period. The usage of OICE equipment is currently priced as follows:
Standard hourly rates for internal users:
| Instrument | Price |
|---|---|
| TIRF/SRRF (Grade II) | 25 EUR/hour |
| Thunder Imager (Grade II) | 20 EUR/hour |
| Laser Microscope CLSM Leica SP 5 (Grade II) | 20 EUR/hour |
| Laser Microscopes (CLSM, SD) (Grade II) | 25 EUR/hour |
| Celldiscoverer High-Throughput (Grade II): | 25 EUR/hour |
| Lightsheet (Grade III): | 30 EUR/hour |
| MP STED (Grade III): | 45 EUR/hour |
| MP Intravital (Grade III): | 50 EUR/hour |
| Usage of ERU developed devices: (technical/scientific support included) | 50 - 75 EUR/hour |
| Support costs | |
| Service support grade I: | 20 EUR/hour |
| Service support grade II: | 40 EUR/hour |
| Service support grade III: | 60 EUR/hour |
Calculation:
In general the real usage time will be billed. However, bookings under 1 hour are not possible. The Zeiss multi-photon DeepSee device requires an initial booking time of 2 hours. Systems without a usage tracker will be billed in intervals of 30 minutes.
Office hours are Monday - Friday 8 a.m. - 6 p.m. and accounted with 100 %, out-of-office hours 6 p.m. - 8 a.m. will be charged with 75 %. Long term usage cost may be negotiated individually
Students get a supported three hours sneak preview for free!
Standard hourly rates for external users:
External users pay two times the standard hourly rates.
The 1st hour will always be accounted full. Single photon microscopes need to be booked for at least one hour. Multi-photon microscopes need to be booked at least for two hours.