As Microscopy Australia is a consortium of university-based facilities, most instrument fees are set locally and published online.
Fees for federally funded instruments and their dedicated engineers are subsidised for Australian publicly funded researchers: typically in the range of $40–60/hr.
| INSTRUMENT | USER | FEE RANGE |
| NCRIS Instrument | External from industry |
Commercial rates as determined by the Facility Director
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| Internal |
A subsidized rate that is affordable with typical Australian research grants
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| external non-industry* |
$40-60/per beam-hour or the rate for internal users, if that is higher
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| OTHER INSTRUMENT | External from industry |
Commercial rates as determined by the Facility Director
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| Internal | At discrEtion of the facility director | |
| external non-industry* |
A rate that is affordable with typical Australian research grants
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This pricing guide excludes arrangements with institutions under MOU or other mechanisms of collaboration or agreements that require different fee structure (e.g. ARC or LIEF collaborations) * e.g. University; publicly funded; medical research organisation; CRC; etc.
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Fees for NCRIS instruments are to be reviewed by Microscopy Australia Operations Team every two years. Changes are approved by the Microscopy Australia Board. Any changes to fees must be published in the Open Access & Pricing Policy.
For more details please download Microscopy Australia's Open Access Policy (PDF).
NCRS supported instruments at CMM
Tecnai F30 G2 TEM
JEOL JCM-5000 Neoscope
JEOL JEM-1011 TEM