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User Fees

The user rate fee schedule is summarized in the table below and described in more detail in subsequent descriptions:

RATE ARATE B RATE C
InstrumentUniversity Hourly RateFederal/Academic Non-Boise State Hourly RateNon-Academic & Industry Hourly Rate
AJA Orion 5 PVD System #1$43.00$60.00$110.00
AJA Orion 5 PVD System #2$43.00$60.00$110.00
ADT 982-6 Wafer Dicing System$22.00$31.00$81.00
Blue M SV-57A OvenNCNC$20.00
Branson Dionex 3000 Asher$23.00$32.00$82.00
Bruker Dektak Stylus Profiler$12.00$17.00$67.00
CHA 600 Thermal Evaporator$23.00$32.00$82.00
Delta Design Environmental OvenNCNC$20.00
Fisher Scientific High Temp OvenNCNC$20.00
Fujifilm Dimatix DMP-2850 Inkjet Printer$12.00$17.00$67.00
JA Woollam M-2000 Ellipsometer$11.00$15.00$65.00
JST Acid Wet Station$25.50$36.00$86.00
JST Base Wet Station$12.50$18.00$68.00
JST Solvent Bench/Spin Coat Station$17.50$25.00$75.00
Keyence VHX7000 High-Res Digital Microscope$10.00$14.10$20.00
KS Wire bond System$27.00$38.00$88.00
Modular Process Technology RTP600S$20.00$28.00$78.00
nScrypt 150-3Dn-HP Microdispense System$15.50$22.00$72.00
Nikon Microscope with Imaging Capture SoftwareNCNC$20.00
OAI 5000 Proximity Aligner$20.00$28.00$78.00
Optomec 200 Aerosol Jet Printer$17.50$25.00$75.00
Oxford Instruments Plasmalab 100 RIE$47.00$66.00$116.00
Photolithography Suite (all incl.)

  • JST Solvent/Spin Coat Station
  • JST Base Wet Station
  • Quintel Q-4000 Contact Aligner
  • OAI 5000 Proximity Aligner
  • Semitool ST-460 SRD
$45.00$63.00$113.00
Prusa i3 3D Printer$15.00$21.00$71.00
Prusa SL1 3D Printer$24.00$34.00$84.00
PVA TePLa Oxygen Plasma System$20.00$28.00$78.00
Quintel Q-4000 Contact Aligner$20.00$28.00$78.00
Signatone Four Point Probe$13.00$15.00$65.00
Semitool ST-460 SRD$11.00$15.00$65.00
Thermco MB-80 Oxidation Furnace$11.5$16.00$66.00
Thermco MB-80 Diffusion Furnace$11.50$16.00$66.00
Torr CrC150 Sputter Coating System$11.00$15.00$65.00
Veeco 100 Ion Milling System$40.00$56.00$106.00
Voltera PCB Prototype System$12.00$17.00$67.00
Xenon S-2100 Flash Lamp Sintering Oven$11.00$15.00$65.00
Westbond Wire Bond System$14.50$20.00$70.00
Zeiss A1 Axio Scope and Imaging SoftwareNC$10.00$20.00
Zeiss A1 Axio Scope & Imaging Capture SystemNCNC$20.00

Identification and Definition of Users

Rate A – Internal users: Boise State University-affiliated professors, staff, students, research assistants, post-docs, visiting scholars, etc. (anyone who is employed by or has an appointment at Boise State University, including BSU federally sponsored projects).

Rate B – Federally funded, sponsored research projects by non-BSU entities.  Or other academic users: Professors, staff, students, research assistants, post-docs, visiting scholars, etc. employed at or having an appointment at a non-Boise State University affiliated institution.  Lab users in this category must be doing academic research.  Industry-funded research will be charged the industrial rate (Rate C).  The Engineering Support Charge of $65/Hr is applied.

Rate C – Any non-academic affiliated entities, including national labs.  The Engineering Support Charge of $65/Hr is applied.