Scheduling and Fee

Scheduling Plan

Once a protocol has been approved by the APRC, a protocol name will be created for the PI. Then booking can be performed via the online booking system. (Please follow the Schedule Manual.)

Note that we use 2-hour increments, i.e. 2h,4h, 6h, 8h, etc time slots, to optimize usage by as many investigators as possible. For users who want to schedule four-hour scans, please schedule start from 9:00 am or 1:00 pm to leave enough time on the same day for other users.

Billing occurs monthly. A billing contact person needs to be specified for our administrators to contact in case of issues. Payment will be by check for JHU users and automated billing for KKI users. Future grant applications in JHU should contain a subcontract to KKI, which will allow direct billing.

Charges will be for the booked time. Cancellation before the booked time is required to avoid charges. Cancellation time depends on the booked scan time, i.e. 24 hours for a 2-hour scan, 48 hours for a 4-hour scan, and 72 hours for scan time longer than 4 hours. Upon cancellation within the required time the other users will be e-mailed and if a replacement user is found no charges will be applied. Refusal to pay charges may lead to loss of access privileges.

Fee Schedule

* These are base rates excluding F&A. For direct billing starting February 1, 2025, F&A may be added depending on the budget type. Currently, F&A is 62.0% for KKI.

Facilty-run experiments.
There is limited opportunity for users to have the facility personnel perform their experiments, e.g. during the absence of a postdoc.
The rate for this is an additional $100 per hour above the hourly rate.