[labnetwork] Fee for expedited service?

[Martin, Michael]

So far, the only requests we've received for expedited service are from companies.  Internal folks just make their students work harder... 🙂

-Michael
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This is something to keep in mind if those customers are University PIs using Federal grants: How an expedited service rate (higher rate than the regular internal rate – lowest available rate) complies with the Fed requirement of Fed grants receiving the lowest rate available at the center/core?

Would a record of the PI requesting and accepting a higher rate exempt the center from a non-compliance finding in an audit?



Interested in this conversation.

Best,

Amelia





[UF]

Dr. Luisa Amelia Dempere

Director, Nanoscale Research Facility (NRF)<https://nrf.aux.eng.ufl.edu/>
Affiliate Faculty, Materials Science and Engineering
and Environmental Engineering Sciences
Herbert Wertheim College of Engineering

University of Florida

ademp at eng.ufl.edu<mailto:ademp at eng.ufl.edu>

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Sent: Tuesday, July 14, 2026 4:52 PM
To: Network Fab <labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu>
Subject: [labnetwork] Fee for expedited service?



[External Email]

Hi gang,

   We have recently had a couple of requests from customers to pay extra to receive expedited service on particular projects.  Is this something your facility offers?   If so, what does this look like?

   And on a related note, does anyone have thoughts on adding short term labor to help with projects.  We have considered extra pay for university staff outside the nano-fab (recognizing that it would be a conflict of interest to pay our own staff for overtime work) and hiring students as hourly workers and/or consultants.  Is there some other model that you've come up with?



Regards,

   Michael Martin, Ph.D.



Manager, Micro/Nano Technology Center

University of Louisville

(502) 552-1945

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