Fees

Core Facility Voucher Program

If you are a CU Boulder researcher gathering data for grant applications, the Research and Innovation Office has a Core Facility Voucher Program that can be used to offset facility fees.

Read more and apply here.

Microscopy

Breakdown of costs per hour for ALMC services starting July 1st, 2026
Service CU System
Peak Hours
(8 am – 6 pm, Mon – Fri)
CU System
Off-Peak Hours
External Corporate
Flat Rate
Assisted Sessions $60 N/A $100
Workstations (Harmony and Aivia, Imaris) $5 $5 $20
Tier 1 Microscope (Widefield, Slide Scanner) $20 $10 $40
Tier 2 Microscopes (Phenix, NSPARC, AXR, A1R, N-STORM, Spinning Disk, IVIS) $45 $25 $80
Light Sheet Microscopes (Bruker) $0 $0 $0

Microscope reservation and policies can be found here.

All trainings are scheduled during peak hours. Trainings are typically 3 hours long. Each participant will be invoiced at the same rate, regardless of the number of participants in the training.

All assisted sessions will be scheduled during peak hours.