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User Fees (updated 12/1/2025)

The user rate fee schedule is summarized in this table 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$50.00$71.00$121.00
AJA Orion 5 PVD System #2$50.00$71.00$121.00
ADT 982-6 Wafer Dicing System$30.00$43.00$93.00
Blue M SV-57A OvenNCNC$50.00
Bruker Dektak Stylus Profiler$12.50$18.00$68.00
CHA 600 Thermal Evaporator$55.00$78.00$128.00
Delta Design Environmental OvenNCNC$50.00
Fisher Scientific High Temp Oven$15.00$22.00$72.00
Fujifilm Dimatix DMP-2850 Inkjet Printer$20.00$29.00$79.00
JA Woollam M-2000 Ellipsometer$15.00$22.00$72.00
JST Acid Wet Station$35.00$50.00$100.00
JST Base Wet Station$15.00$22.00$72.00
JST Solvent Bench/Spin Coat Station$25.00$36.00$86.00
Keyence VHX7000 High-Res Digital Microscope$15.00$22.00$72.00
KS Wire bond System$40.00$57.00$107.00
Modular Process Technology RTP600S$25.00$36.00$86.00
PDS Labcoter Parylene Deposition System$30.00$43.00$93.00
nScrypt 150-3Dn-HP Microdispense System$30.00$43.00$93.00
Optomec 200 Aerosol Jet Printer$23.00$33.00$83.00
Oxford Instruments Plasmalab 100 RIE$60.00$85.00$135.00
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
$50.00$71.00$121.00
PVA TePLa Oxygen Plasma System$25.00$36.00$86.00
Quintel Q-4000 Contact Aligner$10.00$15.00$65.00
Signatone Four Point Probe$15.00$22.00$72.00
Semitool ST-460 SRD$10.00$15.00$65.00
Thermco MB-80 Oxidation Furnace$15.00$22.00$72.00
Thermco MB-80 Diffusion Furnace$20.00$29.00$79.00
Torr CrC150 Sputter Coating System$35.00$50.00$100.00
Veeco 100 Ion Milling System$50.00$71.00$121.00
Voltera PCB Prototype System$20.00$29.00$79.00
Xenon S-2100 Flash Lamp Sintering OvenNCNC$50.00
Westbond Wire Bond System$25.00$36.00$86.00
Zeiss A1 Axio Scope and Imaging Software$7.50$11.00$61.00

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 Boise State University federally sponsored projects).

Rate B – Federally funded, sponsored research projects by non-Boise State University 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.