Effective January 1, 2026, the fee structure for use of QMC Central Facilities:

QMC Full and Affiliate Members: Flat rate of $1000 per two-month cycle. QMC member users include (but are not limited to) all graduate students and postdoctoral researchers who have card-key access to QMC Central Facilities. With the approval of a QMC Member or Affiliate, the fee for undergraduate researchers will be waived. This fee is designed to recoup the expenses incurred to maintain facilities and provide services in the Center. 

Non-Member Users: $2000 per two-month cycle on approval of QMC Director and Coordinator.  This fee is designed to recoup the expenses incurred to maintain facilities and provide services in the Center, as well as additional expenses for training and supervision of non-member facilities users.

 

Before using QMC Central Facilities, potential users must:

1) Contact QMC Coordinator This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. for approval and scheduling,

2) Supply a UMD (USource) account number or billing information for facilities charges (USource code should be billable for the work performed in the central facility for the period of time billed),

3) Read the QMC facilities standard operating procedures document and sign the log, and

4) Be supervised by, or trained and approved by, the facility super-user or by QMC staff. Regular QMC users will in most cases be able to operate facilities unsupervised after training and approval by staff.

All QMC Central Facilities users are required to complete appropriate safety training provided by ESSR.