[labnetwork] soft cap number for research groups

[Tobi Beetz]

Hi Fubo – While I don’t have any answers to your questions, it sounds like you might not have a cap yet. If that is the case, I strongly recommend staying off the cap system.

It took us several years to phase out our various caps at SNSF. We observed so many issues when we had a cap. Users would leave tools enabled, push to do all their experiments during a certain month, share accounts, …. Faculty argued that they should be able to budget but I think this turned out to be an issue anymore. When we started to phase out the caps, we dropped rates slightly and also started a lower off-peak rates during evening/night and weekends (https://snsf.stanford.edu/labmembers/rates). The off-peak rates now allow budget conscious users or expert users to get a financial break when staff are not available.

Cheers,

Tobi

Tobi Beetz, Ph.D.
Associate Director, Stanford Nano Shared Facilities, Stanford University, http://snsf.stanford.edu

From: labnetwork <labnetwork-bounces at mtl.mit.edu> On Behalf Of Fubo Rao
Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2024 1:37 PM
To: labnetwork at mtl.mit.edu
Subject: [labnetwork] soft cap number for research groups

Dear Colleagues,

I totally understand if it is something you don't want to share. But, if you can, I wonder if you have a soft cap number for your internal research groups, aka, professors. Is that a monthly cap, yearly cap, and what is your cap number?  Do you charge a different percentage to the amount above the cap number, or it is free of charge after reaching the cap?

Thanks in advance!

Fubo Rao, Ph.D.,
Nano3 Technical Director,
Qualcomm Institute/Atkinson Hall,
UC San Diego
9500 Gilman Drive #0436
La Jolla, CA 92093-0436
Tel. (858)534-4518
E-mail: furao at ucsd.edu<mailto:furao at ucsd.edu>
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