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=== About Pilot Time === | === About Pilot Time === | ||
CAMRI is supported by user fees: PIs receive grants or contracts and then pay CAMRI for MR scanner time on a fee for service basis. To encourage new investigators and projects, | CAMRI is supported by user fees: PIs receive grants or contracts and then pay CAMRI for MR scanner time on a fee for service basis. To encourage new investigators and projects, pilot time awards are available. The purpose of the pilot time is to allow for collection of preliminary data for new grant applications that will then be used to pay for regularly priced scan time at CAMRI. | ||
==Pilot Time for Existing Users== | |||
For users who currently scan at CAMRI, pilot time hours are granted based on the amount of paid scanner time used at a ratio of 5 to 1. For every 5 hours of paid scanner time, the user receives one hour of discounted pilot time. Because off-hours scanning is half-price, the amount of pilot time received is also half as much (for every 10 hours of paid off-hours scanner time, the user receives one hour of pilot time.) In general, existing user pilot time expires at the end of each fiscal year but up to 10 hours of unused pilot time can roll over to the next fiscal year. | |||
==Pilot Time for New Users== | ==Pilot Time for New Users== | ||
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# The minimum duration of a pilot scan session is one hour and there is no additional discount for scanning after-hours. | # The minimum duration of a pilot scan session is one hour and there is no additional discount for scanning after-hours. | ||
# Pilot time awards are limited to one per investigative team: different investigators on the same team may not apply for separate pilot awards. | # Pilot time awards are limited to one per investigative team: different investigators on the same team may not apply for separate pilot awards. | ||
Revision as of 13:58, 3 April 2017
About Pilot TimeCAMRI is supported by user fees: PIs receive grants or contracts and then pay CAMRI for MR scanner time on a fee for service basis. To encourage new investigators and projects, pilot time awards are available. The purpose of the pilot time is to allow for collection of preliminary data for new grant applications that will then be used to pay for regularly priced scan time at CAMRI. Pilot Time for Existing UsersFor users who currently scan at CAMRI, pilot time hours are granted based on the amount of paid scanner time used at a ratio of 5 to 1. For every 5 hours of paid scanner time, the user receives one hour of discounted pilot time. Because off-hours scanning is half-price, the amount of pilot time received is also half as much (for every 10 hours of paid off-hours scanner time, the user receives one hour of pilot time.) In general, existing user pilot time expires at the end of each fiscal year but up to 10 hours of unused pilot time can roll over to the next fiscal year. Pilot Time for New UsersFor PIs who have never before scanned at CAMRI, a brief application is required, consisting of the following:
Submit completed applications or questions to camri@bcm.edu.
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