Are there any circumstances when one federally‐supported project may be charged a reduced or discounted rate compared to another?
No. Rates used to charge the cost of the service must be consistently charged to all federally‐supported projects, using the “single service for a single cost” principle. e. If an investigator acquires an instrument on a project and this instrument is assigned to a core facility, can the investigator’s usage be given preferential treatment (e.g., giving samples from the donating investigator priority in the instrument’s sample processing queue; allowing only the donating investigator or members of the donating investigator’s group hands-on access to the instrument; and/or allocating a defined percentage of capacity of the instrument exclusively for the use of the donating investigator). Yes, provided that it can be clearly shown: (1) the preferential treatment does not constitute the equivalent of a reduced rate; (2) preferential treatment for any investigator does not increase the rates for any other investigators, particularly instrument users with federally supported activities; (3)
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