Financial Memos

Description

This page includes links to financial announcements and memos related to the Lurie Nanofabrication Facility. Please see Internal billing procedure for the steps and details of the LNF internal billing process.

Fiscal Year 2018

• Annual fee updates: internal (charged to U-M shortcode), external U.S. academic, and non-academic and foreign rates. Precious metal rates for internal, external U.S. academic, and for non-academic users. (March 2018)

Fiscal Year 2017

• Annual fee updates: internal (charged to U-M shortcode), external U.S. academic, and non-academic and foreign rates. Precious metal rates for internal, external U.S. academic, and for non-academic users. (October 2016)

Fiscal Year 2016

• Annual fee updates: academic and non-academic and foreign rates. Precious metal rates for academic users and for non-academic users. (January 2016)
• Updated subsidy program for internal users (January 2016). For general reference about the user subsidy program, please see here

Fiscal Year 2015

• Summary of changes effective January 2015
• Annual fee updates: academic and non-academic and foreign rates. Precious metal rates for academic users and for non-academic users. (January 2015)
• Subsidy program for internal users update. (January 2015)

Fiscal Year 2014

• Calculation and Optimization of LNF Charges (May 2014)
• Quarterly fee updates: academic and non-academic and foreign (July 2013)
• Effective June 1, 2013 precious metals (Au, Pt, Ir, and Pd) fees are separated from PVD tool rates. Precious metals fees will be (these are the academic rates; non-academic rates are calculated using the External Non-Academic multiplier): Lab 18-2 Au= $22/1000Å, Pt= $78/1000Å, Ir= $141/1000Å Evaporators Au= $56/1000Å, Pt= $90/1000Å, Pd= $40/1000Å. Please note that, when precious metals are actually used for a deposition, their cost will be charged to the user even if the tool base charge is forgiven by the tool engineer.

Fiscal Year 2013

• Announcement about July 2013 external non-academic multiplier update (June 2013)
• Quarterly fee updates: academic and non-academic and foreign (March 2013)
• Quarterly fee updates: academic and non-academic and foreign (December 2012)
• Quarterly fee updates: academic and non-academic and foreign (July 2012)

Fiscal Year 2012

• Quarterly fee updates: academic and non-academic and foreign (April 2012)
• Announcement about July 2012 external non-academic multiplier update (January 2012)
• Quarterly fee updates: academic and non-academic and foreign (January 2012)
• Quarterly memos about fee updates: internal and external (July 2011)

Fiscal Year 2011

• Quarterly memos about fee updates: internal and external (April 2011)
• Tool Billing Policy (March 2011)
• Cost model summary and billing procedure (December 2010)
• Fee structure, billing types and transition details (July 2010)

Fiscal Year 2010

• Support of faculty labs outside of LNF (February 2010)
• Fee transition memos for cleanroom and wet chemistry (October 2009)
• Per use fee structure memo (March 2009); and fee structure details for academic users and non-academic and foreign users (effective July 2009)