Schedule of Fees for 2008

The University of Colorado's Mountain Research Station must generate a large proportion of its funding from externally-generated revenue such as fees charged to researchers and students using the Station. This Schedule summarizes those fees and their uses. Please use these fees as a guide to station costs when preparing grant proposals which will use the MRS.

I. Research-Related Fees:

A. Station Use Fee

This fee is charged for all researchers who work at the Mountain Research Station. It helps support the cost of providing services such as telephones, mail, utilities, and other forms of administrative support.
Cost for non-resident researchers: $2/day
Cost for visiting guest $5/day

C. Office or Laboratory rental fees.
These fees help pay for the cost of maintenance of the buildings, and office and research equipment in them.
Facility Summer season Off-season
Marr Laboratory Office $50/week $30/week
Research laboratory in Marr Laboratory $65/week $35/week
Summer Season: 1 May to 30 September.
Off-season: 1 October to 30 April.
Note that each office has 2 desks. Researchers may share space in one of these offices or labs, and split the cost.

D. Meeting Room Rentals

Room Day Hour
Megaron $100 $20
Seminar room in Marr Lab $65 $15
Classroom in Marr Lab $65 $15
E. Other services
Equipment or data that can be provided on a fee-for-service basis include:
1) Vehicle rental and servicing, including vans, snowmobiles, tracked vehicle, ATVs. (see schedule below)
2) Construction of specialized research equipment.
3) Data collection.
4) Data from the MRS climate program.
5) Lab and office equipment: $50 deposit per unit, repair or replacement costs + 25% in case of damage or loss.

II. Dining Hall Charges

Room and board rates are included below, and can also be purchased separately at the following rates:

Breakfast $7.00
Lunch $6.50
Dinner $9.00
all 3 meals in one day: $22.50

Reservations for meals should be made at least 24 hours in advance of the meal; a surcharge of $1 is added for meals if no advance reservation is made. Children 6 through 11 are half-price; no charge for children five or under. Individual meals should be paid for at the door.

III. Housing Charges

A 14-meal plan (Monday breakfast to Friday lunch) with lodging is available for $160/week for students (including student researchers). Senior personnel can receive the same weekly room and board plan for $180. All groups participating in non-MRS run activities are charged $33.00 per day for room and board. Housing is also available in cabins with cooking facilities.

Housing in winterized cooking cabins:

Cabin Monthly Daily Weekly
Absaroka (1 room, no plumbing) $230 $23 $115
Aspen (1 BR, cold water) $355 $27 $135
Columbine (2 BR, plumbing) $360 $35 $175
Jay (1 room, no plumbing) $230 $23 $115
Limber (2 BR, shared plumbing) $325 $26 $130
Lodgepole (2 BR, plumbing) $500 $40 $200
Mertensia (2 BR, cold water) $375 $35 $175
Nutcracker (1 room, no plumbing) $230 $23 $115
Ponderosa (2 BR, plumbing) $500 $40 $200
Robin (1 room, no plumbing) $230 $23 $115
Willow (1 room, loft, cold water) $295 $25 $125
Wind River (1 room, no plumbing) $230 $23 $115

Non-cooking, non-winterized cabins, no meals:

Cabin Monthly Daily Weekly
basic cabin $200.00 $23.00 $105.00
Niwot Ridge Shelters ... $6 ...
Alpine Tundra Lab ... $10 ...

Housing in Science Lodge (aka Fireweed Lodge)

Educational groups*
Other groups
Sleeping rooms
(minimum 3 /group)
$45/night/room
$60/night/room
Meeting room**
$130day
$160/day
Kitchen rental
$35/day
$45/day
*  CU groups can pay using speed type or IN
** included gratis with rental of sleeping rooms
A $50 non-refundable administrative deposit is required to reserve the Lodge for all groups

1. All cabin reservations must be accompanied by a $100 deposit (or 50% of total cost if less than $100). In case of cancellations, deposits are returned, minus a non-refundable $25 cancellation fee.
2. Daily rates apply to rentals of six days or less; daily rates include utilities.
3. Weekly rates apply to rentals of 7-14 days duration. The rate will be prorated to the total number of days and will include utilities.
4. Monthly rates are prorated for rentals over two weeks. Total cost will be the monthly rate plus utilities (weekly rates include utilities).
5. A cleaning and damage deposit equal to one month's rent must be paid before occupancy for any rental exceeding three months.

IV. Miscellaneous Fees

Photocopies: $0.10 each, + $10/hr if Station personnel do the copying
Overhead transparencies: $0.45 each for regular, $0.65 each for xerographic
Errands: $15/hour
Showers (for non-residents): $2 each

V. Transportation/Vehicle Fees

Shuttle Service to/from Boulder: please call for schedule and price information
Vehicle Full Day Half Day Hour
9-passenger carry-all, 4WD
+ 65 cents/mile
$55 $35 $10
Thiokol (tracked snow vehicle- use by approved personnel only) $180 $90 $35
Notes:
1) 48 hours advance reservations required
2) Add $25/hour for Station driver
3) Gasoline and oil are included in rental costs
4) Add $20/hour for labor costs plus parts for damages
5) Thiokol not to be rented unless run by station personnel
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This page was developed by Peg Halloran, Ph.D.
Copyright 1997 by the University of Colorado
Last Update:March 13, 2008 by Bill Bowman