Research
Equipment Maintenance and Service Contracts Upkeep
The SOP Office of the Associate Dean for Research (Amarillo) assists the School with the upkeep of major research equipment (including the payment of high-cost yearly service contracts). The policy regarding capital equipment upkeep and maintenance of service contracts may be found at: http://www.ttuhsc.edu/sop/administration/policies/SOPOP73.P.03.
Briefly, all Principal Investigators (PIs) should anticipate sharing in the costs to provide for a technician as well as for the annual maintenance costs of the major equipment that they use. The Office of the Associate Dean for Research (Research Office) shall determine what instruments will require investigators to pay usage fees. When preparing extramural grant requests, PIs must include equipment use fees (as set by the Research Office) in their budgets. (Please refer to the Equipment Use Fee Table for these rates.)
The Research Office approves all PI requests to use capital equipment, ensures compliance with this policy, and reviews all waiver requests from PIs. Copies of equipment use logs will be delivered to the Research Office each month, and the Office will charge equipment use fees directly to research accounts, as appropriate.