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Sue DeMaggio
UC Irvine
At 06:57 PM 6/9/97 -0500, Jonni S. Moore wrote:
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>In response to Ed Srour's summary of our core operation, I thought I would
>clarify a few points so you all don't think we are without pressures here
>at PENN... While it is correct to say that we are currently operating in
>the black (for the past 2 years) there are a lot of factors that contribute
>to that condition. we too have a Cancer Center core grant that provides
>40% of our operating costs thus chargebacks only have to cover a certain
>proportion of expenses. In addition a portion of our salaries are covered
>by the Department of Pathology outside of the facility. While we do not
>receive any financial support from the University directly, we have
>benefited from parts of program projects and other grants- this is
>important. You need to have a good relationship with your research
>administration to see that these grants get flagged and funds for things
>like service contracts get added. Don't let them get away with just
>budgeting user fees. Yes, there are a few other instruments on campus,
>but we are have the most technically sophisticated instrumentation and the
>only facility that provides both scientific support and training thus we
>are often where most PI's end up. For this reason, we have put all excess
>revenue back into the expansion of services to meet the needs of our users.
>Our goal is to be revenue neutral--we hope to be able to reduce fees in
>the future if we are successful in gaining more outside support.
> In summary, if we depended only on user fees, we would not be in
>the black. To have a successful core, it takes the support of the
>administration at several levels--the result is to the greater financial
>health of the institution by providing the basis necessary to insure the
>success of the PIs in obtaining funds through grants--this is a good point
>to raise in evaluating the success of your facility. It's not just the
>direct dollars and cents, it is the funds generated by investigators
>resulting from the use of your facility.
> Hope this clarifies our situation and emphasizes that a successful
>core takes the contribution of many--I think it would be virtually
>impossible in this day and age to have one based on user fees alone-you
>would have to price yourself out of the market!
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> Here's to continued (and new) support of our flow labs!
> Jonni
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>Jonni S. Moore, Ph. D. (moorej@mail.med.upenn.edu)
>University of Pennsylvania Cancer Center
>Flow Cytometry and Cell Sorting Shared Resource
>Voice: 215-898-3528 Fax: 215-898-4227
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