{"id":87,"date":"2019-11-06T14:32:47","date_gmt":"2019-11-06T14:32:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/minervalab\/?page_id=87"},"modified":"2026-04-06T10:37:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T14:37:44","slug":"fee-and-schedule-policy","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/minervalab\/policies\/fee-and-schedule-policy\/","title":{"rendered":"Fee and Schedule Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_menu menu_id=&#8221;15&#8243; menu_style=&#8221;centered&#8221; fullwidth_menu=&#8221;on&#8221; active_link_color=&#8221;#d80b8c&#8221; dropdown_menu_bg_color=&#8221;#221f72&#8243; dropdown_menu_line_color=&#8221;#221f72&#8243; dropdown_menu_active_link_color=&#8221;#d80b8c&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Navigation Menu&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; 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If you require dedicated nodes or storage, we will also integrate new nodes dedicated to your research into our infrastructure.<\/li>\n<li>Please contact <a href=\"mailto:patricia.kovatch@mssm.edu\">Patricia Kovatch<\/a> for a letter of support or any dedicated computing resources. We greatly appreciate your assistance to make this endeavor sustainable.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\">\n<div class=\"field-items\">\n<div class=\"field-item even\">\n<h2><span style=\"color: #221f72\">Fee Schedule <\/span><\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The Principal Investigator (PI) of a Minerva project is responsible for paying for all on-line storage used by the project if it exceeds 1 terabyte.\n<ul>\n<li>Charges are determined yearly by the Mount Sinai Compliance and Finance Departments and include all Minerva services, i.e., cpu and gpu utilization; the storage, itself; archive storage; etc.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #221f68\">The charge-back rate is now <strong>$155\/<span data-olk-copy-source=\"MessageBody\">terabyte<\/span>\/yr<\/strong> calculated monthly at a rate of $12.92\/terabyte\/mo.<\/span> (Note: the charge-back rate is annually reviewed and approved by Mount Sinai Compliance).<\/li>\n<li>A summary of the billing schedule is shown in the figure below.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_image src=&#8221;https:\/\/labs.icahn.mssm.edu\/minervalab\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/342\/2025\/04\/Fee-Schedule_Update.jpg&#8221; title_text=&#8221;Fee Schedule_Update&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;][\/et_pb_image][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Useful links: <a href=\"https:\/\/redcap.mountsinai.org\/redcap\/surveys\/?s=NYTPPMKHK4\">Minerva Storage &#8211; Information Collection Form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.16&#8243; _module_preset=&#8221;default&#8221; global_colors_info=&#8221;{}&#8221;]<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Useful links: <a href=\"https:\/\/redcap.mountsinai.org\/redcap\/surveys\/?s=NYTPPMKHK4\">Minerva Storage &#8211; Information Collection Form<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column_inner][\/et_pb_row_inner][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_section]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Scientific Computing and Data \/ High Performance Computing \/ Policies \/ Fee and Schedule PolicyPolicies Acknowledgements Acceptable Use Consulting Services Fee and Schedule Policy Disaster Recovery Plan HIPAA Mount Sinai Code of Conduct Fee and Schedule Policy \u00a0 To offset a portion of the investment that Sinai has made, we are requesting that researchers include [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":415,"featured_media":0,"parent":2776,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"<h1>Fee and Schedule Policy<\/h1><div class=\"tabs\">\u00a0<\/div><div class=\"content-middle\"><div id=\"node-68\" class=\"node node-page clearfix\"><div class=\"content clearfix\"><div class=\"field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden\"><div class=\"field-items\"><div class=\"field-item even\"><p>To offset a portion of the investment that Sinai has made, we are requesting that researchers include funding in their grants for Scientific Computing. Please refer to the attached fee schedule which needs to be included in grants that plan to use Minerva or Scientific Computing\u2019s resources. You will only be charged for the specific amount of resources that you use. If you require dedicated nodes or storage, we will also integrate new nodes dedicated to your research into our infrastructure. Please contact <a href=\"mailto:patricia.kovatch@mssm.edu\">Patricia Kovatch<\/a> for a letter of support or any dedicated computing resources. We greatly appreciate your assistance to make this endeavor sustainable.<\/p><h3>\u00a0<\/h3><h2><span style=\"color: #221f72;\">Fee Schedule <\/span><\/h2><ul><li>The Principal Investigator (PI) of a Minerva project is responsible for paying for all on-line storage used by the project if it exceeds 1TiB. 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