The facility is operated on a recharge basis. Prime time is defined as between 9AM and 9PM. Non-prime time is 9PM to 9AM. Current recharge rates (effective 7/1/06) are as follows:
| Instrument | Campus Rate ($/hr) prime / non-prime |
External Rate ($/hr) prime / non-prime |
| FTIR/Raman spectrometer FTIR |
15.00 / na | 22.05 / na |
| FTIR/Raman spectrometer Raman |
20.00 / na | 29.40 / na |
| Fluorimeter | 5.00 / na | 7.35 / na |
| AVANCE 200 NMR Spectrometer | 7.00 / na | 10.29 / na |
| AVANCE 300 NMR Spectrometer | 13.75 / 8.28 | 20.21 / 12.17 |
| AVANCE 500 NMR Spectrometer | 13.82 / 8.33 | 20.32 / 12.25 |
| AVANCE 500 WB NMR Spectrometer | 13.82 / 8.33 | 20.32 / 12.25 |
| Development Engineer Time | 75.78 | 111.40 |