Your lab may include both expertise and equipment that can support the research goals of colleagues on campus or partners in the community and industry. To ensure that you are able to maintain your equipment in good working order and cover the time of technicians, fee-for-service research contracts can be used to invoice partners and generate revenue in your lab. In order to collect these fees, you will need to establish a Lab Fees Account. To request a Lab Fees account, log in to ERSO and create an ORIS External Funding Checklist. On the Project Sponsor tab, select the agency University of Windsor [INT], and the program Lab fees. Per our Policy on Lab Fees Accounts, you must upload a document outlining fee schedules and anticipated use of funds.
Invoices are issued to the users of the equipment or to recipients of the service. The maximum amount for an external invoice of $10,000. Any amount in excess of $10,000 should be discussed with your Research Coordinator to determine the appropriate course of action. This is necessary to confirm that there is a need for this account to be opened and that a standard fee structure has been developed.
External invoices:
PIs must email resfinance@uwindsor.ca with the following information for an invoice to be issued:
- Contact information for invoicing
- Amount for direct costs (equipment use/service)
- Amount for overhead (at 40%) on top of direct costs
- External Invoice Request Form
Internal charges:
PIs must email resfinance@uwindsor.ca with the following information for a journal transfer:
- Amount for direct costs (equipment use/service)
- Account number for funds to be transferred from
- No overhead is charged