{"id":265,"date":"2021-03-12T22:32:54","date_gmt":"2021-03-12T22:32:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.ps.uci.edu\/kccams\/client-services-yoo-2\/"},"modified":"2025-03-05T22:15:52","modified_gmt":"2025-03-05T22:15:52","slug":"fees","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.ps.uci.edu\/kccams\/client-services-yoo\/fees\/","title":{"rendered":"Fees"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>\n<h4><strong>Fees for Radiocarbon Analyses<\/strong><\/h4>\n<\/h1>\n<hr>\n<div>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Fees (in $US) for sample preparation and analyses vary by sample type and follow a tiered structure, with lower fees available to academic research groups affiliated with the University of California (UC) than other academic\/non-profit institutions (not-UC, not-for-profit) or other clients (not-UC, commercial).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<pre><strong>Note that non-UC client fees have increased effective Aug 1, 2024 to account for inflation.<\/strong><\/pre>\n<\/div>\n<div>\n<style>\n    table {\n      border: 1px solid #eeeeee;\n      width: 100%;\n   \t  border-collapse: collapse;\n      border-spacing: 0;\n    }\n    th {\n      font-size:1.25em;\n      padding-bottom: 20px;\n    }\n    td {\n      padding-top:15px;\n      padding-bottom:15px;\n\t}\n    td:first-child {\n      padding-left:20px;\n      padding-right:0;\n    }<\/p>\n<\/style>\n<table>\n<col style=\"width:55%\">\n<col style=\"width:15%\">\n<col style=\"width:15%\">\n<col style=\"width:15%\">\n<tr>\n<th style=\"text-align: left;\">Sample type\/procedure<\/th>\n<th>University of California (UC)<\/th>\n<th>Not-UC, not-for-profit<\/th>\n<th>Not-UC, commercial<\/th>\n<\/tr>\n<tr style=\"background-color: #eeeeee;\">\n<td><b>Organics (sample preparation)<\/b><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<td><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<td>Physical and chemical cleaning*<\/td>\n<td style=\"text-align: center; 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