Visiting Scientist Program Fees

Laboratory Rentals

Laboratory space rental is available to support visiting scientist research activities. Each laboratory rental allows one person to occupy the space. A personnel surcharge is applied for each additional person occupying the space. A hazardous waste flat fee is included in the Laboratory Rental Rates when wet bench space is rented.

• Laboratory Rental Rates

Core Facilities

Use of core facilities and equipment is on a fee-for-use basis. Research specimens must be ordered in advance; vertebrate animal use requires prior IACUC Approval.

• Instrumentation Core Fee Schedule
• Animal Core Fee Schedule
• DNA Sequencing Core Fee Schedule
• Imaging Core Fee Fee Schedule
• Computational Biology Fee Schedule

Housing Rentals

Visiting scientists may lease cottages or apartments and may apply for housing for their staff.

Housing Rental Rates

Cottages

• Rustic: Pond Cottages
• Mid Level: Rieck, Epstein, Homer Smith, White
• Premium: Cove Cottages, Meadow Cottages, Forster, Bevelander and Oaks with no pod.

Apartments

• Efficiency: Eden 1 A & B
• Standard: Eden 2 A & B

Dormitories: Birch, Spruce, Oaks 1, 2, 3, 4

Graduate Student Housing: Emery Cottage, 164 Old Bar Harbor Road

Dining Hall

Individual meals / meal plans and ala carte items can be purchased throughout most of the year. PLEASE NOTE: All Birch and Spruce residents are required to purchase the full meal plan, as cooking is not allowed in those dormitories.

• Full Meal Plan – $265 / week
• Individual Meals:
  • Dinner – $20 / each
  • Lunch – $14 / each
  • Breakfast – $6 / each

Special catering requests must be made by MDI Biological Laboratory staff on behalf of visiting scientists, and must be approved in advance.

Conference Rooms

• Conference Room Rates

Please contact the Courses and Conferences team for availability if you would like to rent conference room space.