• Download an MS Word project form (CIVM_ProjectForm2013.doc)
• Briefly describe your project / /equipment / resources required
• Indicate whether you want CIVM to consult and participate on a Collaboration or whether you want CIVM to perform a Service for your project
• Send to sally.zimney@duke.edu (919 684-7758). Our faculty will review your proposal and contact you.

DATA only

Many of our manuscripts have supplemental web pages that provide access to CIVM data. CLICK HERE to see if the types of data available meet your needs.

Or, download a data-sharing project form to describe what you need

• Send the completed form to sally.zimney@duke.edu (919 684-7758)
• We will work out an appropriate method to share the data with you

We receive a large number of proposals, and cannot fulfill all requests. Each month, CIVM faculty review proposals and evaluate the requests. Someone from our faculty or staff will contact you to let you know the status of your proposal, and perhaps request more detail.

Rates for CIVM resources

All CIVM resource charges follow policies from the NIH Office of Management and Budget for operation of educational animal resources (circular A-21-Cost Principles for Education Institutions.

Charges cover capital equipment replacement, service contracts, expendables like cryogens, and operation and maintenance of equipment. Animal support incurs hourly charges. Surcharges are included, if a project involves high-cost expendables (such as hyperpolarized gas or contrast agents). For equipment or services not listed, call 919 684-7755 or -58.

Basic scanning rates ( per hour)			Surcharges	Rate
MR microscopy (2T, 7T, 9T)	$255		Live animal surcharge per hour	$130
MR Bruker (7T)	$385		Technical assistance per hour	$130
MR Aspect (1T)	$120		Hyperpolarized gas per experiment	$665
Micro-CT	$180
Micro x-ray	$180		Post-processing analysis workstations
Ultrasound	$180		Vitrea, Volocity, Visualsonics	$50
Kodak imager	$50
Confocal microscope	$50
MicroSPECT	$180

Our expectations of collaborators

• We assume publication of results in peer-reviewed journals.
• Collaborators need to consult CIVM contributors who may serve as co-authors and reviewers of the manuscript before submission.
• Publications must credit our federal grant support. Sally Zimney (919 684-7758) can supply appropriate wording. We also expect submission either by the journal or the primary author to the NIH Public Access system.
• We ask that collaborators supply digital copies of the manuscripts/figures for our archives.

Collaborations with CIVM continue to grow with researchers from Duke departments; local, national, and international academic institutions; government agencies; and private industry with applications for medical research in areas such as molecular and cell biology, pulmonary medicine, cardiology, neurobiology, oncology, and cell biology. Let us know how we can help with imaging for one of your projects.