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Pricing Options

Projects can be funded through several different options. Please choose which option best suites your project.



Standard Services Pricing Table

Price per sample is noted below for standard services. This is preliminary pricing, for all projects we highly recommend you discuss with Core staff to ensure your project falls within standard guidelines. Pricing with an asterisks indicates projects with high degrees of customization, and ALL projects with this note require a pre-project consultation. Any custom work will be proactively discussed and negotiated on prior to project inception.
Click on each service item for additional details, or review our services page.

Service Line Item Cost per sample for Rutgers members Cost per sample for non-Rutgers academics Cost per sample for commercial researchers
Variant Analysis $80.00 $92.00 $120.00
Small Genome De Novo Assembly $60.00 $69.00 $90.00
Large Genome De Novo Assembly Custom Custom Custom
RNA-seq Analysis $70.00 $80.50 $105.00
Single Cell RNA Analysis $200.00 $230.00 $300.00
scRNA with additional flavors $250.00 $287.50 $375.00
ATAC-seq $70.00 $80.50 $105.00
scATAC-seq $300.00 $345.00 $450.00
scMultiome $500.00 $575.00 $750.00
Methyl-seq $70.00 $80.50 $105.00
ChIP-Seq $50.00 $57.50 $75.00
Cut&Run $50.00 $57.50 $75.00
16s Metabarcoding $5.00 $5.75 $7.50
Short Read Shotgun Metagenomics $50.00 TBD TBD
Long Read Shotgun Metagenomics TBD TBD TBD
Long Reads 16s Metabarcoding $20.00 $23.00 $30.00

Sponsored Research Percent Effort

A common way to cover bioinformatics services in a more collaborative fashion is through salary percent effort. This option is highly flexible and allows the Core to offer deeper engagement than a fee-for-service transaction can.

With sufficient percent effort allocated to support a bioinformatician's role on a project, they are empowered to perform in-depth literature searches, test experimental workflows, and develop novel workflows — work that fee-for-service rates don't cover.

Please click here to download our boilerplate letter of support. This can be modified to fit your project. We kindly request that you notify us when using this boilerplate so we can balance workloads appropriately for your project.

Scale of effort

The scale below helps with project planning and budget allocation. Full support means the requested bioinformatician is embedded in the requesting lab for the specified time scale — most commonly this is remote for flexibility, but physical embedding is also possible. Fully-supported bioinformaticians should be included in the requesting lab's regular lab meetings.

Full support is used for more complex and broad projects, scaled to project demands and investigator needs. A 6-sample scRNA project going beyond standard processing is well-covered by a 1 day/week slot; a 24-sample spatial project typically needs 60% or more.

% Allocation Description
2.5%Advisement only. This commitment is insufficient for analytical execution.
5%Minimum for analytical execution. Smaller-scale projects with minimal support demand. Example: 24-sample RNA-seq with minimal downstream alterations.
10%Mid-scale projects with minimal support demand. Example: 2-sample scRNA-seq with minimal downstream alterations.
20%Full support, 1 day/week.
40%Full support, 2 days/week.
60%Full support, 3 days/week.
80%Full support, 4 days/week.
100%Full support, 5 days/week.
Exceptions: Variations from the scale above must be approved by the Scientific Director of the Core and/or the Scientific Director of all Cores.
Contact MaGIC to discuss Sponsored Research Effort

Support Agreements

Support agreements are the primary mechanism for deeper collaboration with MaGIC. They define expectations, goals, and resource allocation for sponsored research projects and larger-scale collaborations. This covers both individual-scale agreements and Center- or Department-scale agreements.

Collaborative support agreements

Individuals or small groups seeking collaboration with MaGIC can generate a collaborative support agreement. The agreement outlines:

  • Expectations — deliverables, scope boundaries, and what the Core will and won't do.
  • Goals — scientific aims and success criteria.
  • Resources — percent effort allocated, per the Sponsored Research Effort scale above.

A pre-project consultation is required before finalizing an agreement, to ensure proper alignment and understanding of scope. Once the agreement is in place, regular meetings are scheduled to discuss project development and provide progress updates.

Typical scope examples

  • 10%: 2-sample scRNA-seq with minimal downstream alterations.
  • 20% (1 day/week): Full support for a 6-sample scRNA-seq project that will go beyond standard processing.
  • 60% (3 days/week): A 24-sample spatial transcriptomics project with custom secondary analysis and visualization.

Renewal and termination cadence

  • Review cadence: Support agreements are reviewed at the midpoint and at the agreed end date.
  • Renewal: Renewal is negotiated before the end date if the project is continuing. Any scope changes require a new or amended agreement.
  • Termination: Governed by the Core's project termination policy.

Center or Department agreements

Larger-scale collaborations are executed through Center or Department agreements. In these cases, monthly funding for MaGIC is provided in exchange for prescribed benefits, similar in spirit to percent-effort arrangements.

  • The benefits and resource allocation are defined within the agreement itself.
  • The Core members involved are clearly named and updated as staffing changes occur.
  • These agreements are signed off by the Scientific Director of Cores and the Administrative Director of Cores.
Contact MaGIC to discuss a Support Agreement