Rate and Billing Information

Below are the ARC service rates that are currently in place. For more information, download the following memorandum:

Notice of Rate Adjustment Effective October 1, 2019 (PDF)

Animal Resource Center (ARC) Cost, Subsidy and Rate Schedule FY2019/20

1. Internal Rates – The first column is the true cost to the university for each of the species (except to external users). The second column is the share to be paid by ARC from VPR accounts and the third column is what will be billed to users for their share, effective 10/1/19.
2. External Rates – Rates charged to internal users benefit from substantial subsidy funds provided to the ARC. However, the University does not extend this subsidy to external customers. External rates are based on total operating costs and include an additional institutional surcharge used to cover facilities and administrative expenses. The ARC does not generally directly support external users but there are situations where another university department utilizes ARC services as part of their project funded directly by an external user. In these cases, the ARC will bill the external rate, so the budgeting for these projects must take this into account. External users are entities or persons over whom The University of Texas at Austin has no fiduciary responsibility, regardless of the user’s relation to the university’s academic or research mission. External users include universities/colleges other than The University of Texas at Austin, commercial entities, nonaffiliated not-for-profit organizations, other state agencies, students, and members of faculty or staff acting in a personal capacity.

Rates for Services