A 3D printer in operation producing a bright pink, organic-shaped model on the print bed, with visible wiring and safety warning labels on the machine.

Getting Started

Anyone in the world can follow the below procedures to use the IBB Core Facilities. Whether you are a member of the Georgia Tech community or an external partner, there are a few simple steps to join and get access.

IBB’s 14 core facilities, located across multiple spaces on campus, provide shared access to advanced technologies and expertise that support cutting-edge biological research. Serving Georgia Tech faculty and trainees, partner organizations, and industry, these cores offer specialized services and instrumentation with subsidized rates for internal and partner users and affordable pricing for industry. 

Georgia Tech Employees and Students

If you are a Georgia Tech employee or student, please register in SUMS, provide payment information in advance, and request consultation and training. 

Georgia Cores Alliance Members

If you are a part of the Georgia Cores Alliance (University of Georgia, Emory University, Augusta University, Morehouse School of Medicine, Georgia State University, Clark Atlanta University, and Mercer University), please click here to complete billing information and learn more about your cores of interest. Once the information is completed and received, IBB will create a guest account and register you in SUMS. If you have any questions, please email coreinfo@ibb.gatech.edu.

External Users

If you are an external academic or industry user, your process goes through the Georgia Tech Research Corporations (GTRC). Here are the steps: 

  1. Please have your legal/sponsored programs team review the GTRC IBB SSA - Special Terms or GTRC IBB SSA - no special terms document. If in full agreement with the terms and conditions, we can expedite the process. If you have proposed changes, it will be an extended process and one of our contracting officers will review and respond. 
  2. In parallel, complete and submit the core facilities Sponsored Programs / Research Proposal Authorization Form. 
  3. One of our Georgia Tech IBB core facilities team members will assist you in creating a scope of work. This is a brief paragraph that describes the type of services requested, the number of samples, and other pertinent information. 
  4. Based on the scope of work, the Core Facilities team member will create a budget for you including an appropriate overhead rate for external academic and external industry customers. 
  5. Once you approve the budget, the data will be entered into our eRouting system, which manages the administrative side of the proposal. 
  6. When everything is approved in eRouting (including negotiations and signing of agreements between you and GTRC), we will get an accounting (Workday) number for the proposal, and the Core Facility will begin providing services. 

Questions

Download the Rate Schedule for IBB Core Facilities

For general inquiries or for information regarding our service and equipment rates, please contact our team at coreinfo@ibb.gatech.edu.