Lab Fees
Lab & Loan Equipment Fees
Below you will find costs for the use of the LiRI lab space and equipment by academic users. Commercial users should contact LiRI for a project specific costing. The use of LiRI for BA and MA projects is free; however, it is still subject to availability and the normal project approval process. PhD students need to meet the costs of their project, however they can apply to LiZZ for a voucher to cover the lab costs. More information can found on the LiZZ website.
Costings for grants
If you are preparing a grant application, please contact us by email ( lab@linguistik.uzh.ch ) for a formal grant costing. Please contact us well in advance of the deadline and include as much information about each experiment you plan to run in your email, so that we can provide an accurate costing.
The costing will remain valid provided the grant is awarded within 12 months of the costing being issued and the costs will be valid for the duration of the grant.
Lab Fees
Costs for using the lab are divided into two parts: a space charge for testing booths charged at an hourly rate and device charges which include consumables which are charged per participant tested.
Lab space Price per hour
| Recording booth | 15 CHF |
| EEG booth | 15 CHF |
| Audiometric booth | 15 CHF |
Participant Charges
The participant charge includes both the use of the device and all required consumables.
| Device | Participant Charge |
|---|---|
| EEG system (Brain Products or Biosemi) | 50 CHF |
| fNIRS | 50 CHF |
| Physiological Monitoring System (e.g. Kapnograph, NIB) | 25 CHF |
| Screenbased Eyetracker | 25 CHF |
| Electromagnetic Articulograph (EMA ) | 50 CHF |
| Ultra-sound Tongue Imaging (UTI) | 25 CHF |
| Laryngograph (EGG) and Breathing Belt | 25 CHF |
| Motion Tracker | 25 CHF |
Equipment Loan Fees
The minimum period for a loan is eight weeks and the maximum length for a loan is 12 weeks.
After twelve weeks, loan equipment must be returned for revision. A new loan can be requested to start immediately after the pervious loan has ended (subject to availability).
Note: If you intend to pay costs for loan equipment with SNSF funds, and these were not included in your initial funding application, please check with the SNSF, if they cover the costs.
| Device | First Installation (eight weeks) |
Subsequent Weeks |
Portable screenbased Eyetracker (Includes laptop with licensed software) |
475 CHF | 79 CHF |
| Eyetracking glasses (Pupil Invisible or Tobii) | 170 CHF | 28 CHF |
LENA Basic Kit (Includes laptop with Lena Pro and 2 DLPs) |
276 CHF | 46 CHF |
| Additional LENA DLP | 50 CHF | 8 CHF |
| Fieldwork camera (Zoom Q8) | 98 CHF | 15 CHF |
| Camera Kit (SONY PXW-Z90) | 168 CHF | 28 CHF |
EEG system (Includes Consumables and host laptop) |
1000 CHF | 150 CHF |
| fNIRS | 1000 CHF | 150 CHF |
| Transcranial Electrical Stimulator (tDCS) | 180 CHF | 30 CHF |
| Ultra-sound Tongue Imaging (UTI) | 180 CHF | 30 CHF |
| Electroglottography (EGG) | 100 CHF | 15 CHF |
| Phonetics Field Kit (Zoom H5 & Microphones | 103 CHF | 17 CHF |
| Accessories (Audio interfaces, Trigger boxes, breathing belt etc) | 46 CHF | 7 CHF |
| Laptop or dongle with licensed software | 270 CHF | 45 CHF |
Technical Support
Four hours of support time is included as part of all lab projects to cover basic set-up, configuration and calibration of experiments. Additional time for technical support, programming or training is billed on an hourly basis.
| UZH members and research collaborators | 75 CHF |
| Members of other academic or public institutions | 120 CHF |