Hello all, Hoping to get some help from the collective wisdom here. Two separate questions are on the table. 1. Depreciation - I know instruments purchased with NIH funds cannot be depreciated, but how many of you depreciate instruments purchased with internal funds? If you do depreciate, do you add that into the rate calculation? 2. Instrument purchases - While instrumentation grants are nice, there is a limit to the utility of them for replacement of older instruments as well as acquiring cutting edge technology. I have proposed an institutional funding mechanism to provide for this process. I've been asked to see if other institutions have such an internal funding mechanism. If so, what is the approximate value of that fund on an annual basis and how does the fund work. Thanks so much, Tim