There are no fees for grant preparation, provided the SCL is a line item in the budget and/or an SCL staff consultant becomes a co-investigator.

The Statistical Computation Lab (SCL) offers statistical consulting services to Western Michigan students and faculty, as well as to outside clients. In the past, we were able to offer some free consulting to graduate students and faculty of WMU. But due to budget cutbacks, we no longer have the TAs to offer this service. However, we still offer the low rate of $40.00 per hour for consulting with a statistical PhD graduate student.

For WMU faculty, the Department of Statistics also offers consulting services. The fee is negotiated by individual faculty (generally $150.00 per hour). But this fee can be offset by grant participation and research opportunities.

These fees are negotiable, depending on service required. Fees can also be negotiated for projects and contracts. Fees for courses vary depending on their topic and length.

Please note: the SCL does do funded research. In order to pay its bills (staff, hardware, and software), just like any other organization, the funded research has the highest service priority of the SCL.