Reservations

SMIF uses the CoreResearch@Duke system for equipment and instrument scheduling. You can access CoreResearch@Duke by clicking here. The following User Guides will assist you in making and editing reservations, and starting/stopping actual usage:

Important Things to Know about CoreResearch@Duke

You must have a Duke NetID and password to login and use CoreResearch@Duke
CoreResearch works ONLY on Chrome, Microsoft Internet Explorer, and Safari. Mozilla FireFox is not a supported browser at this time.
SMIF bills you based on your actual usage of the instrument or lab. However, the system defaults to your reserved time for billing if you do not start/stop your reservation manually. This also means that you will be billed for your reservation if you do not show up, unless you cancel the reservation ahead of time.
If you can’t login to CoreResearch@Duke or Select a Fund Code when trying to make a reservation: this means you probably have not been set up with a fundcode/project. For Duke internal users, only your PI or Grant Manager can set you up – this can’t be done by SMIF. For External (Non-Duke) users please contact smif-billing@duke.edu to get set up in the system.
If you can’t reserve time on equipment that you previously could: Please contact SMIF staff. Your equipment certification may not have properly transferred from SMIF’s old system to CoreResearch@Duke.

Equipment Reservation Rules

All equipment is available to qualified users as follows:

Cleanroom Fabrication Lab: 7am to 12midnight, 7 days a week
All other Labs: 24 hours a day, 7 days a week

All equipment can be reserved up to 1 month in advance

The following instruments have limits on the length of a reservation:

EBL1: 8 hours
EVAP2: 4 hours
MICROCT1: 4 hours
TEM2: 4 hours