AERPAW Usage Fees

AERPAW operates as a shared, pay-per-use national research infrastructure, and its usage fees are designed to support sustainable operations while ensuring broad, equitable access for the research and education community. The fees outlined below reflect the resources required to maintain safe, reliable, and high-quality experimentation—including platform operations, technical support, and regulatory compliance. AERPAW strives to keep costs transparent and reasonable, particularly for academic and publicly funded research, while offering flexibility to accommodate a wide range of experimental needs, project scales, and user communities. The fees will be charged using the NCSU Testing Services Agreement.