Fees: Category H

Commercial visitors and film crews

Film crews and other commercial visitors are covered under this category.

Fees

	Film Crew
Registration Fee	$75.00
Facility Fee*	Email tejadas@si.edu
Facility Fee Bocas	$-
* Facility Fees include: 1. Laboratory space and equipment 2. Office workspace and equipment 3. Access to any STRI areas/spaces including greenhouses, butterfly farms, collections, etc. 4. Use of meeting rooms 5. Access to SI network 6. Logistics and technical support from different offices: OIT, Visitor Services Office, Security, Safety, Procurement, Traffic, Library, Scientific Support Service, etc.

Permits

	Film Crew
MiAMBIENTE Research Permit (For exclusive use on non?commercial scientific, academic, and educational work to be carried out on marine and terrestrial protected areas, non?protected terrestrial, marine, and freshwater areas, and with CITES species). This cost applies to the permit applicant only. There is extra costs for each additional participant in the permit. See cell below.	N/A
MiAMBIENTE. Addition of researchers/assistants/interns/students to the original permit application being requested by the PI (cost per person)	N/A
MiAMBIENTE . Addition of researchers/assistants/interns/students to a permit already granted (cost per person per permit application)	N/A
MiAMBIENTE. Addition of site and/or resource to a permit already granted	N/A
MiAMBIENTE Export Permit (For exclusive use on scientific, academic, and educational non? commercial work once the appropiate ANAM Terrestrial and Marine Research Permit has been granted. Applies also to CITES species).	N/A
MiAMBIENTE Import Permit (For exclusive use on non?commercial scientific, academic, and educational work once the appropiate ANAM Terrestrial and Marine Research Permit has been granted. Applies also to CITES species)	N/A
MIDA Export Zoosanitary or Phytosanitary License (For exclusive use on non?commercial scientific, academic, and educational work. This permit is required to export live organisms once tteh MiAmbiente Export Permit has been granted). One license is required for each species being requested for Export.	N/A
MIDA Import Zoosanitary or Phytosanitary License (For exclusive use on non?commercial scientific, academic, and educational work. This permit is required to import any samples once an Import Permit has been granted). One license is required for each species being requested for import.	N/A
MICI Collecting Permit (For exclusive use on non?commercial scientific, academic, and educational work to be carried out in the Republic of Panama territory).	N/A
MICI Export Permit (For exclusive use on non?commercial scientific, academic, and educational work once the appropiate collecting permit has been granted).	N/A
INAC Collecting Permit (For exclusive use on non?commercial scientific, academic and educational work to be carried out in the Republic of Panama territory).	N/A
INAC Export Permit (For exclusive use on non?commercial scientific, academic and educational work to be carried out in the Republic of Panama, once authorization has been granted).	N/A
ACP Collecting and Observation Permit (For exclusive use on non?commercial scientific, academic and educational work to be carried out in the area of the Panama Canal buffer zone).	N/A
Messenger service to deliver vouchers specimens to museums in Panama	N/A
Informed Consent (Fortuna, Parque Metroplitano, Summit, others)	N/A

Housing/Room & Board

	Film Crew
Ancon Per month / Per bed	$350.00
BCI Room & Board Daily	$120.00
BCI Room & Board Monthly	N/A
Bocas del Toro - Student Dorms. Per night	$15.00
Bocas del Toro - Researchers Dorms. Less than a month. Per night	$30.00
Bocas del Toro - Researchers Dorms. More than a month. Per night	$25.00
Bocas del Toro - Hoch & Cofrin Houses. Less than a month. Per night	$42.00
Bocas del Toro - Hoch & Cofrin Houses. More than a month. Per night	$35.00
Bocas Off Campus Fee/Monthly	$30.00
Coibita	$20.00
El Giral Per month / Per bed	$220.00
El Giral Per day / Per bed	$15.00
Fortuna Per day / Per bed	$14.00
Galeta Per day / Per bed	$20.00
Gamboa Per month / Per bed	$350.00
Gigante Daily	$14.00
San Lorenzo Per day / Per bed	$10.00

Administration & Finance

	Film Crew
Grant Administration, Procurement and Personnel Contracts ($10 minimum / transaction; Non-SI fund)	N/A
Finance Charge (outstanding balances of 60 days or more) - (Monthly)	N/A
Long distance Telephone & Fax	At Cost
Letter and Parcel Postage	At Cost
Custom Clearance Charge	At Cost

Vehicles

	Film Crew
Vehicles Gamboa	N/A
Vehicles Tupper	N/A

Boats

	Film Crew
BCI Boats &Fuel	$10.00 per gallon
Bocas Boat fee (up to 18' long) per day	Fuel at cost+ $5 per transaction
Bocas Boat fee (18' - 25' long) per day	Fuel at cost+ $5 per transaction
Boat License non-Panamanians * It is not a STRI fee, it is the cost given by the AMP (Panama Maritime Authority), that issues the boat driving licenses	$160.00
Boat License Panamanians	$10.00
Bocas Boat Driver fee per day *Fees are higher for holydays, nights and sites outside Almirante Bay. Please check with the Bocas Scientitfic Coordinator	$60.00
Bocas Boat Fuel	Fuel at cost+ $5 per transaction
Boats Galeta full day	N/A
Boats Galeta half day	N/A
Galeta Boat Operator full day
Galeta Boat Operator half day
Galeta Boat Operator overtime
Boats Naos Agujon	N/A
Boat Naos Anibal	N/A
Boat Naos Fuel	N/A
Naos Boat Operator/Pilot (Hourly)	N/A
Boat operator/Pilot overtime (days trips)	N/A
Boat Operator watch keeping rate (Overnight). User pays for operator meal costs.	N/A

Scientific Support

	Film Crew
Storage Fees (BCI, Bocas del Toro, Coibita, Gamboa & Tupper) “per year/per cubic meter or less”	N/A
BCI Scientific Support per day	N/A
Gamboa Scientific Support per day	N/A
Tupper Scientific Support per day	N/A
Confocal Microscope Use per hour	$100.00
SEM Hourly	$100.00
Gas Chromatograph use per sample	$100.00
General use Molecular Lab	N/A
Canopy Crane full day	$1,000.00

Audiovisual services

	Film Crew
Using Polycom ViewStation equipment only [IP connection] (Hourly)	N/A
After business hours, weekends and holidays (Hourly)	N/A

Dive Locker

	Film Crew
Coibita	$20.00