Bocas Fees
2013 | STRI Fees
Bocas Fees 2013
| BOCAS DEL TORO STATION | |||||
| 2013 HOUSING AND FACILITY FEE | |||||
| HOUSING | FACILITY FEE | ||||
| Same for all categories | Less than 1 month | More than 1 month | |||
| Student Dormitory (old dorm): | STRI Employee | $0.00 | $0.00 | ||
| < 3 weeks | $15/bed/day | STRI fellows and SI staff | $0.00 | $0.00 | |
| > 3 weeks | $10/bed/day | PhD Researchers | $23.00 | $20.00 | |
| Researchers Dormitory: | Grad students and Post-docs | $10.00 | $8.00 | ||
| Not available for classes, except TAs and professors |
Undergrads/interns | $7.00 | $5.00 | ||
| 2 Beds in each room | Volunteers and Panamanians | $0.00 | $0.00 | ||
| <3 weeks | $20/room/day | Remote/field researchers | $4.00 | $4.00 | |
| >3 weeks | $15/room/day | Courses | $23.00 | $23.00 | |
| Apartments (Cofrin and Hoch) | Gas | at cost | |||
| 2 Bedrooms, 2 beds in each room | Boat drivers | at cost | |||
| <3 weeks | $42/room/day | Dive buddies | at cost | ||
| >3 weeks | $27/room/day | Catering | at cost | ||
| Housing Cancellation Policy: | |||||
| There is a $35.00 cancellation fee for any cancellations 2 weeks prior to your arrival date and for cancellations with less than two weeks notice. | |||||
| Check-In time- 3:00 pm Check-Out time- 10:00 am | |||||
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Housing: The same rates apply to all categories of visitors.
Dormitories:
- Researchers dormitory (for Researchers, TAs and Professors)- Maximum 2 people per room. It has 8 rooms total (4 rooms have one twin bed each and the other 4 have one twin bed and one double bed), with shared kitchen and dining areas.
- Students- 4 - 6 people to a room, with shared kitchen and dining area.
Houses: Full 2-bedroom houses with internet, kitchen, laundry, etc. Each bedroom has either 2 twin-sized beds or 1 queen and 1 twin-bed. Prices are per bedroom.
All undergraduate visitors should be accompanied by their Advisor or a Supervisor who can assist them in their research.
Maximum stay 3 months.
Check-In time: 3:00 pm Check-Out time: 10:00 am
Lab Bench Fee: This includes most expenses (e.g., lab use including instruments and equipment, use of the boats or truck, tank fills, etc. except for gas for boats, expenses for boat drivers and dive buddies who are not station personnel, and anything more than incidental use of consumables such as alcohol and plastic ware. By excluding these items we are able to keep the bench fees affordable.
The following categories do not pay lab bench fee:
STRI and SI employees, SI and STRI fellows, MSN fellows, and STRI research associates. Other visitors accompanying the STRI researcher will be charged at the rate appropriate to their status.
Volunteers must work with a visiting PI who is in any of the categories listed in Bocas Fees.
Spouses who stay in the dorm but who do not participate in research, pay only for the dorm. Those helping with research fall into one of the above categories.
Please contact the station manager if you wish to arrange to have catered meals during your stay. This can be arranged but the prices cannot be predicted much in advance and prices vary with group size and kinds of meals requested.