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The consortium is operated on a not–for–profit basis,
so all income received by BGS will be used to support and run the consortium and to further develop GSI3D on everyone's behalf.
By joining the GSI3D research consortium you will be directly funding future development of
the methodology, the software and the documentation, all of which will be released
back to the consortium members. Prices are based on organisation type and
usage as detailed below.
For further information and to join the research consortium please contact our enquiries team.
(all prices are in Euros € and are liable to change without prior notice)
Research Consortium Membership
| Not-for profit organisation |
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One-off
joining fee |
Annual membership fee |
| Up to 10 activations |
Unlimited activations |
| €2,000 |
€2,000 |
€4,000 |
| Licence conditions |
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This level of membership will allow for public/Government duties and tasks,
as well as purely academic teaching and research modelling, so long as
your organisation holds not-for-profit status.
Examples of not-for-profit organisations are: a geological survey;
a university department; a central or local government department;
a public sector body — organisations which do not make commercial profits.
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| Examples |
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A geological survey wishing to acquire unlimited activations of GSI3D
would pay €6,000 in the first year (including the €2,000 joining fee) and thereafter €4,000 per-year in membership fees.
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A university earth science department wishing to acquire up to ten activations
for use on both academic and commercial modelling jobs would pay €4,000 in the first year (including the €2,000 joining fee) and
thereafter €2,000 per-year in membership fees.
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| Academic teaching |
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One-off
joining fee |
Annual membership fee |
| Unlimited activations |
| €2,000 |
€1,000 |
| Licence conditions |
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This level of membership allows for academic teaching purposes only. It does
not include teaching as part of a commercial training course. The annual
membership fee is not based on the number of users, and should therefore be an
attractive option for universities and colleges who will have the freedom to deploy
the software across their teaching programmes.
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| Example |
- A university wishes to equip its earth and environmental science departments with GSI3D to support a series of teaching modules in which the students would also use the software in practical classes. In the first year they would pay €3,000 (including the €2,000 joining fee), and thereafter would pay an annual membership fee of €1,000.
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| Commercial company |
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One-off
joining fee |
Annual membership fee |
| Per-activation |
| €2,000 |
€4,000 in first year, €2,000 thereafter |
| Licence conditions |
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This licence will permit commercial use of GSI3D as a direct part of profit-making
or research activities by a purely or partially commercial company.
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| Example |
- A commercial company wishes to equip a modeller with GSI3D to fulfill commercial contracts.
In the first year they would pay €6,000 (including a €2,000 joining fee), and €2,000 per-year thereafter.
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| Individual student/academic |
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One-off
joining fee |
Annual membership fee |
| Per-activation |
| Not applicable |
€300 |
| Licence conditions |
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This will permit use of GSI3D as part of academic (strictly non-commercial) research work by a student, academics or private individuals. This version of the licence incurs no joining fee in order to greatly reduce the cost of entry to such users. This option is designed to facilitate the use of GSI3D in purely academic research and publication by individual workers.
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| Example |
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A PhD student and their supervisor wish to use GSI3D to build a model of a particular geological scenario in order to enhance their research. In this case, both student and supervisor would each buy a separate, individual licence at €300 each.
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For further information and to join the research consortium please contact our enquiries team.
GSI3D Training
For further information on training courses, fees, scheduling and availability please see the
training page.
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