Example 1 to paragraph (c)(4). A request from a professor of geology at a university for records relating to soil erosion, written on letterhead of the Department of Geology, would be presumed to be from an educational institution.
Example 2 to paragraph (c)(4). A request from the same professor of geology seeking drug information from the Food and Drug Administration in furtherance of a murder mystery he is writing would not be presumed to be an institutional request, regardless of whether it was written on institutional stationery.
Example 3 to paragraph (c)(4). A student, who makes a request in furtherance of their coursework or other school-sponsored activities and provides a copy of a course syllabus or other reasonable documentation to indicate the research purpose for the request, would qualify as part of this fee category.
Table 1 to § 102.8 -Summary of Fees
Requester category | Search | Review | Duplication fees | Direct costs |
Commercial Use | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes. |
Educational/Noncommercial Scientific Institutions | No | No | Yes (first 100 pages, or equivalent volume free) | No. |
News Media | No | No | Yes (first 100 pages, or equivalent volume free) | No. |
All Others | Yes (first 2 hours free) | No | Yes (first 100 pages, or equivalent volume free) | Yes. |
13 C.F.R. §102.8