The Research Platform is funded directly by your project, with budgets managed by your Project Admin via the RPAdmin console.
- Pay only for what you use: You are charged exclusively for machine runtime and storage.
- Watch your budget: There are currently no automatic shut-offs when funds run low, so it is your responsibility to track your spending.
Funding a Project on the Research Platform
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Until this feature goes live, budget control relies on active monitoring and team communication, not system blocks.
How the Money Gets into the System
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Project Funding and RPAdmin Budget Management
Funding and budget management in RPAdmin operate under the following principles:
- Project Accounts: Funding is routed to a dedicated project account, functioning similarly to an AWS linked account.
- Cost Representation: Figures displayed in the RPAdmin dashboard represent AWS service costs, not actual obligated dollars.
- Budget Limits: Principal Investigators (PIs) are responsible for setting budgets and spending limits within RPAdmin (similar to AWS Cost Explorer). These limits are used for tracking and do not become actual obligated dollars until pricing is finalized or approximated.
- Reporting: Until a dedicated self-service dashboard is fully available, projects will receive monthly cost and spending reports to track their allocations and usage
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How to Keep Your Costs Down
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