# FAQs ## expand\_more **Q: How get I get priority scheduling for my COVID-19 work?** **A:** Starting May 1, 2021, COVID-19 will no longer have priority scheduling. COVID-19 projects are welcome to continue under the standard project submission as described on [the progress report submission page](/progress-report). New COVID-19 projects can be submitted through [the proposal submission page](/proposal) and will be reviewed by their respective institution. **Q: What equipment is currently available for use?** **A:** Two Vitrobots are available in the sample prep room located in SGM B02A. The Talos Arctica and both Titan Krios microscopes are available for sample screening and data collection. **Q: How do I get access to the equipment?** **A:** Harvard, Boston Children's Hospital, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, and Massachusetts General Hospital communities are part of the Consortium that founded the facility. If you are not a member of the listed institutions, you are welcome to use the facility at the External Academic [rate](/pricelist). Please see the [policies page](/cemc-policies) for more information or email for more information. To access the Vitrobots, you can request training in the CryoEM PPMS (). Once you have logged in, there is an option on your Home page called 'request a training'. After you submit the form titled 'Request Vitrobot training', a staff member will contact you to schedule training. - ***Rapid Access sessions are ongoing and do not require a proposal!*** To accommodate users who are interested in shorter timeslots in the Harvard Cryo-EM Center, we are now offering shorter timeslots to independently screen and/or collect a short dataset. We will also offer training during these sessions. Please request a Rapid Access session on the CryoEM PPMS Home page: . - ***To access the facility microscopes for independent sample screening or data collection, you need to submit a project proposal*** ([https://cryoem.hms.harvard.edu/proposal](/proposal)). Each proposal will be reviewed by a committee at the user's home institution or by the HMS review committee for external users. Approved projects will be allowed up to 4 sessions on the specified microscope. After these allotted sessions, users will need additional approval to book further sessions for the same project ([https://cryoem.hms.harvard.edu/progress-report](/progress-report)). For more details, please see our [policies page](/cemc-policies). **Q: How much microscope time does my institution get?** **A:** We generally follow these allocation charts when scheduling time and we allow time for external academic and commercial users. For further information, please contact .