REX posts AB minimum request: 2 engineer/physicist posts + 2 technician posts 120 kchf/year exploitation budget 50 kchf/year consolidation budget Cost for posts per year: (51% maximum overhead) Enginner post: 125 173 CHF Technician post (higher): 107 687 CHF Technicina post (lower): 94 532 CHF Present funding: 2003-2006: IKS KU Leuven: 63 640 CHF/year 2003: BMBF: 2*35520 KCHF 2004-2005: BMBF: 2*100 640 CHF/year 2006: BMBF: 2*22 200 CHF Situation May 2003 for 2003-2006 2003 Cost for four month: 150 855 CHF Budget: 134 680 CHF 2004-2005 Cost for 12 month: 452 565 CHF Budget: 264920 CHF 2005 Cost for 8 month: 301 710 CHF Budget: 107 640 CHF Mats Lindroos