Desktop/Laptop Software Aquisition

Software acquisition for Fralin Biomedical Research Institute

To purchase any software for use at FBRI, please start a conversation with the FBRI IT Team.

This conversation should include the name of the software desired, the name of the individual for whom the software is being purchased, the system on which the software will be installed (the VT Asset Tag number/hostname of the computer), and the fund number to be charged for the purchase.

While there is a comprehensive list of the software and descriptions available on the Departmental Software webpage, there is a more focused list of our offerings below.

Our Most Commonly Used Software:

• Institute Funded:
  • Adobe - see detailed guidance
    • Creative Cloud for Teams ("Named User" and "Shared Device" licenses
    • Adobe Acrobat (machine license)
  • Mathworks MatLab
  • Microsoft Office
• Lab Funded:
  • Graphpad PRISM (machine license) - Expires February 28th of every year.   See detailed guidance
  • QuestionPro is available at no cost.  Qualtrics is available via FBRI site license
  • Slack
• Free of Charge:
  • FiJi/ImageJ
  • SAS JMP
  • R/R Studio

Important Notes: 

• Some Departmental Software requires a license agreement that you will need to download, sign, scan to your email, and attach to your Help Center ticket (see the links below)
• Additionally, there are several license that have fixed expiration dates. While some vendors pro-rate their prices, others do not.
  • Camtasia
    • Download here
  • Microsoft - Several Microsoft products require license agreements.
    •  Download here
  • Minitab - Annual - Expires July 31st
  • National Intruments LabView - Annual - Expires May 30th
  • SAS - Annual - Expires July 31
    • Download SAS license agreement for administrative use
    • Download SAS license agreement for teaching and research use
  • SPSS - Annual - Expires July 1
    • Download here (If purchasing AMOS, please write AMOS on the license agreement.)

Non-standard software:

There are numerous software packages available outside of the Departmental Software list:

• Autodesk has several application packages available for Students, Educators, and Administrators free of charge directly from their website.

For software not listed here or on the Departmental Software website, You should go to the VT Cobblestone page to determine if the software is currently authorized by VT for use on University computers.