Kansas touts biodefense center bid with biosecurity lab lure
Kansas officials push Manhattan and Leavenworth as hosts for a new state biosecurity lab to lure the federal Homeland Security laboratory from Plum Island. They promise $35 million to $50 million in incentives, infrastructure help, and a 500000 square foot facility with a $100 million annual budget and 300-plus staff, projecting a $3.5 billion 20-year economic impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Homeland Security
Kstate
Plum Island
Roberts
Mark Parkinson
Cochairman
K-State
Leavenworth
Manhattan
Homeland Security Agency
Parkinson
Federal Lab
Pla
Jon Wefald
Kansas
Kenny Wilk
Rlansing
Wilk
Homeland Security
Versity of
Kansas Medical Center
Biosecurity Research Institute
Kansas State
Department of Homeland Security
Michael Chertoff
Department of Agriculture
Johanns
Defense Department
States and institutions with biodefense stake listed
The document catalogs entities across states that hold biodefense stakes. It lists universities and consortia in California Georgia Kansas Kentucky Maryland Mississippi Missouri North Carolina Oklahoma Oklahoma State University Texas Wisconsin and facilities like Los Alamos and Oak Ridge as hosts or partners. Stakeholders include universities such as UC Berkeley LLNL NC State Purdue and Texas A&M alongside consortia and national labs with proposed sites near major cities and campuses.
Kansas bid to host National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility
Senator Pat Roberts urges Kansas lawmakers to back a bid to locate the National Bio and Agro-Defense Facility in Manhattan or Leavenworth. He outlines a $451 million, 500000-square-foot lab that could create up to 500 high paying scientific jobs and deliver a $3.5 billion economic impact over 20 years. He notes DHS will select finalists this summer with a 2008 site announcement, and emphasizes state support, bioscience infrastructure, and local incentives as key atraction points.
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Ann Williamson
Laura Gasbarre
Leavenworth
Statehouse
Topeka
Tom Thornton
Kansas Bioscience Authority
Ron Trewyn
Kansas State University
Manhattan
Pat Roberts
Kansas
Neufeld
Morris
McKinney
Hensley
Kansas House
Department of Homeland Security
Congress
Federal
Plum Island
New York
Kansas Prairie
Kansas City
U.S
Biosecurity Research Institute
Kansas State
Uni
Homeland Security
Bioscience Authority
Clay Blair
Sebelius
Senate
Beggs
WSU
Hemenway
Werald
KSU
Steve Morris
Kenny Wilk
KU Med Center
Wichita State
Kansas Bio-Science Authority
House
Melvin Neufeld
Stephen Mons
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Leaven
Scott Rothschild
California
University of California, Lawrence Libermore Laboratory
West of Tracy, Calif
Georgia
Georgia Consortium For Health and Agro-Security
Athens
KANSAS @ Heartland BioAgro Consortium
Kansas University
Kentucky
Tennessee
NABF
Oak Ridge National Labs
Somerset, Ky
Maryland
Bio-Ag Defense Consortium
Beltsville, Md
Mississippi
Gulf States Bio and Agro-Defense Consortium
Jackson
Miss
Missouri
University of Missouri
Columbia, Mo
North Carolina
North Carolina State University
North of Durham
N.C
Oklahoma
Oklahoma State University
Stillwater, Kla
TEXAS
Texas A&m University
Texas Biological and Agro-Defense Consortium
San Antonio
Southwest Foundation For Biomedical Research
University of Texas At
Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin At Madison
Kegonsa
Stoughton, Wis
Karl Gehring
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