Table 2. NIAID-funded Regional Biocontainment Laboratories (BSL-3) |
| Institution | Name of Laboratory | Funds Allocated | Operational Status | Other Information |
Colorado State University
(Fort Collins, CO)
| Regional Biocontainment Laboratory http://ghrc.colostate.edu/index.asp47*
| $22.1 million for construction of the building,46 $16 million from NIAID47 | Estimated completion: August 200847 | This site will also hold the new CDC $80 million Division of Vector-Borne Infectious Diseases, and the Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases.48 |
Duke University Medical Center
(Durham, NC)
| Global Health Research Building (GHRB) http://humanvaccine.duke.edu/
modules/home/index.php?id=1
| $20 million for construction:49 $12 million from NIAID specifically for the RBL; $4 million from Duke | Estimated completion: 200650 | Will also house the federally funded $45 million Regional Center of Excellence for Emerging Infections and Biodefense (SERCEB), a consortium of which Duke is a member.49 |
George Mason University
(Fairfax, VA)
| George Mason University Biomedical Research Laboratory
http://brl.gmu.edu
| $42 million in total: $25 million from NIAID; $15.3 million in matching funds from GMU; $2.5 million from the state51 | Estimated completion: 200952 | Administered by the National Center for Biodefense and Infectious Diseases (NCBID) at George Mason University51 |
Tufts University, Cummings School of Veterinary Medicine
(Grafton, MA)
| Regional Biosafety Laboratory-New England (RBL-NE)
http://www.tufts.edu/vet/rbl
| $20.8 million in total: $15.6 million from NIAID; $5.2 million from Tufts53 | Estimated completion: 200953 | |
Tulane National Primate Research Center
(Covington, LA)
| Regional Biocontainment Laboratory
http://www.tulane.edu
| Total project cost: $20 million;54 $13.6 from NIAID55 | Estimated completion: 200656 | |
University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine
| Southeast Biosafety Laboratory Alabama (SEBLAB)
http://main.uab.edu/show.asp?durki=61656
| Total cost $22.3 million:57 $15.9 million from NIAID;58 $5 million from state;57 $1.4 million from UAB57 | Estimated completion: late 200757 | Southern Research Institute is a partner of University of Alabama in the operation of the laboratory.59 |
University of Chicago
(Chicago, IL)
| The Ricketts Laboratory
http://www.htrl.uchicago.edu
| $31 million to build;60 $25 million from NIAID61,62 | March 200863 | Will also support the Great Lakes Regional Center of Excellence for Biodefense and Emerging Infectious Diseases Research, a consortium of research institutions funded by NIAID. |
University of Hawaii at Manoa
| Pacific Regional Biocontainment Laboratory
http://www.hawaii.edu
| $37.5 million total; $25 million from NIAID;64 $12.5 million from the state65 | Construction begins in 2008; estimated completion: 201065 | |
University of Louisville
(Louisville, KY)
| The Center for Predictive Medicine
http://www.louisville.edu/community/biosafetylab
| $34.6 million total; $22 million from NIAID; $12.6 million from the university66 | April 200966 | |
University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey
(Newark, NJ)
| New Jersey Medical School Center for Infectious Disease Research—RBL
http://www.umdnj.edu
| $27.8 total; $20.9 million from NIAID;67 $6.9 million from UMDNJ68 | Construction to be completed in June 200869 | |
University of Missouri–Columbia College of Veterinary Medicine
| University of Missouri–Columbia Regional Biocontainment Laboratory
http://www.rbl.missouri.edu
| $16.5 million total; $12 million from NIAID70 | Construction to be completed 200770 | |
University of Pittsburgh
(Pittsburgh, PA)
| The Regional Biocontainment Laboratory at the Bioscience Tower III (BST3)
http://www.pitt.edu
| $17.5M grant from NIAID specifically for the RBL71 | Completed | BST3 will cost $205.5 million in total, and will house other research laboratories in addition to the RBL.72 |
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
(Memphis, TN)
| University of Tennessee Health Science Center Regional Biocontainment Laboratory
http://www.utmem.edu
| $25 million total; $17.7 million from NIAID; $7.3 million from UTHSC73 | 200873 | |