National Interagency Biodefense Campus

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National Interagency Biodefense Campus

The National Interagency Biodefense Campus (NICB) is a biodefense research complex at Fort Detrick in Frederick, Maryland. It brings together scientists from the National Interagency Confederation for Biological Research. Planning began in 2002 and construction started in 2005, with the project expected to cost more than $1 billion. The campus includes major facilities such as the Integrated Research Facility (completed in 2007 for about $105 million) and the National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures Center (completed in 2008 for about $128 million), totaling more than 160,000 square feet of labs with biosafety levels 2, 3, and 4. Another building to replace the old USAMRIID headquarters began in 2007. NICB is home to high-containment laboratories for important biodefense work.