Associated Press
05-07-06
Ames seeks‘Homeland’test facility
By The Associated Press
AMES, Iowa (AP) — Ames is in the running for a $500 million facility that would
test foreign animal diseases.
A group led by Iowa State University submitted an application to the U.S.
Department of Homeland Security that could make Ames the new home for a
new National bio- and agro-defense facility. The facility would house between
300 and 400 researchers, scientists, technicians along with support staff. The
annual payroll would be about $30 million.
Ames is one of 29 sites across the country that is vying for the new facility.