Fort Detrick Strength
• 9,600 Personnel
• 40+ Mission Partners
Buildings
• 200+ Army-owned
buildings - almost
3 million sq. feet
TRATEGIC MISSIONS:
Defense Medical Research
National Interagency Biodefense
Research
National Strategic Satellite
Communications
Defense Medical Logistics
MISSION PARTNER AGENCIES:
Dept. of Homeland Security
U.S. Dept of Agriculture
Natl. Institutes of Health
National Cancer Institute-Frederick
Walter Reed Army Institute for Research
Naval Medical Research Center
DoD Pest Control Board
Uniformed Services University of the Health
Sciences Simulation Center
Armed Forces Reserves
Veterans Affairs
Defense Medical Logistics Center
Business Collaboration
Education Outreach
Frederick County Business
Roundtable for Education
Connections Beyond the Classroom
ubstitute Teachers
cience Club Sponsor
chool Tours
Achievement Counts
Young Engineer in Science
(Y.E.S.)
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Partnered with Frederick
County Public School/Hood
College
• 200 students (Summer 09)
• College & high school 8
mentors
Fort Detrick/USAMRIID
High
• Scientist
instructors
& mentors
School
Internship
Program-
Summer 09
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8 High School Students
USAMRIID – United States Army Medical Research
Institute of Infectious Diseases
http://usamriid.detrick.army.mil/employmentpage.htm
USAMRIID's work force of about 750 people is a mix of civilian, military, and
contractor employees and includes approximately 200 doctoral-level scientists
with expertise in clinical and veterinary medicine, microbiology, biochemistry,
pathology, toxicology, molecular biology, immunology, and virology. The
scientific and technical staff makes up a large percentage of our work force, but
other functions—including budget administration, regulatory affairs, security,
biosurety, personnel and administrative support, logistics, maintenance, and
resource management—are performed as well.
The U.S. Army Garrison, Fort Detrick
http://www.detrick.army.mil/aeop/index.cfm
USAG commands, operates and administers resources providing quality installation support and services
to DOD and non-DOD partners, meeting current and future mission requirements in biomedical defense
research and development, medical materiel management, and global telecommunications. The USAG
supports five cabinet-level agencies: The DOD, Department of Veterans Affairs, USDA, DHS, and
Department of Health and Human Services. Within the DOD, Fort Detrick supports elements of all four
military services. Major Department of the Army mission partners includes the USAMRMC and the 21st
Signal Brigade.
21st Signal Brigade
Headquartered at Fort Detrick, is a major subordinate command of the U.S. Army Network Enterprise
Technology Command/9th Army Signal Command. The 21st Signal Brigade’s mission is to provide
command, control, communications, and computer system support to the President, Secretary of
Defense, Joint Chiefs of Staff, DOD, Combatant Commanders and other Federal Agencies; to establish,
operate, protect, and sustain the Army’s CONUS (Continental United States) strategic portion of the
Global Information Grid; and to protect and provide for the well-being of our people.
USDA-Agricultural Research Service
Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit
Ft. Detrick, MD
Agricultural Research
Service
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ARS is the chief
scientific research
agency of USDA
http://www.ars.usda.gov/
George Washington Carver Center
Beltsville, MD
FDWSRU
Facilities
28,000 Sq. Ft. Molecular
Laboratory, BSL-2
Laboratories and 13,000 Sq. Ft.
Greenhouse Complex
(Bldgs. 1301-1306)
The only large capacity BSL-3(P) containment
greenhouse
in the US for exotic plant pathogen research
10,000 Sq. Ft. BSL-3 Plant
Pathogen Containment
Greenhouse and Laboratory
Facility (Bldg. 374)
Educational Outreach and Employment
Opportunities
 1890 National Scholars Program
Hispanic Serving Institutions National Program
 Workforce Recruitment Program (WRP) for
 College Students with Disabilities
 Teachers Research Fellowship Program (TRFP)
 Student Temporary Employment Program (STEP)
 Student Career Experience Program (SCEP)
ttp://www.ars.usda.gov/
1890 National Scholars Program
Each year USDA provides 34 full 4-year scholarships to students
attending any of the 17 historically Black 1890 Institutions. This is a
student employment program with non-competitive conversion
eligibility.
Open to students completing their senior year of high school,
scoring a minimum of 1000 on the SAT, or a score of 21 or higher on
the ACT.
Must maintain a 3.0 GPA or better.
Must major in agricultural related fields, food or natural sciences, or
other allied disciplines.
Must submit application to 1890 USDA liaison by January 15 of
each year.
Must be a U.S. citizen.
http://www.ars.usda.gov/
USDA -United States Department of Agriculture
www.ars.usda.gov/careers
As the principal in-house scientific research agency of the U.S.
Department of Agriculture (USDA), the Agricultural Research Service
(ARS) has career opportunities for permanent and temporary employees.
Being a scientific research agency, many of the careers available are in
the life, physical, and engineering sciences. ARS employs research
scientists, postdoctoral research associates, support scientists and
research technicians, as well as positions in various professional,
technical, administrative, secretarial and clerical, and trades and craft.
National Biodefense Analysis and Countermeasures
NBACC has a challenging mission
Providing the nation with the
scientific basis for awareness of
biological threats and bioforensic
analysis to support attribution of
their use against the American
public
NBACC addresses its mission through three
applied science-to-operations programs
National Bioforensics Analysis Center
(NBFAC)
National Biological Threat
Characterization Center (NBTCC)
Coordination of Outreach, Reach back,
and Evaluation (CORE)
Department of Homeland Security
http://jobsearch.usajobs.opm.gov/dhscareers/
All Homeland Security jobs require U.S. citizenship and
most require successful completion of a full background
investigation. In addition, applicants may be required to
submit to a drug test. The
U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) realizes that
the country’s strong science and technology community
provides a critical advantage in the development and
implementation of counter-terrorist measures and other
DHS objectives.
CDC
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Environmental Microbiology at
Identifying Threat Agents
Determining Risk of Transmission
Evaluating Techniques & Procedures for Risk Reduction
Detection and Investigation Control and Containment Recovery and Remediation
Sampling and Recovery
Detection and Quantification
Identification Virulence
Transmissibility
Persistence
Aerobiology
Protection
Environmental Microbiology
CDC Focus Areas
• Air, water and surface exposures
• Sampling/detection and, critical agent recovery,
identification,
characterization and quantification
• Persistence of contamination (environmental
survival of agents)
and decontamination, especially on surfaces
• Transmission and virulence: infectious dose and
animal models
Environmental Microbiology
CDC’S Strengths
• Laboratory Response Network
• Flexibility to investigate public health emergencies
• Diverse laboratory research
• Analysis of complex interactions between
environmental factors
and infectious agents
• Subject matter expertise in select agents
• Training
CDC- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/employment/
The Centers for Disease Control is one of 13 major operating components
of the Department of Health and Human Services. Working with states and
other partners, CDC provides a system of health surveillance to monitor
and prevent disease outbreaks (including bioterrorism), implement disease
prevention strategies, and maintain national health statistics. CDC also
guards against international disease transmission, with personnel stationed
in more than 25 foreign countries.
The National Cancer Institute at Frederick
The National Cancer Institute at
Frederick
– Mission
“To provide a unique national resource for
the development of new technologies and
the
translation of basic science discoveries
into
novel agents for the prevention, diagnosis
&
treatment of cancer and AIDS”
NCI-Frederick: Regional Support
Opportunities for Minority and Disadvantaged Populations
at the NCI/NIH
• CCR-Cancer Research Interns in Residence
– Must be from an underrepresented group or from disadvantaged background
– www.training.nih.gov
• NIH Undergraduate Scholarship Program for Individuals from Disadvantaged
Backgrounds
– $20K per academic year
– www.ugsp.nih.gov
• Minority Institution Cancer Center Partnership (MICCP)
– Partnership between Minority – Serving Institutions and NCI Cancer Centers
– http://minorityopportunities.nci.nih.gov/
• Continuing Umbrella of Research Experiences (CURE)
– Enhance Diversity in Cancer Research – training & career
– http://minorityopportunities.nci.nih.gov/
NCI - National Cancer Institute –Frederick
http://www.jobs.nih.gov
The National Cancer Institute at Frederick (NCI-Frederick),
part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), offers many
exciting career and opportunities for scientists and
biotechnology professionals. The NCI is also strongly
committed to training future cancer researchers and offers
numerous post-doctoral and pre-doctoral fellowship positions.
The NIAID
Integrated Research Facility at
Fort Detrick
The NIAID IRF
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases
(NIAID) is building a new biocontainment laboratory, the
Integrated Research Facility (IRF), at Fort Detrick.
The IRF will be one component of a National Interagency
Biodefense Campus (NIBC). The new facility will be used
both by scientists working full time at NIH (intramural
research) and by scientists at universities (extramural
research).
BSL-4 research in the IRF
Research in the IRF will be carried out under Biosafety Level-4
containment, in which investigators will wear positive-pressure suits
(“space suits”).
Studies will involve the infection of laboratory animals with
hazardous agents as models of human disease, in order to study the
course of illness and develop new vaccines and therapies.
Research will focus principally on the most virulent pathogens, such
as Ebola and Marburg virus, but other microbial agents can also be
studied.
The IRF: what is our “niche”?
The IRF will focus on using nonhuman primate
models to study and treat emerging infections
and diseases of biodefense concern, with
extensive monitoring and intervention.
The IRF will be the only high-containment facility
in the world capable of performing whole-body
imaging of infected animals under BSL-4
conditions.
National Biodefense Analysis Countermeasures Center
Jobs@BNBI.net
Now is located on the new National Interagency Biodefense Campus at
Fort Detrick. The other agencies sharing the Fort Detrick NIBC are:
•Health and Human Services’ National Institute of Allergy and Infectious
Diseases (NIAID)—Integrated Research Facility
•U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) Agricultural Research Service
and Foreign Disease-Weed Science Research Unit (FDWSRU)
•U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
(USAMRIID)
NIBC - A special collaboration
Online Resources for Scholarship, Internship, and Fellowship Opportunities on Ft. Detrick, Maryland
Department of Homeland Security
www.orau.gov/dhsed
National Cancer Institute NCI-Frederick
www.ncifcrf.gov/careers/student_programs/internships/SIP.asp
http://web.ncifcrf.gov/campus/outreach/eop
http://kidsday.ncifcrf.gov/
www.training.nih.gov
http://www.ugsp.nih.gov/home.asp?m=00
USDA – United States Department of Agriculture
http://www.usda.gov/wps/portal/usdahome
CDC- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Post Doctoral Research Fellowship
www.asm.org/education/index.asp?bid=15497
List of Internship and Fellowship Opportunities
www.cdc.gov/omh/training.htm
USAMRIID – United States Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases
http://www.nationalacademies.prg/
http://www.usamriid.army.mil/education/index.htm
Opportunities at Ft. Detrick
http://www.detrick.army.mil/dctee/index.cfm
http://www.aphl.org/training_and_fellowships
http://www.detrick.army.mil/aeop/index.cfm