Anchoring a life science in Kansas

Johnson County, Kansas has an ambitious referendum on the ballot to create an "Education Research Triangle" among Kansas State University, the University of Kansas, and its KU Medical Center.  The initiative is designed to anchor a life sciences cluster.

The Triangle would comprise three new academic and institutional projects:

    * A new $28 million, 103,000-square-foot National Food Safety and Security Institute at Kansas State University in Olathe. The institute would focus on threat assessment and prevention, forensic agricultural science, agroinformatics and modeling, communications strategies, and advanced ag technology. Certificate and short courses would be offered for professionals in agricultural and food emergency response; and federal law enforcement and intelligence. The institute would draw a projected 1,000 new students.
    * A $23.3 million, 75,000-square-foot classroom-and-office facility intended to expand and enhance engineering, science, and math programs at the University of Kansas Edwards campus in Overland Park. Ten new degree programs would be offered — four undergraduate, four graduate and two professional science masters — in an expansion projected to draw 1,000 new students to the campus.
    * A new $25 million clinical trials center in Fairway for the KU Medical Center to house a clinical and translational research center, including the clinical trials office for the KU Cancer Center and the headquarters of the Midwest Cancer Alliance.

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