Ashburn, Md.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute has plans for a $500-million biomedical R&D complex at Janelia Farm in Ashburn. Bioinformatics, biomedical imaging, and gene protein research will be conducted at the facility, which will accommodate more than 300 scientists and support staff. Dormitories will provide accommodations for visiting researchers. Construction at the 281-acre site is scheduled to begin in 2003; completion is scheduled for late 2005.