Army To Fund Student Work At Biodefense Lab

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Washington Post
May 13, 2008
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The Army and Johns Hopkins University announced a deal yesterday enabling biotechnology graduate students to work with scientists at the military's premier biological weapons defense laboratory, at Fort Detrick in Frederick, at the Army's expense.
The students will be employed under the Army's Student Career Experience Program and will be eligible for Army reimbursement of their tuition at Johns Hopkins, school officials said.
The reimbursement agreement is a first for the U.S. Army Medical Research Institute of Infectious Diseases, which has had graduate students, including some from Hopkins, working in its labs for years, institute spokeswoman Caree Vander Linden said.
At least two fellowships will be offered yearly, starting in the fall, to students with a biodefense concentration within the biotechnology master's degree program. Scientists at the institute study some of the world's most dangerous pathogens, including anthrax, the Ebola virus and botulinum neurotoxin.
-- Associated Press
 
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