Summarizing the Economic Impact of a National Laboratory

The Galveston National Laboratory opened in 2008, and has steadily built up its staffing, investigative research portfolio and product development activity.

Today, graduate students have the unique opportunity to work on important research projects in high containment laboratories, and faculty from UTMB are conducting life-saving research on infectious diseases, publishing important studies that move science forward and developing new diagnostics, vaccines and therapeutics in the laboratories of the GNL.

Over the past 10 years, Texas has gained approximately 40% of all bioscience jobs added in the United States. While there are many factors contributing to this outcome, the presence of the GNL is certainly a positive factor because it has enabled a variety of research projects to proceed.

Based on a recent Economic Impact Analysis conducted by Texas-based The Perryman Group, in its first 10 years of operations, The Galveston National Laboratory has played a notable role in the prevention and treatment of infectious diseases, exceeded expectations in its level of activity, generated significant economic and social benefits, and become an integral part of the Texas bioscience complex.

Perhaps most importantly, the lab's economic impact has surpassed expectations, achieving benefits that were estimated to take 20 years in just half the time.