The Office of Research Facilities serves as the central point of contact for the coordination and management of research space planning, allocation of research space, research space renovations, and investigator/ staff relocations at the Keck School of Medicine (KSOM).

Research space at KSOM is located within 21 buildings (947,272 square feet) costing $16.3M annually. Fifteen of these are KSOM owned buildings with an O&M cost of $12M. Six buildings are leased at the cost of $4.2M. There are eight Los Angeles County buildings used by KSOM for research that are neither leased nor owned by KSOM.

In 2001, the USC Health Sciences Campus had approximately 290,000 net assignable square feet of research space. In 2003, however, the campus’ research space was significantly increased. That year the transformation began when the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute (ZNI) opened as the first new laboratory research building on the campus in 10 years. ZNI opened with 125,000 gross square feet, of which 76,750 was assignable as research space.

In June 2007, the University opened the Harlyne J. Norris Research (HNT) Tower. That facility adds another 172,440 gross square feet, 98,400 of which is assignable to research programs. In addition, renovation of 8,015 gsf in the Clinical Science Center (CSC) building was also completed in May 2007.

Currently on the University’s construction scene is its third new research building--the Broad Stem Cell Institute. The Broad building is presently scheduled to open in fall 2010. At this time, the intent is that the Broad building will provide approximately 87,537 gross square feet, in which 53,000 is assignable research space and space for the school’s growing Center for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine. Ground breaking for the new building occurred in the fall of 2008.

All of the above construction adds over 384,977 gsf of wet and dry laboratory space for biomedical research.

Research Space Committee – Subcommittee of the Dean’s Research Cabinet

This committee is chaired by the Vice Dean for Research and is charged with providing advice to the dean on research space policy and space allocation to departments and investigators.