Maryland is home to the NIH, the FDA, and one of the most concentrated clusters of federal biomedical research in the world. Combined with a thriving private biotech sector in the I-270 corridor, Maryland puts biomedical professionals at the very frontier of medical science.
Maryland's unique combination of NIH, FDA, and a deep private biotech sector creates a biomedical career market unlike any other, blending federal stability with cutting-edge private sector innovation.
NIH Is the Center of Global Medicine
The National Institutes of Health in Bethesda is the world's largest biomedical research agency, funding over $48 billion in research annually and employing thousands of scientists, lab technicians, and biomedical engineers on its Bethesda campus.
The I-270 Biotech Corridor Is World Class
The I-270 corridor between Bethesda and Rockville is one of the most biotech-dense regions in the country, hosting AstraZeneca, Emergent BioSolutions, and hundreds of life sciences companies within miles of NIH.
FDA Proximity Creates Unique Careers
The FDA's Silver Spring headquarters creates a unique cluster of regulatory science, clinical research, and biomedical compliance careers that do not exist at the same depth anywhere else in the United States.
🌐 ~20,000 employees on campus
🌐 ~83,000 employees worldwide
🌐 ~3,400 employees worldwide
