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[[File:FNCLR 2020-05-30.jpg|alt=Landscape view of FNCLR|thumb|The FNLCR Campus at Fort Detrick U.S. Army Installation in Frederick, Maryland]]
The '''Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research''' ('''FNLCR''') is one of the 18 [[United States Department of Energy National Laboratories|United States National Laboratories]] and the only U.S. National Laboratory exclusively dedicated to [[biomedical research]].<ref>https://frederick.cancer.gov/about/mission {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> The Frederick National Laboratory is sponsored by [[National Institutes of Health|NIH]]/[[National Cancer Institute|National Cancer Institute (NCI)]] as a [[federally funded research and development center|Federally Funded Research and Development Centers]],<ref>https://frederick.cancer.gov/about/mission {{Bare URL inline|date=August 2024}}</ref> and its day-to-day operation is managed by the private contractor [[Leidos Biomedical Research]] for the [[National Cancer Institute|NCI]]. The institution was originally established under the name '''NCI-Frederick Cancer Research Center''' in 1972 as a component of U.S. President [[Richard Nixon]]'s [[War on Cancer]] initiative. In 2012, the institution received a [[United States Department of Energy national laboratories|National Laboratory]] designation and assumed its current name, becoming the only U.S. national laboratory dedicated entirely to [[biomedical research]]. The campus located within [[Fort Detrick|Fort Detrick U.S. Army Installation]] in [[Frederick, Maryland]], also houses National Cancer Institute laboratories and administrative organizations, and is colloquially referred to as '''NCI-Frederick'''.<ref name="catalyst">{{cite journal|last1=Lombo|first1=Tania B.|title=What's Happening in NCI's Storied Labs to the North?|journal=NIH Catalyst|date=March 2013|volume=21|issue=2|url=https://irp.nih.gov/catalyst/v21i2/nci-campus-in-frederick|accessdate=21 November 2016}}</ref><ref name="history">{{cite web|title=History of the Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research|url=https://frederick.cancer.gov/About/History.aspx|website=Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research|accessdate=21 November 2016}}</ref>