The Life Sciences Facility received funding through general obligation bonds approved by voters in August 2010. The facility will be built on West Ridge. The West Ridge Greenhouse was dismantled and the Subarctic Agricultural Research Unit buildings were relocated to allow construction of the facility. The West Ridge Greenhouse was replaced with the SNRAS West Ridge Greenhouse being built next to the Arctic Health Research Building.

Groundbreaking on the Life Sciences Facility was held March 30, 2011. The facility is schedule to be complete and ready for occupancy by May 2013. The facility will provide versatile state-of the-art laboratories to support research and teaching in cell and molecular biology, physiology, infectious diseases and neurobiology; several classrooms, including a 150-seat auditorium; and a centralized instructional and administrative home for the Biology and Wildlife Department.