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Philanthropy
Research Advances
From the organization’s founding in 1961, science at The Scripps Research Institute has been characterized and supported by a culture of excellence, innovation, and entrepreneurial independence from traditional boundaries. In many ways, it is an institution without symbolic walls, encouraging collaboration by its scientists, both on campus and off; freeing them to follow their research wherever it leads, without the burden of excessive bureaucracy; and stimulating spin-off activities, particularly in biotechnology, which bring biomedical discoveries to market—and to clinical practice—more quickly and more efficiently than in the past.
From the start, private philanthropy has helped pave the way for this path of innovative independence. Proudly, The Scripps Research Institute has maintained its preeminent position among its independent academic institutional peers in annual funding by the National Institutes of Health. But with government support come government rules. Annually, the portion of Scripps Research’s budget provided by gifts, investment income, and royalties also provides the margin of excellence and innovation which would be unattainable in a more traditional, less entrepreneurial environment. The portion of Scripps Research’s support provided by private individuals and foundations funds the margin of greatness that continues to produce breakthrough basic research, novel drugs and diagnostics, and cross-disciplinary programs—such as the Institute for Childhood and Neglected Diseases—that focus on disease clusters, disease populations, and disease prediction, diagnosis, and therapy.
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