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Endowed Scholarships and Fellowships

The Kellogg School of Science and Technology -- scholarships and fellowships for Ph.D. study
High School Student Research Education Program
Summer Research Internship Program for Teachers
Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program

Financial aid opens doors and makes dreams possible. Scholarships and fellowships support the best future scientists for Ph.D. study at the Kellogg School of Science and Technology, the graduate school of The Scripps Research Institute.

  • $2,500 will support one high school or undergraduate college student in our summer internship program.
  • $25,000 will name and support a graduate stipend for one year.
  • $100,000 or more will endow an internship position for a student or teacher. Such a gift perpetuates the donor's philanthropy by creating a permanently funded program, named by or for the donor.
  • $500,000 will endow a graduate student stipend in perpetuity.
  • $10,000,000 will permanently endow the graduate program.

For more information about endowing a scholarship or fellowship, please contact William J. Burfitt, Director, Office of Philanthropy, at (858) 784-2037 or burfitt@scripps.edu.

The Kellogg School of Science and Technology

In 1989, Scripps Research established a Ph.D. program in Macromolecular and Cellular Structure and Chemistry. A second Ph.D. program, in Chemistry, was created three years later to focus on synthetic and bio-organic chemistry.

Both programs provide an exceptional opportunity for a select group of outstanding and intellectually diverse students. Scripps Research's macromolecular and cellular structure and chemistry program ranked 7th in the nation for biological sciences based on a U.S. News & World Report. In the same report, our general chemistry program ranked 6th and our organic chemistry ranked 2nd in the chemistry category.

Graduate and postdoctoral fellowships attract the very best applicants—the next generation of leaders in education, research, and industry. Their ability to study at Scripps Research, regardless of family income, is critically important for the Institute, for the nation, and for the future of biomedical science.

High School Student Research Education Program

Scripps Research's High School Student Research Education Program exposes students to basic biomedical research, provides hands-on laboratory experience, and motivates young people—particularly those students who are historically under-represented—to continue their education in the sciences at their most impressionable age.

Students participate in spring enrichment tutorials in molecular biology and chemistry, a summer research internship program in a research laboratory, and a mentoring program with a Kellogg School graduate student who guides them through SAT test preparation, college selection, the application essay, and financial aid search.

Support for funding this program in California comes from the San Diego Workforce Partnership; the San Diego Foundation through a Blasker Grant; the Samuel H. and Katherine Weaver French Fund and the Maurice J. Masserini Charitable Trust, both administered by Wells Fargo Bank; the Joseph Drown Foundation; the Carl E. Wynn Foundation; the Bank of America Foundation; the Wells Fargo Foundation; the Hearst Foundation; Oliver and William James; and other private donors. In Florida, the program is funded by a generous grant from the William Rand Kenan III Fund.

Summer Research Internship Program for Teachers

Study after study has found that American schools fall short in helping students achieve scientific literacy. A critical element in improving science education is effective teacher training.

The Summer Research Program for middle and high school science teachers exposes these teachers to new laboratory techniques and procedures, informs them about contemporary issues in biomedical research, and forges long-lasting ties between secondary school educators and Scripps Research scientists.

The program emphasizes the scientific process, research planning, bench experience, experimental design, data analysis, and interaction with laboratory personnel. In addition to an intensive, hands-on, eight-week summer experience, teachers are expected to use the laboratory experience as a springboard to enhance their curriculum for their students and to become resources for other educators.

The Scripps Research Institute is strongly committed to making the Summer Research Internship Program for Teachers work, and this means providing institutional support every year. To do this, Scripps Research relies on the generosity of private donors. Supporters include John and Susan Diekman and Bank of America.

Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program

Scripps Research's Undergraduate Summer Research Internship Program is an intensive eight-week research experience for talented undergraduate university students currently studying biology, chemistry, mathematics, physics, computer science, cognitive science, or neuroscience.

The program exposes students to basic biomedical research, provides hands-on laboratory experience, and encourages them to continue their education in the sciences. The program is also committed to increasing the number of students drawn from communities historically under-represented in the sciences.

The internship program emphasizes the scientific process, bench experience, data analysis, and experimental design. In addition, students are expected to attend specially designed programs, provide written reports and oral presentations of their research projects, and attend many of the regularly scheduled seminars and scientific symposia held at Scripps Research. The program is funded in part by Ralph and Shirley Shapiro.

Giving Opportunities
A gift of $2,500 will support the participation of one high school or undergraduate student in the summer internship program.

A gift of $100,000 or more will endow an internship position for a student or teacher.  Such a gift perpetuates the donor's philanthropy by creating a permanently funded program, named by or for the donor.