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Philanthropy
Research Advances
Scholarships and Fellowships
The Kellogg School of Science and Technology
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.
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. U.S. News & World Report has ranked Scripps Research’s macromolecular and cellular structure and chemistry program #7 in the nation in biological sciences, and the chemistry program #6 in chemistry and #2 in organic chemistry.
Graduate and postdoctoral fellowships attract the very best applicants for graduate study—young men and women who will influence science, and society itself, as future 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 world science.
Gifts of all sizes are welcome. A gift of $25,000 will name and support a graduate stipend for one year; a gift of $500,000 will endow a graduate student stipend in perpetuity. A gift of $10,000,000 will permanently endow the graduate program.
Internships
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 the 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.
Scripps Research’s Middle/High School Science Teacher Summer Research Program exposes 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 create and 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. Support has already come from John and Susan Dickman 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 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.
An internship 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 $5,000 will support the participation of one teacher in the teacher training program or fund a one-day teacher training seminar on contemporary issues in bioscience.
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.
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