Areas of Impact
It takes visionaries to propel scientific discovery—discerning individuals who trust in the power of human ingenuity and determination to transform the future. Scripps Research’s benevolent supporters continue to support our bold ideas at their earliest stages, catalyzing life-changing discoveries here. When we enter our labs each day, we are fully focused on delivering improvements to human health, ensuring that humanity flourishes for generations to come.
With your support, we are doing just that.
Our Strategic Research Initiatives
Sponsoring Scientific Talent
Endowed Faculty Chairs
An endowed chair is the single most effective tool for ensuring that critical scientific investigations at Scripps Research continue uninterrupted. In a funding environment that is increasingly competitive and unpredictable, the holder of an endowed chair enjoys financial stability and the freedom to pursue high-risk, high-reward research. Not only does an endowed chair honor retiring and emeriti faculty leaders, it also serves to attract the world’s top scientists to Scripps Research—sustaining a mecca for biomedical ingenuity.
Graduate Student Fellowships
Our Skaggs Graduate School of Chemical and Biological Sciences is a global magnet for intelligent and ambitious students of science. And while Scripps Research is committed to funding a graduate student’s first year, the student’s chosen lab must bear the costs over the following four or more years. An endowed fellowship not only relieves financial worries for the student, it also allows the lab to reallocate resources toward important early-stage research, often achieving the validating data that secures government funding.
Education Outreach & Internships
Scripps Research believes in expanding opportunities for science enthusiasts of diverse educational and cultural backgrounds. To that end, we have created a menu of original programming—informed by our own scientists—that brings lively experiments into San Diego regional classrooms and also welcomes students and teachers onto our campus and into our laboratories. Experiences range from a single day of learning to months of intensive study. For advanced students, we offer paid internships that often ignite the pursuit of college degrees or enrich ongoing medical and scientific careers.
Unrestricted Giving
Making the Utmost Impact
A charitable gift made without restrictions is of immense value to Scripps Research. First, it provides flexibility. It enables us to quickly pivot toward emerging opportunity—directing available funds toward a promising discovery, a sought-after faculty candidate or a technological leap. An unrestricted gift keeps our institute robust and nimble.
Second, an unrestricted gift provides infinite possibility. It enables our ambitious researchers to follow their instincts, to take smart risks and pursue bold ideas that are unlikely to secure traditional funding. Some of our institute’s most transformative discoveries have been seeded with an unrestricted gift.
Here at Scripps Research, empowered by our philanthropic partners, we relentlessly adopt the unconventional approach, determined to find the pathway to a better drug, a more efficient chemical reaction, a simpler diagnostic—determined to make a difference.
When you make an unrestricted gift to Scripps Research, you help create institutional flexibility and possibility. You drive discovery. To learn more about how your gift of unrestricted funds can have a significant impact on our research, connect with our Office of Development. We’ll share more details and help you outline a plan to achieve your personal philanthropic goals.
Giving Methods
As a nonprofit and independent biomedical research institute, Scripps Research relies on philanthropy to fuel scientific discovery. Explore the many ways you can support our work.
Building a Legacy
Scripps Research was founded through the visionary generosity of Ellen Browning Scripps, which included naming the institute as a beneficiary of her estate. Her gift planning laid the foundation for the institute’s success today.
Recognition Societies
It is our honor to recognize the many partners whose generosity fuels scientific discovery—from annual supporters advancing today’s breakthroughs to those creating a lasting legacy for the future of medicine.
Donor Stories
The generosity of our supporters fuels curiosity-driven science at Scripps Research. These are the stories of the donors helping turn discovery into life-changing medicine.