SEARLE SCHOLARS

The Searle Scholars Program was designed and created by the Searle family in 1980 to nurture creative talent in scientific research.

Since its inception, the program has been supported by the charitable lead trusts established under the wills of John G. and Francis C. Searle, which emphasize supporting research in medicine, chemistry and biological science.

The family selected The Chicago Community Trust as the organization to which it would make distributions from the Searle Family Trust to support the Searle Scholars Program. Approximately 15 percent of the funds come from the Searle Funds at The Chicago Community Trust.

The other 85 percent of the funds come from the annual grants recommended by Searle family representatives and approved by the trustees of the Searle family trusts. An awarded institution receives $300,000 over three years in research support for the Searle Scholar. The program is administered by Kinship Foundation, the private operating foundation that manages the institutional philanthropy of the Searle family.

FY2020 SEARLE SCHOLARS

Broad Institute Brown University Columbia University in the City of New York Harvard Medical School Kinship Foundation Max Planck Florida Institute for Neuroscience Regents of the University of California or UC Santa Cruz The Rockefeller University Trustees of Boston University Trustees of Princeton University University of California, Berkeley University of California, Santa Barbara University of California San Diego The University of Chicago University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign