Research Funding

Searle Scholars Program

Internal Deadline: August 22, 2014

Submit application to the Office of Vice Chancellor for Research

The Searle Scholars Program supports research of outstanding individuals who have recently begun their appointment at the assistant professor level, and whose appointment is their first tenure-track position at a participating academic or research institution. Today, 153 institutions are invited to participate in the Program.

The Program was established at The Chicago Community Trust in 1980 and has been administered by Kinship Foundation since 1996. The Program is funded from the estates of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Searle. Mr. Searle was the grandson of the founder of the world-wide pharmaceutical company, G.D. Searle & Company. It was Mr. Searle’s wish that certain funds be used to support “…research in medicine, chemistry, and the biological sciences.”

Each year 15 new individuals are named Searle Scholars. Awards are currently set at $100,000 per year for three years. Since its inception, 542 Scholars have been named and over $115 million has been awarded.

 

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