The Searle Scholars Program makes grants to selected academic institutions to support the independent research of outstanding individuals who have recently begun their first appointment at the assistant professor level, and whose appointment is a tenure-track position. Today, 147 institutions are invited to participate in the Program.
Each year 15 new individuals are named Searle Scholars. The following members of the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Intramural Research Program (IRP) are current or former Searle Scholars: