In 1955, The Scripps Research Institute’s modern beginnings date to the establishment of Scripps Clinic and Research Foundation, when a major portion of the Clinic’s limited reserves were committed to the construction of a new research facility and to the recruitment of top biomedical scientists.

Today, TSRI, one of the country’s largest, private, non-profit research organizations, stands at the forefront of basic biomedical science, a vital segment of medical research that seeks to comprehend the most fundamental processes of life. In just three decades the Institute has established a lengthy track record of major contributions to the betterment of health and the human condition.