Program funding

Each year, the Summer Student Program is funded by grants and philanthropy.
In 2008, the following provided support:

  • Academy of Applied Science
  • Acadia Institute of Oceanography
  • Alumni of The Jackson Laboratory
  • Horace W. Goldsmith Foundation
  • Howard Hughes Medical Institute
  • NHGRI
  • National Science Foundation
  • National Cancer Institute
  • George Mitchell Scholar

Endowed funds of The Jackson Laboratory that support the Summer Student Program are named for the following individuals and organizations:

  • The Betterment Fund 
  • Clark Foundation
  • The William Randolph Hearst Foundation
  • Nathan Kaliss Scholarship Fund
  • Edmund Kerper Fund
  • Clarence Cook Little Scholarship Fund 
  • Edwin D. Murphy Scholarship Fund 
  • James B. Murphy Memorial Scholarship 
  • Elizabeth S. Russell Scholarship Fund
  • Barbara H. Sanford Endowed Scholarship Fund 
  • Allen C. Schroeder Endowed Fund
  • Jane D. Weinberger Endowed Scholarship Fund
  • Jeffrey Scholars
  • Richard & Sally Fox Endowed Fund
  • Aristotle Investors, Ltd.
  • The Endowment for Science Education

Seanna Piper-Jordan"No one in my family ever thought I could make it as far as I have. You and Jax have given me an opportunity I will be forever grateful for."

~Seanna Pieper-Jordan '07