The Campaign for Discovery is the Salk Institute’s seven-year, $750 million comprehensive fundraising campaign. The goal is to attract the people and build the technology and space necessary for innovation in six critical areas: cancer, healthy aging, plant biology, immunobiology, neuroscience, and computational biology. As part of the campaign, we plan to build the new 100,000-square-foot Joan and Irwin Jacobs Science and Technology Center on the east side of our iconic campus.
Read MoreWhen Jonas Salk established the Salk Institute in 1960 with a land grant from the City of San Diego, he invited world-renowned scientists to join him in pursuit of bold, ambitious research. Today, Jonas' vision is realized in labs at the Salk Institute each and every day. The Institute remains at the forefront of scientific discovery, where Salk scientists continue to change the world.
Read MoreSalk Education Outreach serves San Diego county students of all ages through its core programs: Mobile Science Lab, Heithoff-Brody High School Summer Scholars, March of Dimes High School Science Day, and the Ellen Potter Research Connections for Teachers Symposium. These programs are offered at no cost to students, teachers, and schools, thereby reducing economic barriers to high quality STEM education.
Read MoreSalk’s Diversity, Equity & Inclusion team is committed to reinforcing the goals of a campus community that broadly engages members and supporters of the Institute in activities and interactions that incorporate excellence, integrity and respect.
Read MoreSalk News highlights our leading-edge research and the people who make it possible. Publications include our award-winning print magazine Inside Salk, a monthly email newsletter, and our podcast, Where Cures Begin.
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