KGI Awarded $375,000 from Fletcher Jones Foundation for New Scholarship Program

CLAREMONT, Calif., July 17, 2007 - Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) today announced that it received a $375,000 grant from the Fletcher Jones Foundation to establish the Fletcher Jones Foundation Endowed Scholarship Fund.

This scholarship provides a unique opportunity for KGI students interested in exploring careers with governmental or non-profit organizations such as the Food & Drug Administration, the Centers for Disease Control, the World Health Organization and City of Hope, among others. This is the first KGI scholarship program where recipients may also be eligible to receive supplemental support for summer internships.

“We are delighted and honored to receive such a significant grant from the Fletcher Jones Foundation,” said Sheldon Schuster, Ph.D., KGI’s president. “This generous gift demonstrates the continuing confidence that institutions like Fletcher Jones have in KGI and in the job we are doing to educate tomorrow’s leaders in the applied life sciences.

The Fletcher Jones endowment will total $625,000 following a match from Sidney J. Weinberg Jr., KGI co-founder and emeritus chair, who provided a challenge grant of $2.5 million to match up to 10 gifts of $250,000 or more for endowed student scholarships.

KGI Background
Educating the future leaders of the bioscience industry, Keck Graduate Institute (KGI) offers an interdisciplinary graduate education through its Master of Bioscience (MBS) degree program and its PhD program in Applied Life Sciences. Using team-based learning and real-world projects, KGI’s innovative curriculum seamlessly combines applied life sciences, bioengineering, bioethics and business management. KGI also has a robust research program concentrating on the translation of basic discoveries in the life sciences into applications that can benefit society. KGI is a member of The Claremont Colleges, located in Claremont, California.

Keck Graduate Institute of Applied Life Sciences is dedicated to education and research aimed at translating into practice, for the benefit of society, the power and potential of the life sciences.
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Noel Brinkerhoff
Associate Director of Donor Relations
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nbrinker@kgi.edu