The Searle Scholars Program makes grants to selected universities and research centers to support the independent research of exceptional young faculty in the biomedical sciences and chemistry. The Program was established at the Trust in 1980 and has been administered by Kinship Foundation since 1996. Funded from the estates of Mr. and Mrs. John G. Searle, the Program fulfills Mr. Searle's wish that funds be used to support "...research in medicine, chemistry, and the biological science” following the tradition of the family’s world-wide pharmaceutical company, G.D. Searle & Company.