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Help train tomorrow’s scientific leaders.

The Jackson Laboratory Summer Student Program (SSP) annually brings talented college-aged students into the JAX community for 10 weeks of hands-on participation in research discoveries that could change the future of human health.

More than 100 years after its founding, the program is still changing lives.

Supply the tools for discovery

Your $50 provides lab essentials — such as notebooks, reagents, and daily research supplies — that keep student projects moving forward.
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Sponsor a week of student research

Your $650 gift covers one week of a student's stipend, fueling their hands-on lab experience and crucial research progress.
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Fund a student’s summer experience

Your $6,500 gift provides the full stipend for one student’s 10-week research experience — giving them the freedom to focus on science, not finances.
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Why your support matters

Your gift fuels JAX’s commitment to educating the next generation of scientists and helps provide SSP participants with an immersive living and learning experience they won’t find anywhere else.

Over 3,000 alumni — including three Nobel laureates — have participated in the Summer Student Program, with many advancing to graduate and professional schools for their Ph.D.s or medical degrees and contributing to significant publications in leading scientific journals.

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