Headquartered in San Diego, California, the institute has over 170 laboratories employing 2,100 scientists,[1] technicians, graduate students, and administrative and other staff.

[citation needed] The Scripps Research graduate program is ranked 9th nationally in the biological sciences, 6th for organic chemistry, and 6th for biochemistry.

[7] Upon Dixon's retirement in 1986, Richard Lerner, who had been chair of the Scripps Department of Molecular Biology, was appointed the research institute's new director.

In 1991, as the result of a merger of hospitals, the research branch became part of a larger organization, the Scripps Institutions of Medicine and Science.

[8] Marletta announced his resignation on July 21, 2014, and James C. Paulson was subsequently appointed acting president and CEO.

[10] In October 2016, TSRI announced a strategic affiliation with the non-profit California Institute for Biomedical Research (Calibr).

Scripps Research scientists possess deep expertise in a range of scientific fields[citation needed] and are organized into five interrelated departments: Chemistry, Immunology and Microbiology, Integrative Structural and Computational Biology, Molecular Medicine, and Neuroscience.

The institute also incorporates the: Among the 173 members of faculty are Nobel laureates Ardem Patapoutian, K. Barry Sharpless, and Kurt Wüthrich, as well as many other notable scientists, including Phil S. Baran, Donna Blackmond, Dale L. Boger, Benjamin Cravatt III, William R. Roush, Paul Schimmel, Peter G. Schultz, Gary Siuzdak, Eric Topol, Charles Weissmann, Ian Wilson, Peter Wright, Chi-Huey Wong and John R.

[14] Another measure of productivity, the Hirsch index (which has been published by Chemistry World), placed six Scripps Research scientists – Wüthrich, Sharpless, Lerner, Yates, Schultz, and Chi-Huey Wong – in the top 100 of 2,000 chemists rated.

Today, approximately 300 graduate students are enrolled in the program, which offers doctoral degrees in the chemical and biological sciences.

In addition to its Ph.D. programs, Scripps Research offers a master's degree in the discipline of Clinical and Translational Investigation (MCTI) for physician-scientists.

The California and Florida campuses both offer educational outreach programs for high school students and undergraduates interested in learning more about science.

The scenic Jupiter, Florida campus of Scripps Research encompasses three buildings on 30 lush acres within Palm Beach County’s innovation corridor, between Interstate 95 and the Atlantic Ocean.

Here, dozens of principal investigators work with their laboratory members to understand disease and develop effective treatments.

Gifts from individuals and private foundations provide an important source of funding for Scripps Research.