We are a catalyst for advancing scientific research, strengthening the relationship between science and society, and honoring scientific achievement.
We champion scientific research through Kavli Institutes globally to provide scientists with unconstrained opportunities to drive greater discovery.
We connect and convene people from different disciplines to empower actions that unlock the potential of science.
We honor scientists with The Kavli Prize in celebration of breakthroughs that transform our understanding of the big, the small and the complex.
We recognize the interrelatedness of science and society, and build programs that engage the public in science, strengthen science journalism, and support the vitality of the scientific enterprise.
Astrophysics
Exploration of the origin, structure and composition of the universe and everything in it
Nanoscience
Inquiry at the scale of atoms and molecules to explore the vast possibilities of energy and matter
Neuroscience
Investigation into the structure and function of the brain and broader nervous system
Theoretical Physics
Endeavor to explain and predict the wonders of the physical and biological world
Kavli Institutes
At our institutes around the world, scientists explore the frontiers of science in astrophysics, nanoscience, neuroscience and theoretical physics.
See all institutesStanford University
Neuroscience
John Hopkins University
Theoretical Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Neuroscience
Rockefeller University
Nanoscience
California Institute of Technology
Astrophysics
University of Cambridge
Astrophysics
University of Chicago
Neuroscience
University of California, San Francisco
Neuroscience
Yale University
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Nanoscience
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Neuroscience
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Nanoscience
University of Oxford
University of Tokyo
Neuroscience
Columbia University
Neuroscience
University of California, San Diego, and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Cornell University
Theoretical Physics
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Nanoscience
University of California, Berkeley
Astrophysics
Peking University-Beijing
Recent News
Discover more about our work, the research we support and the people who make it happen.
See all newsAstrophysics
The changing of the seasons is a familiar experience here on Earth and, as it turns out, plenty of other elsewheres, too, with astrophysical and cosmological significance
Sep 13, 2021
Nanoscience Research Highlights
Research highlights from the Kavli Institutes in Nanoscience
Sep 10, 2021
Neuroscience Profile
Graeme Davis wants to maximize the self-corrective powers within everyone’s brain to resist neurodegenerative diseases
Sep 09, 2021
Astrophysics Profile
Part 4 of our 'Looking Ahead to Webb' series centers on efforts to understand the workings of the famous Phoenix cluster, one of the most puzzling galaxy groupings known
Aug 30, 2021
Nanoscience Profile
In a time of drought, Abraham Duncan Stroock is looking for new ways to understand how plants use water
Aug 25, 2021
Astrophysics Research Highlights
Kavli researchers continue to leverage the extreme natures of black holes for major insights into the universe's workings
Aug 04, 2021
Nanoscience
Telemedicine, quantum magnets, and more from the Kavli Nanoscience Institutes
Aug 03, 2021
Neuroscience Research Highlights
Research at Kavli Neuroscience Institutes spans athletic performance to decoding speech
Aug 02, 2021
Astrophysics Profile
Part 3 of our 'Looking Ahead to Webb' series explains how the next-generation telescope could help us learn the true origins of a mysterious group of space rocks
Jul 27, 2021
Neuroscience Profile
Timothy Gentner decodes birds’ neural activity into song
Jul 23, 2021
Nanoscience Research Highlights
A nano-architected material more effective at stopping a projectile than Kevlar, and other highlights from Kavli Institutes in Nanoscience
Jul 15, 2021
Astrophysics Q&A
Q&A with Hirosi Ooguri, director of the Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe and Fred Kavli Professor at Caltech
Jul 14, 2021
Science and Society
For science to benefit humanity, we must support more than research itself. We are committed to ensuring the people, processes and products of science contribute meaningfully to society.
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We honor scientists for breakthroughs that transform our understanding of the big, the small and the complex.
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- Fred Kavli