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.
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Yale University
Neuroscience
Rockefeller University
Cornell University
Nanoscience
University of Oxford
Neuroscience
University of California, San Francisco
Stanford University
Astrophysics
Peking University-Beijing
Theoretical Physics
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
University of Tokyo
Neuroscience
University of California, San Diego, and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Neuroscience
John Hopkins University
Neuroscience
Columbia University
Astrophysics
University of Cambridge
Neuroscience
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Astrophysics
University of Chicago
Nanoscience
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Theoretical Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Nanoscience
University of California, Berkeley
Nanoscience
California Institute of Technology
Recent News
Discover more about our work, the research we support and the people who make it happen.
See all newsSimon Gröblacher explores the quantum secrets of systems containing billions of atoms, developing ways to link quantum computers together
Oct 22, 2021
Astrophysics Q&A
Q&A with Christopher Martin, Director of Physical Science at The Kavli Foundation
Oct 19, 2021
Neuroscience Profile
Tomás Ryan explores the commonality of memory and instinct to try to understand how the brain stores informational units
Oct 15, 2021
Astrophysics Research Highlights
The hunt for dark matter runs straight through the universe's tiniest galaxies
Oct 14, 2021
Nanoscience Research Highlights
Wigner crystals, acoustic biosensors, accelerators, and more from Kavli Nanoscience Institutes
Oct 08, 2021
Neuroscience Research Highlights
Brain researchers benefit from the open sharing of new tools and technologies
Oct 07, 2021
Neuroscience Profile
Marina Picciotto investigates how acetylcholine works as a neuromodulator within the brain
Sep 27, 2021
Astrophysics Profile
Part 5 of our 'Looking Ahead to Webb' series profiles a program to study the puzzling atmosphere of an intriguing exoplanet unlike any world in our Solar System
Sep 22, 2021
Neuroscience Research Highlights
Fruit flies can help us understand the impact of social isolation, and other highlights from the Kavli Institutes in Neuroscience
Sep 16, 2021
Astrophysics
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
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.
read moreThe Kavli Prize
We honor scientists for breakthroughs that transform our understanding of the big, the small and the complex.
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The future will be more spectacular than any of us can imagine.
- Fred Kavli