At the 20 Kavli Institutes internationally, scientists push the frontiers of science, seeking answers to fundamental questions in astrophysics, nanoscience, neuroscience and theoretical physics.
Astrophysics
Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics
Peking University-Beijing
Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics
University of Chicago
Kavli Institute for Cosmology
University of Cambridge
Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology
Stanford University
Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
University of Tokyo
Nanoscience
Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute
University of California, Berkeley
Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science
Cornell University
Kavli Institute for NanoScience Discovery
University of Oxford
Kavli Institute of Nanoscience Delft
Delft University of Technology, Netherlands
Kavli Nanoscience Institute
California Institute of Technology
Neuroscience
Kavli Institute for Brain and Mind
University of California, San Diego, and the Salk Institute for Biological Studies
Kavli Institute for Brain Science
Columbia University
Kavli Institute for Fundamental Neuroscience
University of California, San Francisco
Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
Yale University
Kavli Institute for Systems Neuroscience
Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Kavli Neural Systems Institute
Rockefeller University
Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute
Johns Hopkins University
Theoretical Physics
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics
University of California, Santa Barbara
Kavli Institute for Theoretical Sciences
University of Chinese Academy of Sciences
Previous Institute: Kavli Institute for Bionano Science and Technology at Harvard University (transitioned to endowed professorships)
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Research highlights from Kavli Nanoscience Institutes
Aug 17, 2022
Neuroscience Profile
Incoming Director of the Kavli Institute for Neuroscience at Yale, Stephen Strittmatter looks to the future
Aug 17, 2022
Astrophysics Research Highlights
Kavli astrophysics institutes researchers react to the first images from the long-heralded James Webb Space Telescope
Aug 05, 2022
Neuroscience Research Highlights
Research highlights from Kavli Neuroscience Institutes
Aug 04, 2022
Astrophysics Profile
As he eagerly awaits a next-generation x-ray space telescope, Kavli institute-affiliated researcher Dan Wilkins shares his enthusiasm for both conducting and communicating science
Aug 02, 2022
Neuroscience Research Highlights
Research highlights from Kavli Neuroscience Institutes
Jul 27, 2022
Astrophysics Profile
Kavli institute-affiliated researcher Adi Foord follows her inspiration while inspiring others
Jul 26, 2022
Nanoscience Research Highlights
Research highlights from Kavli Nanoscience Institutes
Jul 20, 2022
Nanoscience
New facility dedicated to pioneer chemist houses the Kavli Institute for Nanoscience Discovery
Jul 19, 2022
Astrophysics Research Highlights
Unimaginably large realms we will never physically travel are the domain of much of the science of astrophysics
Jul 15, 2022
It is my vision that these institutes will form an outstanding research core, to draw information from each other and promote interchange between disciplines by scientists around the world.
Fred Kavli