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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The Kavli and Dr. William and Marisa Rastetter Chancellor’s Endowed Chair in Neurobiology
Dec 05, 2023
Researchers share what they are excited for in the future
Nov 17, 2023
Astrophysics Profile
Observing the universe's phenomena en masse holds promise for solving fundamental mysteries about how the cosmos and its constituents have taken shape
Oct 20, 2023
Astrophysics Profile
Astronomers are seeking to uncover the many cosmos goings-on that transpire quickly in invisible wavebands of light
Oct 03, 2023
Nanoscience Science Spotlights
Physicists and biophysicists search for missing link between quantum computing, sensing and communication
Aug 23, 2023
Astrophysics Profile
Kavli astrophysics institute researchers have leveraged the might of JWST to see the previously unobservable dim galaxies that host bright quasars
Jul 10, 2023
Astrophysics Profile
Jia Liu, inaugural director of Kavli IPMU's new center, brings creativity and purpose to the looming challenge of big data
Jun 22, 2023
Neuroscience Profile
Researchers at the Kavli Neuroscience Discovery Institute combine state of the art in vivo imaging with machine learning
Jun 21, 2023
Nanoscience Profile
Using an electron microscope developed at the Kavli Institute at Cornell for Nanoscale Science, Yao Yang is helping elucidate copper catalysis at the Kavli Energy NanoScience Institute at UC Berkeley.
May 23, 2023
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