Large Grants

Approximately $5M in Grants have been awarded, in two phases (RFPs in 2006 and 2008), as part of the Institute's initial four-year program. The next call for proposals will be underway shortly. Funding is provided (via the DAF beginning in 2009) as research grants to theorists and experimenters in support of personnel, equipment, travel, workshops, and experiments; some funding also targets projects that effectively disseminate information about foundational questions in physics and cosmology to laypeople. Proposals are subject to a standard competitive process of expert peer review similar to that employed by national scientific funding agencies.

FQXi is currently seeking funding to run additional RFPs.