Testimonials

Eric Cavalcanti

Associate Professor

Griffith University

FQxI grants have given me the “excuse” I needed to justify working on topics I am passionate about and have given me a valuable lifeline before obtaining a permanent position. I probably would no longer be in academia were it not for FQxI.

Geoffrey West

Distinguished Professor

Santa Fe Institute

FQxI is an important part of the fundamental physics community, especially regarding expanding the boundaries of what questions can be addressed.

Jenann Ismael

Professor of Physics

Columbia University

It’s hard to express the difference FQxI’s made–that you nurture and value work on expansive, risky topics. I think it gives courage to a lot of people.

Carlo Rovelli

Professor

Aix-Marseille

FQxI is a fundamental resource in the landscape of contemporary intellectual work in science. Thank you FQxI!

I think that FQxI, it’s a fundamental resource in the landscape of contemporary intellectual work in science. A lot of scientific research today, the very large majority of it, it’s in one way or another oriented toward the technical, or practical, or useful applications, which is very good, but it misses a deep reflection of the foundations. There are very few supporting structures for bringing together the thinkers that think about the depth of the foundations of our current understanding of reality on the basis of what science tells us and I think FQxI is one of the very few, if not almost the unique one that plays this role. I’m extremely grateful that for what it has provided for me, in terms of connection with other people, in terms of resources for doing things, in terms of the fantastic ideas that I’ve seen there developed, taken seriously, discussed, abandoned, or sometimes brought to success. Thank you FQxI!