The Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology, or KIPAC, is an independent laboratory of Stanford University. Initiated with a generous grant from Fred Kavli and The Kavli Foundation, KIPAC is housed at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and in the Varian Physics and Physics Astrophysics buildings on the Stanford campus. The lab is funded in part by Stanford University and the United States Department of Energy.
The Kavli Foundation
The Kavli Foundation, based in Oxnard, California, is dedicated to the goals of advancing science for the benefit of humanity and promoting increased public understanding and support for scientists and their work.
The Foundation's mission is implemented through an international program of research institutes, professorships, and symposia in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience, neuroscience, and theoretical physics as well as prizes in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience.
About the Kavli Astrophysics Institutes
The Kavli Foundation supports ground-breaking research in particle astrophysics and cosmology.
- Kavli Institute for Particle Astrophysics and Cosmology at Stanford University
- Kavli Institute for Cosmological Physics at the University of Chicago
- Kavli Institute for Astrophysics and Space Research at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
- Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University in Beijing
- Kavli Institute for Cosmology at the University of Cambridge
- Kavli Institute for the Physics and Mathematics of the Universe
Kavli Prize in Astrophysics
The Kavli Prize in Astrophysics is awarded for outstanding achievement in advancing knowledge and understanding of the origin, evolution and properties of the universe. Recipients of the Kavli Prize receive a scroll, medal and cash award of one million dollars.
SLAC
"SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory is home to a two-mile linear accelerator—the longest in the world. Originally a particle physics research center, SLAC is now a multipurpose laboratory for astrophysics, photon science, accelerator and particle physics research. Six scientists have been awarded the Nobel Prize for work carried out at SLAC and the future of the laboratory promises to be just as extraordinary."
Stanford University
"Located between San Francisco and San Jose in the heart of Silicon Valley, Stanford University is recognized as one of the world's leading research and teaching institutions.
Leland and Jane Stanford founded the University to "promote the public welfare by exercising an influence on behalf of humanity and civilization." Stanford opened its doors in 1891, and more than a century later, it remains dedicated to finding solutions to the great challenges of the day and to preparing our students for leadership in today's complex world."