Kavli Institute for Astronomy and Astrophysics at Peking University: An International Center for Excellence in China

摘要

The Kavli Foundation (http://www.kavli-foundation.org) is a US-based private philanthropic organization "dedicated to advancing science for the benefit of humanity, promoting public understanding of scientific research, and supporting scientists and their work." It supports four major areas of basic research, astrophysics, nanoscience, neuroscience, and theoretical physics, through a network of 17 institutes worldwide. Every two years, it awards the prestigious Kavli Prize to "recognize scientists for their seminal advances in astrophysics, nanoscience and neuroscience."