The Foundation's mission is implemented through their support of an international community of research institutes that together seek to answer some of humanity’s most fundamental scientific questions while contributing to basic knowledge for a better future for our global community. 

The Kavli NDI (Star) is advancing a global focus on brain research and joins an international community of Institutes supported by the Kavli Foundation (TKF). The Kavli Foundation supports: neuroscience (White Circle, 1-7), astrophysics (Red Circle, 8-13), nanoscience (Orange Circle, 14-18), and theoretical physics (White Circle, 19-20)

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The Kavli Prize – a partnership between the Norwegian Academy of Science and Letters, the Kavli Foundation, and the Norwegian Ministry of Education and Research – recognizes excellence in research in three areas: astrophysics, nanoscience, and neuroscience. Each Prize consists of a medal, scroll, and financial award of one million dollars. For more information see the Kavli Prize.

The Kavli Foundation Institutes for Neuroscience (indicated in white on map) are located at:

How did the universe begin? What are the forces that give it shape? Can life exist elsewhere? With remarkable new technologies, this field of science is now opening up this formidable frontier.

Focusing on science at the atomic scale, researchers are uncovering the secrets of our micro-universe and, like nature itself, learning how to move atoms to create new types of materials, smarter computers and, miniature machines aimed at solving today’s insurmountable challenges.

Theoretical physics seeks to explain and predict all manner of physical phenomena - particularly phenomena that cannot be explained with traditional experiments. It does so while also seeking to reconcile laws of physics that seem irreconcilable.