Foundational Questions Institute
- Foundational Questions Institute
The Foundational Questions Institute, styled FQXi, is an organization which provides grants to “catalyze, support, and disseminate research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology.” [ [http://www.fqxi.org/about.html About the Foundational Questions Institute] ] [ [http://www.fqxi.org/about.html Physics Today, December 2005, p31] ] It has run two world-wide grant competitions, with the second competition currently in progress.The first competition provided US $2M to 30 projects, including
Antony Garrett Lisi’s research leading to the paper “An Exceptionally Simple Theory of Everything.” [cite news|url=http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/dn12891-is-mathematical-pattern-the-theory-of-everything.html|title=Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything?|author=Zeeya Merali|first=Zeeya|last=Merali|work=New Scientist|publisher=Reed Business Information Ltd|date=2007-11-15]
FQXi is an independent, philanthropically funded non-profit organization, run by scientists for scientists,with a Scientific Advisory Board including Alan Guth, Martin Rees and Frank Wilczek. The seed funding was donated by the John Templeton Foundation.
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