Foundational Questions Institute
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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.” [1] [2] It has run two worldwide grant competitions. The first competition provided US $2M to 30 projects. [3]
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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- ^ About the Foundational Questions Institute
- ^ Physics Today, December 2005, p31
- ^ Merali, Zeeya (2007-11-15). "Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything?". New Scientist (Reed Business Information Ltd). http://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/dn12891-is-mathematical-pattern-the-theory-of-everything.html.
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