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The '''Foundational Questions Institute''', styled '''FQxI''' (formerly '''FQXi'''), is an organization that provides grants to "catalyze, support, and disseminate research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology."<ref name=":0">[https://fqxi.org/about About the Foundational Questions Institute]</ref> It was founded in 2005 by cosmologists [[Max Tegmark]] and [[Anthony Aguirre]],<ref>{{cite journal |last=Schwarzchild |first=Bertram |date=December 2005 |title=News notes: Foundational Questions Institute |journal=Physics Today |volume=58 |issue=12 |pages=31 |doi=10.1063/1.2169440 |bibcode = 2005PhT....58T..31F }}</ref> |
The '''Foundational Questions Institute''', styled '''FQxI''' (formerly '''FQXi'''), is an organization that provides grants to "catalyze, support, and disseminate research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology."<ref name=":0">[https://fqxi.org/about About the Foundational Questions Institute]</ref> It was founded in 2005 by cosmologists [[Max Tegmark]] and [[Anthony Aguirre]],.<ref>{{cite journal |last=Schwarzchild |first=Bertram |date=December 2005 |title=News notes: Foundational Questions Institute |journal=Physics Today |volume=58 |issue=12 |pages=31 |doi=10.1063/1.2169440 |bibcode = 2005PhT....58T..31F }}</ref> |
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It has run multiple worldwide grant competitions (in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019), the first of which provided US$2M to 30 projects.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/dn12891-is-mathematical-pattern-the-theory-of-everything.html |title=Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything? |first=Zeeya |last=Merali |work=[[New Scientist]] |publisher=[[Reed Business Information]] |date=2007-11-15}}</ref> It also runs frequent essay contests open to the general public with $40,000 in prizes awarded by a jury panel and the best texts published in book format.<ref>{{cite web|title=Essay Contest page|url=https://fqxi.org/programs/competitions/|publisher=fqxi.org|access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref> |
It has run multiple worldwide grant competitions (in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019), the first of which provided US$2M to 30 projects.<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.newscientist.com/channel/fundamentals/dn12891-is-mathematical-pattern-the-theory-of-everything.html |title=Is mathematical pattern the theory of everything? |first=Zeeya |last=Merali |work=[[New Scientist]] |publisher=[[Reed Business Information]] |date=2007-11-15}}</ref> It also runs frequent essay contests open to the general public with $40,000 in prizes awarded by a jury panel and the best texts published in book format.<ref>{{cite web|title=Essay Contest page|url=https://fqxi.org/programs/competitions/|publisher=fqxi.org|access-date=13 February 2023}}</ref> |
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The Foundational Questions Institute, styled FQxI (formerly FQXi), is an organization that provides grants to "catalyze, support, and disseminate research on questions at the foundations of physics and cosmology."[1] It was founded in 2005 by cosmologists Max Tegmark and Anthony Aguirre,.[2] It has run multiple worldwide grant competitions (in 2006, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017 and 2019), the first of which provided US$2M to 30 projects.[3] It also runs frequent essay contests open to the general public with $40,000 in prizes awarded by a jury panel and the best texts published in book format.[4]
FQxI is an independent, philanthropically funded non-profit organization, run by scientists for scientists.
The $6.2 million seed funding was donated by the John Templeton Foundation, whose goal is to reconcile science and religion. Tegmark has stated that the money came with "no strings attached"; The Boston Globe stated FQxI is run by "two well-respected researchers who say they are not religious. The institute's scientific advisory board is also filled with top scientists."[5] Critics of the John Templeton Foundation such as Sean Carroll have also stated they were satisfied that the FQxI is independent.[6][7]
FQXi members include[8]
Among others
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