The Foundational Questions Institute, styled 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 cosmologist Max Tegmark,[2] who holds the position of Scientific Director. 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 John Barrow, David Chalmers, Alan Guth, Martin Rees, Frank Wilczek, and Dieter Zeh. The seed funding was donated by the John Templeton Foundation.
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