Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

加州大学圣巴巴拉分校（UCSB）的Kavli理论物理研究所（KITP）以其独特的结构和运作模式为全球理论物理学界服务。KITP为广泛和多样化的物理社区提供长期的、由科学家策划的项目。项目参与者与科学同行的这种扩大接触刺激了推动物理学知识企业的合作网络。作为一个主要由同行管理的研究所，在其研究项目的规划和实施中，来自社区的重要投入，KITP响应新的科学机会，鼓励转型研究，并通过确保广泛的机会和代表性来促进多样性。为了将前沿物理学带给尽可能多的观众，KITP已经开发了记录所有谈话、研讨会、讨论和公开讲座的能力，并将其提供给全世界的社区。KITP在线举办了超过21,000场讲座，每天的观看时间超过400小时，大大增加了其影响力。KITP是一个用户设施，由NSF、UCSB和其他大量的私人基金会资助，以支持访问者的费用以及支持项目所需的人员和基础设施。在典型的一年里，KITP运行12个研究项目，持续时间从4周到4个月不等。由于有两个重叠的项目，每年有24000天的游客，平均每次有68名游客来到KITP。KITP是面向世界的窗口，是国际科学合作的典范。大多数长项目还会举办一个短会议，为大约60-80名额外的研究人员提供参加KITP的机会。KITP包括研究生在导师在场的情况下通过支持访问参与的机会。在大流行封锁期间汲取的经验教训的推动下，KITP为所有项目和会议提供了混合出席机会。KITP的活动也促进了参与者的职业发展，允许新的导师和学员被发现，并提高了早期职业研究人员的形象。该奖项由物理学部、材料研究学部和天文学部共同资助，隶属于数学和物理科学理事会。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

The Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics (KITP) at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB), serves the global theoretical physics community via a unique structure and mode of operation. KITP drives interactions with long-stay, scientist-curated programs for the broad and diverse physics community. This extended exposure of program participants to scientific peers stimulates collaborative networks that advance the intellectual enterprise of physics. As a largely peer-managed institute, with essential input from the community in the planning and implementation of its research programs, the KITP responds to new scientific opportunities, encourages transformational research, and promotes diversity by ensuring broad opportunities and representation. In order to bring forefront physics to as large an audience as possible, the KITP has developed the capability to record all talks, seminars, discussions and public lectures and provide them to the world-wide community. KITP Online hosts over 21,000 talks and is watched for more than 400 hours every day of the year, dramatically increasing its impact.The KITP is a user facility, with the NSF, UCSB, and other substantial private foundation grants supporting the visitors' expenses and the staff and infrastructure needed to support the programs. In a typical year, the KITP runs 12 research programs, lasting from four weeks to four months. There are always two overlapping programs, resulting in 24,000 visitor-days per year and an average of 68 visitors at the KITP at any time. The KITP is a window to the world and a prime example of international scientific cooperation. Most long programs also host a short conference, providing an opportunity for approximately 60-80 additional researchers to come to the KITP. KITP includes the opportunity for graduate students to participate by supporting visits when their mentors are present. Motivated by the lessons learned during the lock-down period of the pandemic, KITP offers a hybrid attendance opportunity for all programs and conferences. The activities at the KITP also enhance the careers of those who participate, allowing for new mentors and mentees to be discovered as well as raising the profiles of early-career researchers. This award is co-funded by the Division of Physics, the Division of Materials Research, and the Division of Astronomical Sciences within the Directorate for Mathematical and Physical Sciences.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.