Kavli Institute for Theoretical Physics

位于加州大学圣巴巴拉分校（UCSB）的Kavli理论物理研究所（KITP）通过独特的结构和运作模式为全球理论物理界提供服务。KITP推动与广泛而多样化的物理学社区的长期科学家策划的项目的互动。项目参与者与科学同行的这种长期接触刺激了合作网络，推动了物理学的智力事业。作为一个主要由同行管理的研究所，在规划和实施其研究项目时，社区提供了重要的投入，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已经开发了录制所有演讲，研讨会，讨论和公开讲座的能力，并将其提供给世界各地的社区。KITP在线举办超过21，000场讲座，每年每天观看超过400小时，大大增加了其影响力。KITP是一个用户设施，NSF，UCSB和其他大量私人基金赠款支持访问者的费用以及支持计划所需的员工和基础设施。在典型的一年中，KITP运行12个研究项目，持续时间从四周到四个月不等。总是有两个重叠的项目，每年有24,000个参观日，任何时候KITP平均有68名参观者。KITP是世界的窗口，也是国际科学合作的典范。大多数长期计划还举办了一个简短的会议，为大约60-80名额外的研究人员提供了一个机会来KITP。KITP包括研究生有机会在导师在场时通过支持访问参与。受疫情封锁期间所汲取的经验教训启发，KITP为所有项目及会议提供混合出席机会。在KITP的活动也提高了那些谁参与的职业生涯，允许新的导师和被指导者被发现，以及提高早期职业研究人员的形象。 该奖项由数学和物理科学理事会的物理部、材料研究部和天文科学部共同资助。该奖项反映了NSF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.