Fundamental scientific research is the building block of innovation, yet it is significantly underfunded by both public and private sources. The Leinweber Foundation supports this effort with the belief and confidence that it will spark transformative scientific advances and meaningful change.
At a time of declining support for research, we have made the largest private investment ever to support theoretical physics research – over $150 million and growing.
The new Leinweber Institutes and Forums for Theoretical Physics are a collaborative network of eight of the nation’s top physics research centers at the California Institute of Technology, Harvard University, Institute for Advanced Study at Princeton, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Stanford University, University of California, Berkeley, University of Chicago, and University of Michigan.
We also support other research and fellowships in fundamental sciences, engineering, space, and medicine. We are betting big that our investment will advance scientific discovery and lead to outsized impact.
