Uploaded February 2023 | Updated September 2026, 2 days ago
Since its inception in 2006, the Foundational Questions Institute, FQxI has awarded over US$29 million to projects probing the nature of reality, how the universe came to be and the origins of agency, intelligence and consciousness. The Institute boasts over 300 members worldwide, including four Nobel laureates in physics.
After 16 years of pioneering progress, this global funding agency and think tank is relaunching with a new brand identity, a new website and a $40,000 prize fund to be awarded for the best proposals for how to improve science.
FQxI is funding revolution, not evolution: The Institute is the leading body funding high-risk, high-reward research in the foundations of science.
The relaunch will expand FQxI’s horizons, empowering scientists in revolutionary science around the world, and creating new opportunities for funding partners and sponsors.
Want to dream big, then prove it?
Please join us at www.FQxI.org!
Since its inception in 2006, the Foundational Questions Institute, FQxI has awarded over US$29 million to projects probing the nature of reality, how the universe came to be and the origins of agency, intelligence and consciousness. The Institute boasts over 300 members worldwide, including four Nobel laureates in physics.
After 16 years of pioneering progress, this global funding agency and think tank is relaunching with a new brand identity, a new website and a $40,000 prize fund to be awarded for the best proposals for how to improve science.
FQxI is funding revolution, not evolution: The Institute is the leading body funding high-risk, high-reward research in the foundations of science.
The relaunch will expand FQxI’s horizons, empowering scientists in revolutionary science around the world, and creating new opportunities for funding partners and sponsors.
Want to dream big, then prove it?
Please join us at www.FQxI.org!
