Breaking new paths: Templeton Frontiers Program established at Perimeter Institute

The new Templeton Frontiers Program at Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics aims to catalyze path-breaking research by encouraging young scientists to pursue ambitious and daring ideas.

The integrated program, supported by a $2 million grant from the John Templeton Foundation, centres on three research areas which are key to major advances in our understanding of the universe: Quantum Foundations and Information, Foundational Questions in Cosmology, and the Emergence of Spacetime.

"Perimeter Institute researchers have already made substantial contributions to each of these fields and are helping forge new connections between them." explains Neil Turok, Perimeter's Director. "We hope our new partnership with the Templeton Foundation will attract brilliant young people into foundational research and set an example by providing the environment, support, encouragement and mentorship they need to pursue breakthroughs. Together, Perimeter and Templeton are aiming to advance the way the most ambitious and original theoretical physics is done."

The Templeton Frontiers Program at Perimeter Institute will support the following:

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