Kavli Institute for Cosmology
The Kavli Institute for Cosmology, Cambridge is a research establishment set up through collaboration of the University of Cambridge and the Kavli Foundation. It is operated by two of the University's astronomy groups: the Institute of Astronomy and the Cavendish Astrophysics Group.
Background
In August 2006, an agreement was reached between the University of Cambridge and the Kavli Foundation for the establishment of an Institute for cosmology. The Kavli Foundation will support several 5-year senior research fellowships in perpetuity, and the University committed to provide a building to house the Institute. Operation began in October 2008 with the appointment of the first Kavli Institute Fellows. The building was completed in July 2009, and was officially opened 18 November 2009 by Prince Philip as Chancellor of the University in a ceremony with Fred Kavli.The current director of the Institute is Anthony Challinor, and the deputy director is Debora Sijacki. The first director was George Efstathiou of the IoA, succeeded by Roberto Maiolino.
Projects
KICC researchers are involved in the following projects:- Atacama Large Millimeter Array
- Dark Energy Survey
- Dark Energy Spectroscopic Instrument
- Extremely Large Telescope
- Illustris project
- James Webb Space Telescope
- KLEVER
- Large Synoptic Survey Telescope
- MaNGA sky survey
- MOONS galaxy survey
- Planck cosmological survey
- Square Kilometre Array
- Simons Observatory