The Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public is supported by The Kavli Foundation which was established by Fred Kavli in 2000 to advance science for the benefit of humanity. The Kavli Foundation’s Science and Society Program aims to strengthen the relationship between science and society. The Foundation also supports basic research in the fields of astrophysics, nanoscience, neuroscience and theoretical physics. Using a distinct endowment model, the Foundation supports research institutes in these areas at universities around the world, including the Kavli NanoEnergy Science Institute at UC Berkeley.