Editing Institute for Advanced Study (section)

{{short description|Postgraduate center in Princeton, New Jersey, US}}
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 | founder                = [[Abraham Flexner]]
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 | academic_staff         = 25<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ias.edu/scholars/faculty-emeriti|title=Faculty & Emeriti|date=December 26, 2019|access-date=June 19, 2021}}</ref> ''(current faculty only)''
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The '''Institute for Advanced Study''' ('''IAS''') is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry located in [[Princeton, New Jersey]]. It has served as the academic home of internationally preeminent scholars, including [[Albert Einstein]], [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]], [[Hermann Weyl]], [[John von Neumann]], [[Michael Walzer]], [[Clifford Geertz]] and [[Kurt Gödel]], many of whom had emigrated from Europe to the United States.

It was founded in 1930 by American educator [[Abraham Flexner]], together with philanthropists [[Louis Bamberger]] and [[Caroline Bamberger Fuld]]. Despite collaborative ties and neighboring geographic location, the institute, being independent, has "no formal links" with [[Princeton University]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 24, 2015 |title=Frequently Asked Questions {{!}} Institute for Advanced Study |url=https://www.ias.edu/about/faqs |access-date=July 9, 2022 |website=Institute for Advanced Study |language=en}}</ref> The institute does not charge tuition or fees.<ref>[https://www.ias.edu/about/faqs#faq4 Institute for Advanced Study: Frequently Asked Questions] What is the relationship between the Institute and Princeton University?</ref>

Flexner's guiding principle in founding the institute was the pursuit of knowledge for its own sake.<ref name="Jogalekar">Jogalekar.</ref> The faculty have no classes to teach. There are no degree programs or experimental facilities at the institute. Research is never contracted or directed. It is left to each individual researcher to pursue their own goals.<ref>Nevins pp. 45–46.</ref><ref>[http://www.thecrimson.com/article/1953/11/7/institute-for-advanced-study-frees-scholar/ Institute For Advanced Study Frees Scholar From Class, Tests, Students] The Harvard Crimson, November 7, 1953</ref> Established during the rise of [[fascism in Europe]], the institute played a key role in the [[human capital flight|transfer of intellectual capital]] from Europe to America. It quickly earned its reputation as the pinnacle of academic and scientific life—a reputation it has retained.<ref name="Reisz">Reisz.</ref><ref name="Leitch1978" /><ref name="Wittrock1910">Wittrock (1910).</ref>

The institute consists of four schools: Historical Studies, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social Sciences. The institute also has a program in [[Systems Biology]].

It is supported entirely by endowments, grants, and gifts. It is one of eight American mathematics institutes funded by the [[National Science Foundation]].<ref>Arntzenius, Introduction p. iii.</ref> It is the model for all ten members of the consortium [[Some Institutes for Advanced Study]].<ref name="Wittrock1910" />