Editing Institute for Advanced Study (section)

==Directors, faculty and members==
{{main|List of faculty members at the Institute for Advanced Study}}

At any given time, the IAS has a faculty consisting of twenty-eight eminent academics who are appointed for life.  Although the faculty do not teach classes (because there are none), they often do give lectures at their own initiative and have the title Professor along with the prestige associated with that title. Furthermore, they direct research and serve as the nucleus of a larger and generally younger group of scholars, whom they have the power to select and invite.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.ias.edu/people/cos/|title=A Community of Scholars|access-date=July 19, 2015}}</ref>  Each year fellowships are awarded to about 190 visiting members from over 100 universities and research institutions who come to the institute for periods from one term to a few years.  Individuals must apply to become members of the institute, and each of the schools has its own application procedures and deadlines.<ref name=mission>Institute for Advanced Study (2015): Mission and History</ref>

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! colspan="2" | Directors of the IAS
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! Name
! Term
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| [[Abraham Flexner]] || 1930–1939
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| [[Frank Aydelotte]] || 1939–1947
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| [[J. Robert Oppenheimer]] || 1947–1966
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| [[Carl Kaysen]] ||  1966–1976
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| [[Harry Woolf (historian)|Harry Woolf]] ||  1976–1987
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| [[Marvin Leonard Goldberger]] ||  1987–1991
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| [[Phillip Griffiths]] || 1991–2003
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| [[Peter Goddard (physicist)|Peter Goddard]] || 2004–2012
|-
| [[Robbert Dijkgraaf]] || 2012–2022
|-
| [[David Nirenberg]] || 2022–present
|}